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The Amazing Race => The Amazing Race Discussion => Topic started by: KL70 on May 20, 2012, 06:43:01 PM

Title: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: KL70 on May 20, 2012, 06:43:01 PM
Sorry if this has been previously discussed, but can anyone please give what you reckon are the
best links on the net (if there are any) and/or even if there's any book/s on the topic you can buy,
about how one can set up their own Amazing Race, amongst a large group of friends in your
own city, in terms of creatively witty things and challenges to do.
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: georgiapeach on May 20, 2012, 09:02:25 PM
Welcome KL70!

One of our members does an annual family race, here is her 2011 one, thought you might like to see!

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,26634.0.html
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: Dom on May 21, 2012, 02:04:11 AM
Welcome to RFF KL70! I organised a race in northern europe for 10 of my friends a couple of years ago and am doing another in eastern europe this summer! I uploaded my diary to a blog, but not sure im allowed to post that or not.. If not, i'll write up a little summary when I get home :)
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: David on May 21, 2012, 02:10:03 AM
Welcome to RFF KL70! I organised a race in northern europe for 10 of my friends a couple of years ago and am doing another in eastern europe this summer! I uploaded my diary to a blog, but not sure im allowed to post that or not.. If not, i'll write up a little summary when I get home :)

It would be AMAZING to join some RFF users and get a race done by ourselves...
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: georgiapeach on May 21, 2012, 06:57:53 AM
Feel free Dom! We would love to see it!
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: Dom on May 21, 2012, 07:13:38 AM
Thanks peach! You can read all about it at thebaserace.blogspot.com!
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: David on May 21, 2012, 08:28:10 AM
Thanks peach! You can read all about it at thebaserace.blogspot.com!

Read it. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! <3333333333
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: addie on May 21, 2012, 08:31:27 AM
<33333333

Most of it being in Holland <3333333
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: Dom on May 21, 2012, 12:41:06 PM
Thanks guys :)
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: georgiapeach on May 22, 2012, 09:22:35 AM
Ooooh!! WHat fun!
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: KL70 on May 24, 2012, 01:30:08 AM
It doesn't look like there's any sort of helpful guide, website wise, computer game wise
and/or book wise, to setting up your own creative Amazing Race, as reading a blog
with fairly vague info, doesn't really work for me.
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: Prophet on May 24, 2012, 06:52:55 AM
Maybe you could use some creativity?
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: bcp19 on May 24, 2012, 07:14:27 AM
It doesn't look like there's any sort of helpful guide, website wise, computer game wise
and/or book wise, to setting up your own creative Amazing Race, as reading a blog
with fairly vague info, doesn't really work for me.

I doubt you will find anything that all inclusive.  Planning something like this takes a lot of imagination, plus an understanding of what is in the area that can be incorporated into the tasks.  For example, there is a farm near me that hosts a corn field maze annually, which could easily be incorporated into a local race here, but would not work out in other areas.  This isn't like a birthday party where you need to make 3 or 4 decisions, you have to do a lot of research in your area, talk to people and or businesses that you'd like to use, book areas for particluar dates/times, etc.  I'd also say you'd need a good sized group in order to pull it off, since it wouls be easier to have 1 or 2 assigned to each task to build/plan/monitor/etc.  If I were to do something like this, I'd probably spend a minimum of 2-3 months planning the 'route', making phone calls, etc.  Dont't expect to be able to just throw something like this together in a week or so.
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: georgiapeach on May 24, 2012, 08:25:25 AM
Just google amazing race parties if you want packaged stuff. Plenty of this kind of thing out there, as well as stuff you can buy.

http://www.queen-of-theme-party-games.com/amazing-race-party-ideas.html#axzz1vnEqgKbJ
Title: Re: What's the best guide,to setting up your own Amazing Race,in your own city?
Post by: Declive on May 31, 2012, 04:26:02 PM
It doesn't look like there's any sort of helpful guide, website wise, computer game wise
and/or book wise, to setting up your own creative Amazing Race, as reading a blog
with fairly vague info, doesn't really work for me.

You can watch THE ALMOST AMAZING RACE for more info...