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**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.

crazycoffey · 05-25-2013, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bevischief

I have fellow players that get mad when I don't show up to play and that includes the bar staff.

I would still play, just rarely see ot

**bevischief** · 05-25-2013, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by crazycoffey

I would still play, just rarely see ot

I am one of the few regulars and they know me.

griZZly64 · 05-25-2013, 04:55 AM

Most of those idiots are not going to know how to play clue.. need something easier.. wild wings does the poker thing which is cool

Chieftain58 · 05-25-2013, 06:01 AM

Take a picture of your privates, then have people guess who dunit

Chieftain58 · 05-25-2013, 06:03 AM

or mispell your name and they have to unscramble it in 30 seconds or they gotta swallow

Chieftain58 · 05-25-2013, 06:04 AM

Make it like hangman, but only gugnam style

big nasty kcnut · 05-25-2013, 06:45 AM

Russian roulette with paintballs. the last one without paint on their shirt wins.

**ShortRoundChief** · 05-25-2013, 07:50 AM

a bar in joplin does vibrator races

KC_Lee · 05-25-2013, 07:53 AM

I always liked this drinking game.

**TribalElder** · 05-25-2013, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by KC_Lee

I always liked this drinking game.

Not allowed by Texas anti fun patrol

lol

**AustinChief** · 05-25-2013, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycoffey

Sounds a bit like the trivia bar game. Buzztime? So something that didn't work when the bar gave you the hardware to play on will now work on the hardware (phone) that the customer brings into the bar?

Won't take off, sorry, maybe a flash in the pan. Maybe. And I liked the buzztime trivia.

No no no.. it's absolutely nothing like NTN buzztime. (I also liked it back in the day)

**AustinChief** · 05-25-2013, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycoffey

Are we really trying to find a way to seclude bar patrons from interacting with each other? Why even go to a bar then.

Just the opposite, I am working in ways to INCREASE interaction via gameplay. Absolutely don't want a bar full of people glued to their phones.. that is all too often the case already.

**Rausch** · 05-25-2013, 12:05 PM

12 beer trivia...

In58men · 05-25-2013, 12:07 PM

Corn Hole could be a bad ass drinking/bar game. I go to this local biker/farmers/oilfield bar here in town and one night they decided to bust out some Corn Hole. It was a blast, even the old biker guys were playing and enjoying it. You'll need a spacious bar and the one I go to is fairly big.

**Rausch** · 05-25-2013, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Inmem58

Corn Hole could be a bad ass drinking/bar game. I go to this local biker/farmers/oilfield bar here in town and one night they decided to bust out some Corn Hole. It was a blast, even the old biker guys were playing and enjoying it.

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05-24-2013, 06:15 PM
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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05-25-2013, 04:55 AM	#48
griZZly64 Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Camarillo, CA Casino cash: $10008150	Most of those idiots are not going to know how to play clue.. need something easier.. wild wings does the poker thing which is cool
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05-25-2013, 12:07 PM	#59
In58men I didn’t say mud, I said crud. Join Date: Jan 2012 Casino cash: $-1361974	Corn Hole could be a bad ass drinking/bar game. I go to this local biker/farmers/oilfield bar here in town and one night they decided to bust out some Corn Hole. It was a blast, even the old biker guys were playing and enjoying it. You'll need a spacious bar and the one I go to is fairly big.
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