Roller Bowler Hire
The Roller Bowler is a two-lane, head-to-head version of the classic carnival hump game. Both players stand at the same end of the table - one lane each - and roll simultaneously. The aim is to send your ball up the inclined track with enough force to crest the peak at the far end and come to rest in the winning zone on the other side, without it rolling back to you. Too much pace and it overshoots or returns; too little and it stalls before the top. Finding the right amount takes a few attempts, which is roughly the point.
The game has been a fixture at UK funfairs and seaside piers for decades - you'll also hear it called the Bowler Roller, Roll a Bowler, or ball roll game depending on who's running it - and the mechanics haven't changed because they don't need to. It works because the challenge isn't obvious from watching: it looks like a casual rolling game until you're standing at it with the ball in your hand and the ball keeps coming back to you.
No power is required. The unit sits on a trestle table and the footprint is 6ft by 2ft. It's self-explanatory to play without a dedicated operator, which is useful if your team would rather be having conversations than explaining rules to each new player.
