Fun for your Fundraising: Games for Fetes & Festivals

Get Them Lining Up! 

How to choose the best games to play so your sideshow alley will have the kiddos lining up?

We are often seen as the coolest ride on the whole site.

 Laser Tag is an excellent fundraiser for any group running a busy event.

Laser Tag is VALUE. Because we are new and exciting our attraction will drive new people to your event.

 We can organize a fixed fee hire, based on the number of taggers, event duration and how far from Brisbane you are.

Running the Laser Tag Games

If you are looking for some easy to run school fete games, then think "laser tag!"

The best option for a fete is to run 5-minute games. (We can pre-set the game times for you, or you can easily change the duration of the game with the controller that it included in your hire pack.)

During busy periods up to 6 to 8 games per hour can be completed. If you hire a 12-pack, that's 60-80 players in an hour. Hire more and boost more ticket sales as players want to go again and again. 

While one group is playing, explain to the other group how the game works. You can even play our video briefings. Find out more below. 

What's the easiest to run school fete game? It's "Bullseye!"

Bullseye GAME

        

3# Best School Fete Laser Tag Games

Let's cover the 3 best laser tag games to play at a school fete that can be an absolute winner in your school's sideshow alley. 

TDM also known as "Team Elimination" is a great team game. It's red versus blue. Players need to tag the opposition more than they are tagged. Everyone plays the entire game. So even if they are tagged out, the gamers just go back to their base (wherever they started) and stand next to the battle box for a few seconds and the computer brings them back to life. Then they run back in for another go!

Capture & Hold is an awesome game. Again the players are divided into 2 teams. But this time as well as tagging the opposition, gamers also need to tag a box that is placed in the centre of wherever you are playing. It is a good idea that the players need to get in close to tag it. The computer inside the central box times how long each team has it in control. 

Bullseye is the best school fete game. It is easy to run and initiative, even for the youngest players! Instead of the central box timing how long each team has it in control. The computer simply counts how many times the red team tags it, and how many times the blue team tags it. The winning team is the one that has tagged the central box the most. Easy!

How Many Taggers?

Depending on your school and the size of your fete a 12 pack may work for you. But a lot of festivals find laser tag to be one of the most popular activities!

If you're expecting lots of people coming to your fundraiser you might find a 16 or 20 set of laser taggers will work better for you! 

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Where to Play! 

Most fetes are hosted on an oval. This is fantastic for big rides, but Laser Tag is high-tech hide-and-seek.  

The minimum size for your area should be 20 metres by 20 metres.  

We recommend playing in an area with trees, which you can often find at the edge of the showgrounds. 

Or book in inflatables.  

Laser tag can be played on other surfaces as long as there are no significant tripping hazards. 

Click here for a video on setting up the Inflatables!

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Deciding on a Package

 

Good

8 Play at Once (4 vs 4)

All Day Hire

A controller device to manage the games

Game Box: "Bullseye" Game

Approx. 6 to 8 Games an hour

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Better

12 Play at Once (6 vs 6)

 All Day Hire

A controller device to manage the games

Game Box: "Bullseye" Game

Approx. 6 to 8 Games an hour

 

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 Best

16 Play at Once (8 vs 8)  

DELIVERING TO YOU 

We rent all over Australia. We courier you the boxes using Star Track. We specialise in laser tag hire around South East Queensland, serving Brisbane, Gold Coast, Tweed, and Ipswich. If you are located in Brisbane, ask us about our staffed events. 

We rent nationwide. 

So whether you are in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne or somewhere in between we are here to help. A Laser Tag rental is great for rural and regional areas, such as mining towns. 

      

School Fete - Hints & Tips 

Here are some useful hints and tips for running a school fete.

Before the Fete

Set up in an area that's right in the middle of "side-show alley". If the laser tag is hidden away from the rest of the attractions then you will get less participation.
If you have an area that has some mature trees (such as in the photo) then this can pad out the inflatables and add more things to hide behind in your pop-up maze. You can also use playground equipment, just like we did in this photo. In this example, we placed the Game Box on the landing at the side of the playground slide. That way the kids had to get in close to tag it!

During the Fete

Keep the games short e.g. 5 minutes. Set the game timer on your Controller to 5 minutes so the game will automatically end. Lots of fun, quick games mean you can cycle through more kids.
While one group of students is playing, explain how to use the gear to the next lot of kids in the queue.
It's important to manage the queue and make sure the player who has just finished a game runs back to the end of the line. No one likes queue jumpers!!

After the Fete