Reindeer Lobster Pot Christmas Maths Game End of Term

A Christmas version of the Lobster Pot Game - including play sheets, teacher guide and variants to extend the game.

The Lobster Pot Game is a well-known maths game, suitable for UKS2 and KS3. It is helpful for reinforcing probability, times tables and decision theory - while also being a lot of fun. It is highly requested by my maths groups and is a staple of the end of term. This version has a Christmas theme - catching reindeer!

Each day, players distribute their reindeer traps either in the Mystic Wood (more risk, more reward) or in the Green Wood (less risk, less reward). Using the money earned, they can purchase further traps and so increase their profits on later days. The aim is to have enough money at the end of each week to pay a steadily-increasing rent.

This contains everything you need to play the game with your class, including dedicated worksheets and full instructions for running the game. Simply print and play!

**If your class enjoyed this kind of game, have a look at these too:
The Energy Game - No-prep lesson about energy generation - dice game with full lesson plan including reflection activities. Recommended for science (energy), geography (land use) and general end of term fun!