Mini game ideas? post here ^_^

Ill start by posting my idea

*Hog Races*

Ever been to a dog race well this one is similar but it will be 11 Hogs running instead of dogs, there would be a circuit of its own that would be accesible from each major city after searing From a NPC that could be called a Race Promoter ( or something like that ).
How to place bets? before the race the hogs will be in a similar row as the henchies, by clicking on them you would get a similar screen as in the trade where you either View or cancel the trade but the options here will be: place bet and view race history, viewing history shows past placements in the races, place bet allows you to put your money on the hog ( max 300g/bet and max 3 bets/person ) then you will get a bet token that says your hogs number and the amount of gold on it.
How does the prizes get counted? Simple lets say 70 people placed bet in the races for a total of 19,000g and number 8 wins and a total of 21 people placed bets on that hog, so 19,000:21 = about 905g ( the players that bet on the winner gets the total money divided among them)
How to cash in? talk to the NPC that teleported you to the circuit and give him the Race token.
How often the races would be kept and how long will they be? is 10-20 minutes a good time and lasts for about 1 minutes per race , well atleast i think it would be ^_^ and BTW the racing announcements are visible only for the ones that are inside the circuit.

and as in for keeping up the diversity the hogs stats would get reset every 2-3 days. and hogs will have random/varying succes in the races.

LOL i like this. I'd suggest Strider races but maybe that would be too much of a rip-off from Final Fantasy 7

yeah i too thought bout it but they look too much of a chocobo :P but the bet systme in it was a really well organized and simple to use

Oh indeed!! races would rule...

How about being able to race your pets... i dunno... wolf vs stalker #1!!

Place bets now folks!

yea... races would be fun... but well... with a game like this, it would probably be pretty hard to add it in a nice fashion, it would probably take quite a long time... and well... i would suggest that sort of mini-game could be yet another expansion idea for the future!

yes they can either make it hasty and crappy looking or do it with out a fuss and make it look neat

Ale keg stands. You'd have to use either the mouse keys or the arrow keys to keep upright and balanced on the keg all while tapping a particular to keep drinking. The crowd around you will start shouting "Drink! Drink! Drink!" and then when you start they would chanting the number of seconds you were on the keg, " 1, 2, 3 ,4 ,5 --->" Now the longer you do it the more intoxicated you became. Also short stands would result in booing from the gathered crowd and a longer one would result in serious cheering and applauding.

heh thats a good one Night what you wana call it? heres one name the irish ( or dwarven ) balance test

I like the sounds of those races. As long as the NPC always takes more money than he gives out it becomes a viable gold sink.

yes since you can place bets on up to 3 of 11 hogs the chances of you winning is less than 30% but the thing is AN needs to make it entertaining.

- Blackjack
- Chess
- Checkers

- Monster Swarm Area - where you fight wave after wave and can win prizes for your trouble!

yes those too ( didnt wanna suggest the practical games becouse you get them everywhere these days. chekkers in Steam,chess in your GSM etc. etc. )

Chess definitly would kick ass. with wagers of course.

.. monster swarm area.

The -only- loot they would drop is tokens. Tokens would be exchanged for amusing prizes.

;P

I'm thinking of something using indevidual stats. like cinder black breaking contests for warriors strength attribute were the lvl of the atribute does...something

or a "Who can keep the bone horror alive the longest" for monks

Yes chess ( with GWs Theme pieces ) and the chracter based mini games all god ideas lets just hope AN takes a peek at this thread ^_^

I think it'd be kind of neat to have a sort of card game (again, I'm not trying to rip of Final Fantasy. Just happens that they had the idea, too.. and it's a good one!) It would be something simple, but that required at least a little strategy to win.. However, I don't think it should be possible to buy cards from people. You have your own personal deck and you can win cards by winning games. Not necessarily from the other player, though. I rather like the idea that a deck has a rating based on how good the cards are.. The players' deck rating is averaged and a card within their range becomes the prize. That way there's no penalty for losing, since it's just a minigame anyway... a good time waster when your guildies are taking FOREVER to get back from making coffee... Oh wait, that'd be me.. not them. hee

yes a game like Triple-Triad or Tetra master would be outstanding with monster theme cards of course

yah have guild games to.. it would be awesome to sit down with your guild and play a nice game of POKER with small wagers of course..

I'd love to know what the heck any of this has to do with Guild Wars.... just a bunch of pointless, unrelated crap to add to a game.

though I'm too tired to come up with minigames atm, there is a warcraft 3 custom map called Uther Party that has like 30 or 40 really cool little mini games, all of which (most of which) are very fun. I'll try to remember some after sleepage and repost the basic concepts. :"D