A fairground classic that earns its floor space
The Fish Bowl Challenge is the side stall where players throw coloured ping pong balls into a grid of glass fish bowls. The game travels in a red flight case: the lid props open to spell out One In To Win, the striped Fish Bowl backdrop stands behind it, and the case sits on a trestle table at standing height with a throwing line in front. A ball only just fits the mouth of a bowl, so a soft, accurate throw does much better than a firm one, and it tends to take people a few goes to find that out. Children and adults can both play.
On an exhibition stand or at a trade show it has a fair bit going for it. The whole thing is manual, so there's nothing to plug in and nothing to add to the stand's electrical load, and it sets up indoors or out on almost any surface. It's also a game most visitors already know from seaside holidays, which means people start playing without much explanation - and every throw gives the people on your stand a reason to start a conversation with whoever is at the line.
We hire it on its own for promotions and parties, or as one stall in a row of side games.
