Scissortail Fall Camporee 2025:  Battle of Empires

When:  24-26 October, 2025

Where:  Will Rogers Scout Reservation, Cleveland, OK

The Fall 2025 Camporee is a themed competition between Scout units.  Each unit is able to choose an emipre or culture and compete with other units on Scout skills.

The Process:

CHOOSE An Empire or Culture!

Each unit can choose an empire or culture to learn about, and can show what they learned about the empire or culture through an exhibit, costuming, and/or cooking.  The empire or culture should have existed prior to 1800CE.  Any use of First Americans  elements like dancing, costuming, drumming, crafts, or pow-wows must be done in conjunction with a state or federally recognized tribe.

A list of suggested empires and cultures is attached.

NAVIGATE To Conquer!

Each unit will be given a course to navigate and scored on the accuracy of their navigation skills.  Running the course will give Scout credit for the Orienteering Merit Badge cross country requirement.

BUILD Your Fortress!

Each unit will be given a task to complete that involves using pioneering skills to construct a structure.  This will give Scouts credit for the large scale project for Pioneering Merit Badge.

COMMAND Your Outposts!

Each unit will demonstrate they they can communicate with the distant outposts of their far-flung realm.  This will give Scouts credit for the semaphore requirement in SIgns, Signals, and Codes Merit Badge.

DESTROY The Defenses!

Each unit will build a catapult to take down a defensive wall.

FEED Your Phalanx!

Each unit will prepare a meal that represents both the cooking techniques and typical foods of their chosen culture.

SHOW Your Empire Spirit!

Units will be judged on their knowledge of their chosen culture, including facts about the culture, dress, and customs.

BEST Your Fellow Units!

All units will be scored on each of the above areas, weighted to their size and rank distribution.

There will also be several fun group competitions, a campfire program Saturday evening, Cracker Barrel for SMs and SPLs Friday evening, an interfaith service Sunday morning, and more!

Units will cook their own meals in camp, except for lunch on Saturday, which will be provided by Camporee staff.  Please ensure staff is aware of any dietary restrictions. 

The Leader's Guide will be available in early August.  It will contain detailed competition rules.  The fee for Camporee is $15 per person, and will include lunch on Saturday, cracker barrel Leader and SPL meeting Friday evening, and a cool Camporee patch.