Pin the Family on the Cousin

This is a new lawn game inspired by the lore trial about Billy the Kid who was a sharp shooter but mighty far-sighted and also the classic children's party game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Players take turns being blindfolded and then trying to tape a family crest to a cousin.

Players: 3 - 10, ages 5+

Material: As many sets of the 4 family crests as there are players (for crests, use printouts of the 4 family crests (Souza, Garcia, WIlliams-Freemont, Ravelo) - or just the names written on post-its), tape, a cousin (a real person, a printout of a photo from a trial, or any old photo of someone), blindfold, pens.

Setup: Players each take a set of 4 crests and write their initials on them. If you are not using post-its, also put take on each crest. Hang the cousin. Decide who will go first.

Playing: The first player is blindfolded and spun around (guided!) 3-5 times. She or he is then set straight and invited to try to pint the family on the cousin. After she or he has placed all 4 of the crests, the blindfold is removed. Play repeats in the same fashion with each subsequent player.

The crests that are closest to the cousin's NOSE are the winning ones. Players should discuss to decide (1) which player wins and (2) which family the cousin was best pinned by!

Documentation: Take photos or video during the setup. Be sure to display your family crest somewhere visible during the game and record it during documentation. If you have someone with you not playing, they can document. Since this game sounds funny anything that you can do to record the audio - either an mp3 recorder or with the short video feature on your digital camera - will be great, though not necessary. Post your documentation somewhere like youtube or flickr with the tag "lgfl" where Taylor and I can access it (or send it to me via email if you do not participate in those sites).

Evaluation (optional): Answer the following questions: (1) was the game fun? why/why not? (2) was the game fair? why/why not? (3) what did players and spectators think about the game? (4) what did it feel like when you were playing the game? Rewrite the rules and game description to make it (1) more clear and (2) more suited for the afterlife.

Receiving your loyalty points and the challenge piece: To redeem your loyalty points, send your documentation (as links or attachments) and your evaluation to me (anna dot ravelo at g mail dot com). The depth and quality of your documentation and evaluation do not impact the loyalty award. Loyalty does not judge. But do bear in mind that your documentation and evaluation will seen by the public at large in the afterlife.

To play this game, you must dedicate SMARTS points, on a sliding scale based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place: 50, 2nd place: 40, 3rd place: 25, 4th place: 10). When you complete playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn 65 LOYALTY points.

1st place family: 80

1st place family: 50