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- Have 5 game booths
- 1 booth sells gems- Black and White striped tent
- Gems are $2 each, or 3/$5
- If you buy 10 you get a sparkly gem bag
- Each color represents 1 of the 4 factions- choose your faction
- Diamond
- Sapphire
- Ruby
- Emerald
- Spend gems to play games
- Rat Toss (or “Plague Purge”)
Guests toss small stuffed rats into chamber pots, cauldrons, or barrels. Add humorous commentary from the host dressed as a plague doctor or town crier. Use inflatable plague doctor outfit - Tavern Toss (Goblet Game)
Guests toss “coins” or rings into goblets or tankards arranged at various distances and heights. Bonus if tankards are held by mannequin arms in silly poses. - Juggler's Gauntlet
Players walk a narrow path while volunteers dressed as jesters throw (soft) juggling balls to try and knock their hat off. Make it more carnival-like with loud music and a dramatic narrator. - Ye Olde Fishin’ Pond
A curtain or barrel with hidden attendants who hook small prizes to fishing rods. Customize prizes as scrolls, trinkets, or faux gold coins. - Ye Olde Milk Bottle Knockdown – “Castle Siege”
Players toss soft cannonballs or stones (beanbags) to topple a stack of painted “castle towers” or enemy siege engines. Decorate the bottles like stone turrets or goblin war machines. - Ring Toss – “Halos for Saints”
Toss golden rings onto wooden pegs shaped like the heads of saints, nobles, or mythical beasts. Bonus: Some of the figures could wiggle or move with pulley systems. - Balloon Pop – “Imp Hunt”
Replace balloons with small parchment “imps” tacked onto a wall. Players use safe darts (or beanbags) to “banish” the mischievous creatures. - Knock-a-Crow (a.k.a. “Crop Defender”)
Players throw turnips or soft balls at scarecrow heads or stuffed crows perched on hay bales. Make it into a “protect the harvest” theme. - Ball-in-the-Basket – “Feed the Giant”
Throw soft “bread rolls” or “mutton” into the open mouth of a painted giant. Add audio effects of burping or groaning for laughs. - Plinko – “Tavern Token Tumble”
A vertical board with wooden pegs and a descending token path, decorated like a castle wall or mead barrel. Tokens land in different prize cups: "Ale," "Gold," "Dragon Droppings," etc. - Shooting Gallery – “Crossbow Challenge”
A Nerf-style or cork crossbow aimed at moving targets: cardboard dragons, knights, or thieves trying to steal the royal crown. - Unicorn Ring Swing
Horns mounted to mannequin heads or costumed volunteers—players try to toss rings onto them. Bonus points for glitter and giggles. - Axe Throwing
Soft axes - Hover Ball
Knock down the magic orbs - Granny Pants
- Worker wears hula hoop /suspender pants and players try to get their colored balls into the pants while he dances
- Drop Sticks Paint as sticks
- Monkey Tail Pick up game
- Rat Toss (or “Plague Purge”)
- If you win, your gem counts toward the faction score.
- Tiny prizes available
- The wins are counted digitally and tubes at the King's Court are filled to show who is winning
- Winner is announced at the end of the festival and wins the Festival Goblet for the year
- Gems are periodically gathered by rats