The playing of games is an extremely easy and fulfilling way to have fun. Cub Scouting is fun. It is one endless game where the Cub Scout learns new skills, enlarges on known skills, and can see more clearly his place in the world around him.
Games can accomplish a large scale of activities and convey more than skill improvement.
They can encourage thought, promote team spirit, build citizenship, develop one's own mind and body, and be an outlet for excess energy. Is taught respect for the rights of others Cubs like games in which there is a sizeable element of luck. They do not require prizes, nor do they seem to worry if the game is not finished. They like games which restart almost automatically, so that everyone is given a new chance. Cubs like games whereby they gain the reassurance that comes with repetition.