Other Games Want to help me develop a new bar game?

**AustinChief** · 05-24-2013, 06:15 PM

Ok, so I was sitting at a dive bar last night with the owner and some regulars and we were trying to come up with a good idea for a bar game. Obviously there is trivia (which they do on Tuesdays) and Karaoke(which is awful) and now a few bars do Rock-Paper-Scissors tournaments... but we wanted something NEW.

The problem is.. we set some limits on the game....

#1 It can't interfere with other customers too much (like karaoke does)
#2 It has to be almost moderatorless... doesn't take away the bartenders time slinging drinks
#3 It has to not suck

The best idea we came up with is to do a version of CLUE... but here is the unique part... it would be done via an app on your smartphone. The app acts as your "mobile crime lab." There would be an hour signup period for players to join then the game starts.

I haven't really nailed down the details yet, so I intend to use this thread to hash it all out. A couple of cool ideas we have so far are...

Placing some QR Codes around the bar that you can scan and possibly get a clue.

Allowing customers to scan the UPC code on beer bottles to also get clues.

So before I dive in further.. does this sound like a decent game that people would play? oh, also there would be "bar cash" for the winners.

05-24-2013, 06:15 PM	Topic Starter
AustinChief Administrator Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Austin Casino cash: $-524998	Want to help me develop a new bar game? Ok, so I was sitting at a dive bar last night with the owner and some regulars and we were trying to come up with a good idea for a bar game. Obviously there is trivia (which they do on Tuesdays) and Karaoke(which is awful) and now a few bars do Rock-Paper-Scissors tournaments... but we wanted something NEW. The problem is.. we set some limits on the game.... #1 It can't interfere with other customers too much (like karaoke does) #2 It has to be almost moderatorless... doesn't take away the bartenders time slinging drinks #3 It has to not suck The best idea we came up with is to do a version of CLUE... but here is the unique part... it would be done via an app on your smartphone. The app acts as your "mobile crime lab." There would be an hour signup period for players to join then the game starts. I haven't really nailed down the details yet, so I intend to use this thread to hash it all out. A couple of cool ideas we have so far are... Placing some QR Codes around the bar that you can scan and possibly get a clue. Allowing customers to scan the UPC code on beer bottles to also get clues. So before I dive in further.. does this sound like a decent game that people would play? oh, also there would be "bar cash" for the winners.
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