The original post: /r/gaming by /u/mykewamb on 2024-09-19 01:45:04.

For my birthday I intend to host a Gaming Decathalon for 6 of my friends, with the hopes that the winner will take the crown and do the same next year, and we’ll create a tradition. I have some really fun ideas for some events, but would like to hear some more takes.

Games should be able to have a points/ranking so that each player gets a different point value at the end of the round. (Think Mario Kart)

For sure I want to start with an “adult easter egg hunt” where there will be little prizes in a few eggs, but also there will be different point values in them.

The final game will be at night, It will be hide and seek where I go to my car for 5 minutes and everyone hides, inside and out. I have a decent sized house. My SO will then turn off all the lights, and the last person I find will be the winner of the round.

Also, I’m a chef, so of course I will do the game from Hell’s Kitchen, where I blindfold contestants and see if they can guess the foods/ingredients correctly.

We’re all gamers, but I think the only system we have in common is the Switch, so I have some ideas for that.

Mario Kart: All Rainbow Roads

NEW Championship 1989 - Super mario bros 3 World 1-1 start to finish. The game is basically set up perfectly to use as an event.

Super smash bros - I’m skeptical on this because some friends play this way more than others, so maybe I would do like a 10 stock match w op items and 300% Health. Or I’ll just do something else.

Since it’s my birthday I’ll also have a trivia game that basically revolves around me. I have some pretty quirky question lined up. My wife will also “play along” and people can use her as a life line, but if she’s wrong, they get negative points. I will also draw inspiration from JaidenAnimations’ Pokemon Trivia game, where a portion of the game was completely subjective. I thought that was hilarious.

I think we’ll play scattegories, My family has played that game to the ground and I already have 3 custom made lists that haven’t been used much.

I want to do like a whose line is it anyway kind of game, and an among us style game, but I haven’t figured out how to make them into games that fit the scoring parameters. This also can’t take all day. 7 hours Max for the entirety.

Other Less exciting possibilities:

HORSE, Charades-esque games, Something from the Jackbox catalog, “Beer” pong

Anyway, please hit me with suggestions, or maybe suggest other subreddits where this might pop off a bit more. I’m very excited, as you can probably guess.