My old guild (rip ) did similar stuff. One game I recall was an "Parkour maze". Friend of the guild leader allowed us to try her cours full of jumping, hidden passages and bridges made of random items like books or bottles. I know that there are players who build similar stuff in their houses, so maybe your guild should try that? I remember that we had ton of fun when we did it ^^

have some in the guild set up different Parkour courses in their houses for everyone to try out

If your guild could convince the author of the Rare Fish Tracker addon to help out, I always thought that addon would be great to use as a Rare Fish Bingo game. It would require the ability to create a card that could be reset though.

DragonRacer wrote: »

Would involve having enough room on a property (like a large "guild hall"), but scavenger hunts are a classic fun staple. In our guild, someone has an amazing Halloween house set up with X number of Undaunted trophies very cleverly hidden to blend in with the creepy decorations and whoever finds/screenshots the most trophies wins. Granted, now that all folks can use Home Inspection mode, that is made slightly easier but pile enough stuff around and it can still be quite a challenge when they blend in.

One of my friends built a crazy Plinko board at a property where folks slide down and try to control where they go, then see if they land in a "pick a prize" box at the end.

Musical chairs! Set up X number of chairs around a table. Put out a music box that the GM or an officer can activate/deactivate and be in charge of. Activate music box and guildies run around the table until the person in charge deactivates the music box. Music stops, every guildie quickly sits in a chair, odd man out left standing (because if you have, say, 12 people playing, have only 11 chairs out so one person will be "out" at the end of the music), odd man out leaves the area, house owner then removes a chair, music starts playing again. Rinse and repeat, eliminating one person each round and then removing one chair until you are left with two people competing to sit in the last remaining chair first. *Of note, one time we did have a game glitch where BOTH remaining two people were able to sit in the chair. The visual of them morphing together like that provided many laughs and I gave them both a first place prize because technically they did both sit at the same time. XD

Great ideas, @DragonRacer !! If anyone has a Plinko Board they'd be willing to let me EHT clone (or help us build one), I'd be very interested.

We do more intricate "scheduled" events and we do simpler "Minigames" (and some of them could qualify for either category).

My challenge right now is finding more "Minigame" pop-up kind of events, but with some of the great ideas here that are more complex, I thought I'd share some of the bigger events we do. Some are original ideas, most are shamelessly stolen inspired by other guilds.

Some of our Main Events this year:

"Darts"
Players gather at a high point (overland, custom house build, we use the broken bridge in Craglorn) and have to jump off and die. Person to land closest to the target (an object, the host, etc) win. Rinse/Repeat for multiple rounds. Variation: "Naked Darts"

"DeadPOOL" (see image 1)
A "survivor" tropical island themed game board is setup, high over the ocean (we use Topal Island), 12 contestants each stand on a crate on the gameboard and the host uses RNG to remove the crates one by one, causing the contestant on the crate to fall into a walled-off pen in the ocean to become dinner for the waiting Slaughterfish. Top x to remain standing win prize(s)

Ball Busters (see image 2)
We set up a Notable home (700 item limit) with 50% Nedic Orb, Ritual and 50% decoy items to render Inspect Mode useless.
Contestants are walled in at the front door. When the game starts, they scatter over the property "cracking open" the orbs to see if they contain one of 3 hidden items. (i.e. sweetroll, melon, pumpkin, etc). Once all 3 hidden items are found, everyone is ejected from the home, the board is reset and the first 24 ppl to port back in get to play again.
Tip: EHT has a single-click feature to "turn on all interactables" for a quick (~3 mins) full reset of the board, then you just have to re-hide the items in different orbs.
Tip: The orbs are a Luxury Furnishing (20k each) and *should* be coming up in the rotation any week now. Buying 300+ is expensive, might want to ask guildies to help donate 'em.

Thieving/Pickpocketing/Fishing/Farming Derbies
Exactly what it sounds like. Members who, for instance, collect the most blue/green/white/total fish, containers, etc win prizes. For thieving/pickpocketing, we use the docks at Daggerfall with the 2 ships + nearby surroundings to loot containers & pickpocket, using the nearby outlaw's refuge to reset containers. We're currently beta testing a new addon specifically dedicated to "derbies" and are hopeful it will be made public in the near future by the dev!

PvP Duels
A bracket-style duels competition at the Hammerdeath Arena in Stormhaven.

The Amazing Race
Players start at the first checkpoint where a game host gives each of them an item and a clue. Players must use the clue to find the next checkpoint host, and get the next secret item. First person to get through to the final checkpoint with all of the items wins. (we give them items to ensure they actually made it to all 6 checkpoints)

Around the World Trivia
A guild chat trivia game where contestants MUST travel to find the answers. Stuff like "What is the name of the NPC dancing at the pub in Belkarth"? Which guild currently holds Shiniraer's kiosk in Rawl'kha?

Deal or No Deal
Contestant chosen by being the first to answer a trivia question.
There is a list of 10 prizes "on the wheel" and we roll the dice. They either win a prize, or get a whammy (lose their stuff and they're out of the game. If they can survive 10 rounds without getting Whammied, they win a very large prize (i.e. a Million Gold, 3k crowns, etc). The closer they get to that grand prize, the more the "banker" offers them to quit.

I-Spy (Spot the Difference)
We build out one scene at a house, clone it with EHT, then create "differences" between the two scenes. Contestants can play any time through the weekend and submit their guesses via a Google Form. First to get them all correct wins the big prizes, with smaller prizes going to people who guess some of the differences correctly.

Jukebox from Oblivion (Hell)
This is a discord-voice game where song clips are played and each correct answer gets a prize.
We break it up into two sets of 10 songs. Each set of 10 songs has a common theme (i.e. "One Hit Wonders") and the sooner the theme is guessed, the bigger the prize. After the 2 rounds, we just play random songs with each being worth a prize for as long as we feel like.

DeadPOOL Game Board:


Ball-Busters Game Board:


Ball-Busters Hidden Item:


Please keep both types of ideas coming! Hopefully this post can become a resource for lots of guilds looking for fun ways to entertain their members.

DragonRacer wrote: »

Would involve having enough room on a property (like a large "guild hall"), but scavenger hunts are a classic fun staple. In our guild, someone has an amazing Halloween house set up with X number of Undaunted trophies very cleverly hidden to blend in with the creepy decorations and whoever finds/screenshots the most trophies wins. Granted, now that all folks can use Home Inspection mode, that is made slightly easier but pile enough stuff around and it can still be quite a challenge when they blend in.

One of my friends built a crazy Plinko board at a property where folks slide down and try to control where they go, then see if they land in a "pick a prize" box at the end.

Musical chairs! Set up X number of chairs around a table. Put out a music box that the GM or an officer can activate/deactivate and be in charge of. Activate music box and guildies run around the table until the person in charge deactivates the music box. Music stops, every guildie quickly sits in a chair, odd man out left standing (because if you have, say, 12 people playing, have only 11 chairs out so one person will be "out" at the end of the music), odd man out leaves the area, house owner then removes a chair, music starts playing again. Rinse and repeat, eliminating one person each round and then removing one chair until you are left with two people competing to sit in the last remaining chair first. *Of note, one time we did have a game glitch where BOTH remaining two people were able to sit in the chair. The visual of them morphing together like that provided many laughs and I gave them both a first place prize because technically they did both sit at the same time. XD

This is so funny. We also have a diabolical fellow officer in my main guild. He does an event where he takes 6 of the furnishings "dwarven gear" I believe. The little tiny gear. He uses the eslwyer house with two sections opened. They're so hard to find. A very fun event with all of us in PSN chat.

Our version of chairs is something we call death chairs. Don't ask me how, a housing expert may know. But our resident housing guru has made a platform above a home made huge aquarium. We all sit in the chairs and she has connected them to the sweet rolls randomly. She removes the floor. When she removes a sweet roll, a chair disappears and that person falls to their doooooom. Till last man sitting.

Another good one is cosmetic battle. Someone pulls a mount or cosmetic or momento. Non crown store. Everyone else matches or they're out. Better with vet players though.

So cool to see all these ideas though. Gonna have to borrow!! Good luck with your event.

Happy 18th birthday to your guild!

Edited to add. At the same Elsywer house, the door that brings you outside overlooking a huge cliff and water. At the bottom there's a small island. Tiny. We do lawn darts. Throw ourselves off the cliff and try to hit the island. Good stuff.

DragonRacer wrote: »

Would involve having enough room on a property (like a large "guild hall"), but scavenger hunts are a classic fun staple. In our guild, someone has an amazing Halloween house set up with X number of Undaunted trophies very cleverly hidden to blend in with the creepy decorations and whoever finds/screenshots the most trophies wins. Granted, now that all folks can use Home Inspection mode, that is made slightly easier but pile enough stuff around and it can still be quite a challenge when they blend in.

One of my friends built a crazy Plinko board at a property where folks slide down and try to control where they go, then see if they land in a "pick a prize" box at the end.

Musical chairs! Set up X number of chairs around a table. Put out a music box that the GM or an officer can activate/deactivate and be in charge of. Activate music box and guildies run around the table until the person in charge deactivates the music box. Music stops, every guildie quickly sits in a chair, odd man out left standing (because if you have, say, 12 people playing, have only 11 chairs out so one person will be "out" at the end of the music), odd man out leaves the area, house owner then removes a chair, music starts playing again. Rinse and repeat, eliminating one person each round and then removing one chair until you are left with two people competing to sit in the last remaining chair first. *Of note, one time we did have a game glitch where BOTH remaining two people were able to sit in the chair. The visual of them morphing together like that provided many laughs and I gave them both a first place prize because technically they did both sit at the same time. XD

PSN? We found an amazing plinko house on home tours. I mean just extraordinary.

twisttop138 wrote: »

DragonRacer wrote: »

Would involve having enough room on a property (like a large "guild hall"), but scavenger hunts are a classic fun staple. In our guild, someone has an amazing Halloween house set up with X number of Undaunted trophies very cleverly hidden to blend in with the creepy decorations and whoever finds/screenshots the most trophies wins. Granted, now that all folks can use Home Inspection mode, that is made slightly easier but pile enough stuff around and it can still be quite a challenge when they blend in.

One of my friends built a crazy Plinko board at a property where folks slide down and try to control where they go, then see if they land in a "pick a prize" box at the end.

Musical chairs! Set up X number of chairs around a table. Put out a music box that the GM or an officer can activate/deactivate and be in charge of. Activate music box and guildies run around the table until the person in charge deactivates the music box. Music stops, every guildie quickly sits in a chair, odd man out left standing (because if you have, say, 12 people playing, have only 11 chairs out so one person will be "out" at the end of the music), odd man out leaves the area, house owner then removes a chair, music starts playing again. Rinse and repeat, eliminating one person each round and then removing one chair until you are left with two people competing to sit in the last remaining chair first. *Of note, one time we did have a game glitch where BOTH remaining two people were able to sit in the chair. The visual of them morphing together like that provided many laughs and I gave them both a first place prize because technically they did both sit at the same time. XD

PSN? We found an amazing plinko house on home tours. I mean just extraordinary.

Other than sharing it with the guild one time for a Halloween event, I don’t think she has it publicly listed. She’s a fairly private person mostly.

I have run across one or two Plinko houses in home tours and they’re incredible!

One of the guilds I'm in had a snakes and ladders house at one point. That was pretty fun. Recreate the game board in a house. Use the roll dice command to move. First to the end wins.