Tempt Your Fate Game

Two other great site for ideas are the Halloween Forum and http://www.1halloween.net/ Both sites have hundreds of pages and include so many ideas. I found several more games there that we are going to use at the Boo Bash. The Halloween Forum is devoted to die-hard Halloween fans. They prepare for their Haunts and parties all year. There is some very amazing stuff made and displayed by the members. However, they are also very tolerant of the mere amateurs and small time Halloween nuts like I have become. The second site is a kid friendly site and on the surface looks a little juvenile. Don't let that fool you. It really has some great ideas including hints of how to make some simple, but effective CHEAP props like the crashed witch, bride and groom spooky couple, a life size vampire, and things like body parts coming out the grave.

But, back to the purpose of this post. We are going to play a game called Tempt Your Fate at the Boo Bash. I found the game on the Halloween Forum, but the ideas for many of the fates at the 1Halloween site.

There will be an assortment of good fates and bad fates. Since some people may not want to participate in this type of game, it will be voluntary. Anytime during the night someone may choose to Tempt their Fate and draw a card.

The game can be played by having guests pop balloons that contain the fates. However, I wanted something with a little more pomp and circumstance. Today, I found a spooky door knocker at Goodwill that is awesome. You push the button and the skeleton hand moves and makes a knocking motion while the sound effects mimic a loud creepy knock on a door. I knew that I had to buy this, but wasn't sure where I would be able to use it. When I got home, I realized that it will be a perfect prop for the Tempt My Fate game. It will be attached to a bowl or container that holds the cards. I haven't worked out the details of the container yet. I think this knocker will set a great mood for the game and everyone will definitely hear when someone decides to tempt fate.

Here are a few graphics used by Frankie's Girl from the Halloween Forum last year for her Tempt Your Fate game.

This is her description graphic of the Tempt Your Fate game from 2008.



Shown below are the Fate description cards used by Frankie's Girl last year.

I had considered putting the fates inside balloons so that guests could pop them to get their fate. However, I really want to make sure that everyone knows that someone is about to TEMPT FATE.

When someone chooses to Tempt Fate, they will draw out a card with the appropriate fate. If they have a good fate, there will be an appropriate nice card letting them know that fate has smiled on them or some such jibberish and they they are able to be spared. They will receive a prize that is written on the fate card. If they draw a bad fate, they will have to do what ever is described on the card.

This is where I am going to merge the two games. I am using some great ideas from http://www.halloween1.net/ as bad fates. This website has the lyrics to many Halloweenish songs including "Addams Family", "Monster Mash", "Ghostbusters", "Bad Moon Rising", "Munsters Theme", several from "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Flying Purple People Eater", "Thriller", and "Werewolves of London". If you draw one of those as a bad fate, you must sing the song on the karoake machine. I may relent and let them just sing in front of everyone. Other bad fates include some Halloween lyrics set to CHRISTMAS carols. LOLSince some people would probably rather die than sing, there are also some other bad fates of things they have to do in front of everyone.I think this is a great game that would really be loved by teens.Check out all the homemade props in this site. it gives easy and cheap ways to make some really good props. ( hands coming out of graves, a person stuck in the ceiling, the crashed witch, ghoulish bride and groom, etc. It is the best site I have found for basic ideas and things to make without breaking the bank.

This second link to the Halloween Forum needs to be scrolled down a couple of messages.

Here are some graphics from another poster, who has played this game. Look at ylbissop's awesome graphics in the graphic below. This was posted last year on the Halloween Forum site at this link.