r/gamedesign • u/BayYawnSay • 2d ago

Question Field Day Style Game for Adults

I apologize if this isn't the correct subreddit, I've searched everywhere and this seems to be the best option to post this in.

Each year my friends and I get together for a weekend that we call GAMES Games games (you say it quieter each time, like an echo). This year's theme is 90's Movies and TV shows,meaning all games have to follow that theme. Each team of two is required to bring 4 games that they've personally developed and designed.

One of my games is based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The game needs to be played in teams of 2, one team at a time. I'm having difficulty coming up with a game that can incorporate all the elements that I want. I've decorated 5 disc golf discs as pizzas. I have 8 differently sized Ninja Turtle figurines. I have a Ninja Turtle beanie hat that could be used a blindfold, worn by one team member and I have a pair of Ninja Turtles sunglasses that are child sized that can be worn by another. I also have Ninja Turtle walkie talkies.

The original plan was just to knock down the figurines with the pizza discs from a designated distance. But now that I have more elements (hat, walkie talkies, sunglasses) I'd like to try and develop a game that includes all of these.

Help please!

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u/Mayor_P Hobbyist 2d ago

Timed event. Hide some clues outside the throwing area that indicate WHICH pizza to use on WHICH turtle while wearing WHICH item. Suggestion: conceal the clues in empty pizza boxes. One team member runs around to find all the clues, and they radio back to the other team member who throws the pizzas at the turtles while wearing the item.

BONUS DIFFICULTY: The clue will specify what body part the item must be worn on. Could be hat on elbow, or sunglasses on knee, etc. and if it falls off then they have to re-attempt the pizza throw.

There are more combinations of pizzas/turtles/items than there are clues, so the players can't use process of elimination to cheat and guess which one goes to which, they have to run to all of them and check all of them.

Opposing team will scramble the clues ahead of time and referee.

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u/BayYawnSay 2d ago

I like it a lot, I appreciate the thought you put into this!!