Medusa's Challenge

Medusa Challenge  2-6 players

There are four targets placed in a designated area 5-7 yards away

Advantage round

  • Randomly select a drill Using the drill cards. Whoever performs the drill the fastest wins the advantage.
  • Drills
    • Hunt Ready up
    • High-port/Sul ready up
    • Compressed ready up
    • Crisscross 3 targets
    • El Presidenté 3 targets
    • Blake Drill 3 targets
    • 1 emergency reload 3
    • 3 tactical reload 3
    • Failure to eject drill
    • Failure to feed
    • Transition from rifle to pistol
    • Quick Draw/Ready up from rest
  • The advantaged player sets the par time for the points round.

Available par times

  • Average: 6 seconds
  • Good: 5 seconds
  • Possible: 4 seconds

Points round

  • While the Competitor turns their back, opposing players will place hand cutouts and badges on the targets. On the buzzer, the competitor will turn and process targets
  • Terms to know: 
    • Canary: non-combatants
    • Parrot: status unknown(will be explained in more detail below)
    • Crow: Terrorist or enemy
    • The best operators on the planet use this verbiage for designating target classification.
  • The hand cutouts determine the target as a Crow, Parrot, or Canary
  • Crows are targets pointing a firearm at you
  • Crows are also targets in possession of edged weapons or firearms with no badges or open palms
  • Canaries are targets with no weapons of any kind
  • If badges or open palms are placed on a threat in possession of a weapon, they are determined as a Parrot
  • If the target is holding an improvised weapon, they are a Parrot
  • Canaries are targets with no weapons of any kind
  • Every bypassed Canary or shot Crow counts as one point. Parrot targets are awarded 2 points as long as commands are issued. To get points on a Parrot, you must say, "Slowly place your hands on your head." If a Parrot is processed as a threat, the player only receives 1 point.
  • points are only given to targets engaged in the lungs, heart, spine, or T-box

If the round is completed under the par time set by the advantaged player bonus points are awarded. 

  • 1 bonus point for saying NoBody Move 3 times
  • 1 Bonus point for completing in under an average par time
  • 2 bonus points for completing in under a good par time 
  • 3 bonus points for completing in under a possible par time
  • 1 bonus point for performing a reload
  • 1 bonus point for each threat engaged in both the upper torso and head
  • 1 bonus point for each Controlled Pair
  • 1 bonus point for each target engaged in the spine or T-box
  • 2 bonus points for threats engaged while moving laterally
  • 1 bonus point for beginning to say "if you know anything that could harm us slowly raise your hand" if said to completion 
  • 1 bonus point for every engaged crow who has taken a hostage

The competitor with the most points after 20 minutes is the winner of the game.

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