Co-op Truck ! Traditional Cache
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Co-op Truck is a game introduced to us by SG & N. We've since taken on playing this game, especially when passing the time driving the long, long road between Saskatoon and Regina.
Below are the History, Concept and Rules of the game as written by SG&N. Please check back often for updated rules clarifications.
History:
Co-op Truck game started last year on a caching day trip along the east side of Diefenbaker Lake. We felt like we were in the middle of nowhere & yet we kept seeing Co-op fuel trucks & Co-op Grocery trucks. Novy, who works at Federated Co-op, started telling me (Sask_girl) all about the Co-op & how it is actually one of the biggest companies around which is why you see their trucks everywhere. It got to the point where we started to call them out & then it became a competition to see who could spot them first. Can't remember who won that day but we started playing it all the time no matter where we were. We have had many caching trips with different groups of caching buddies & of course we would play the game so now the game is spreading to other cachers & their friends. The game keeps growing :) Over time the game has evolved as different situations have required a clarification.
The Rules:
- There must be a minimum of 2 people to play. You cannot play by yourself.
- The first person to spot a Co-op Truck shouts out "Co-op Truck" to alert the others in the vehicle and "claim" the truck. Similar to the old VW Punchbuggy game we all played as kids.
For all of you who are wondering ALL Co-op trucks count - fuel large & small, grocery, propane, seed, feed, flatdeck, half ton, semi etc. Trailers DO NOT count! They are unable to move without the help of a truck so by themselves is worthless. Vans DO count because according to the resident caching mechanic the vans are on truck chassis. The Co-op taxi cabs that are cars present in some cities DO NOT count as they are only cars. You can not call the same truck more than once - ie when you drive by a parked truck more than once in the same trip you can't count it again. You cannot call out "Co-op truck" randomly hoping that the oncoming truck is one - if a person continues to do this on purpose then 2 points are deducted from their total. Pictures of Co-op Trucks DO NOT count. Toy models of Co-op Trucks DO count. We play that the game is on all day long & its a new game each day. You can play the game anywhere - you do not have to be driving. If I think of any clarifications that I've missed I'll edit this later. Hope that lots of you start playing - its a bit addicting ;) Another tip - don't yell out Co-op Truck at 6am when everyone in the back seat is sleeping unless you want them to have heart attack (sorry Kriegers!)
A History of The Co-op:
In the early 20th century, people worked together to create retail co-operatives in many towns in the four western Canadian provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia). In 1928, these retail co-ops joined to form provincial wholesale co-operatives. They did this as a way to increase their buying power. These co-operative wholesales and Consumers’ Co-operative Refineries Limited (CCRL) in Regina, Saskatchewan joined together to form Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL).
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