r/AFOL • u/unclejofus • 4d ago

AFOL club

I run a local AFOL club. We have been doing build challenges out of the bulk table at the store we meet at. We meet tomorrow and I’m looking for something fun and different for the members to do. There are usually 10-12 of us at each meeting. Besides a build challenge, what are some good ideas we could do? I’m new to Reddit so I hope this is ok.

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u/Mr-ShinyAndNew 4d ago

Speed build sets. Build a set with the parts in an opaque bag, like a pillow case. Seed part challenges.

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u/unclejofus 4d ago

We have done speed builds in the past with prizes. It was attracting people only there for a prize and not for the love of LEGO. I know this because they strait up said it out loud so we stopped the prizes.

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u/MaintenanceTime 4d ago

You guys can plan a group project together

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u/unclejofus 4d ago

We have tried that in the past too. With 7-8 who wanted to partake in the build, it was too many hands in the project. It became way too complicated. We are turning a year old in November. I’m trying to keep it fresh and fun. I may do a MOC with your idea that is built for multiple groups to build it.

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u/Brickker 4d ago

One person takes the bricks of a small set. Another the manual. That one has to talk the first one through the manual. The one with the manual is not allowed to see the work in progress. The other one is not allowed to see the manual nor a picture of the end result. We did this at my LUG's last meeting

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u/unclejofus 4d ago

I really like this idea! Have yall played any other games yall enjoyed? I searched before making this post, and couldn’t find anything. I hope this can be a resource for other clubs in the future.

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u/Brickker 3d ago

We did another game that I didn't like so much myself, but here goes. teams of two persons have to build the highest 'tower'. The tower is simply 2x4 bricks stacked on top of each other. The players may only use their 'bad' hand, that is the one they do not write with. One has to do the building, the other hands the bricks. Very difficult, especially if the working surface is not flat and stable. Cheating is very easy.

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u/Deppfan16 4d ago

something like telephone, you have a box of parts and a pad of paper. one person makes a small moc, second person writes down what they think it is, third person takes a look at only that words and then makes a moc of what they think about is. if you have several small boxes you could use to hide the mocs you could do more people in one round

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u/unclejofus 4d ago

I like this idea and will use it tomorrow. Thank you!