We drew cards from a standard 52-card pack, whoever cut the highest cards, their game was played.
Chad drew a Queen, so his game was first. He decided we'd play two rounds, and each player would score points for their team given their fininishing position. Zero points for Greater Peon, one for Lesser Peon, 2-5 for the Merchants, seven for Lesser Dalmuti and nine for Great Dalmuti. Each team could only have four people play. We randomly picked original starting positions:
Eddie drew a Jack, his game was second. Each participant stood on a chair and dropped a candy cane, trying to hook it onto a garland suspended between the two chairs. Each person had four candy canes to attempt. Eddie started off the boys team with one hooked, Meredith didn't get any. Then Chad and Lorelei split and each hooked one. J.D. and Grammy both failed to hook any, then Captain beat Steph, hooking one to her none. In the final match up, Uncle Giant stared down Cat, forcing her to make to try to make them all. Both failed to hook any, boys win 3-1.
Lorelei drew a Ten, her game was third. She had hot-glued solo cups to a peg board, then covered each cup with tissue paper and held that in place with a rubber band. Inside each cup was hidden some number of candy. Hersey Kisses are worth 1 point, Kit-Kats are worth 5 points, and Mint Patties are worth 3. Mer went first and got a Hersey Kiss. Eddie followed with a mint. Then Lorelei got two kisses. Captain got the first Kit-Kat. Grammy had a masterstroke of a single Kiss. J.D. got a huge cup of five kisses. Steph followed with two kisses. Chad, Cat, & Uncle Giant each got a single kiss. Mer got three kisses. Eddie got two kisses, and Lore a mint. Captain brought home a win for the boys with another Kit-Kat. Grammy helped the girls out with four kisses. J.D. choose wisely with four kisses. Steph changed the game with TWO Kit-Kats! Chad got another single kiss, but Cat answered back with four kisses. Uncle Giant and Mer each picked a single kiss. Eddie helped the boys with a mint. Lore somehow picked out a peanut butter cup, and then Eddie tried to sabotage the boys by saying it was worth 20 points, but the boys, talked them down to 1 point. The Captain's magic fingers failed him, finding only a single kiss. Grammy then pulled out two kisses. J.D. pulled out two kisses, Steph answered back with two kisses and a rolo. Chad helped out with a Kit-Kat, but Cat answered back immediately with another Kit-Kat. Uncle Giant pulled four kisses. Mer picked one kiss. Eddie got three kisses. Lore pulled a single kiss, and The Captain picked a cup with a single kiss. Grammy grabbed a kiss. J.D. got two and Steph three kisses. Chad and Cat each grabbed three kisses. Uncle Giant picked three kisses, Mer got a single kiss, and Eddie found a missed one and opened the last cup for five kisses. Lore found another kiss which gave the girls a total of 54 points. The Boys ended up with 61 points, for the win!
Cat drew an Eight, her game was fourth, although it wasn't required we elected to play it anyway. The Boys won that too, they escaped the Astronomer's room and saved the town, 4 minutes faster than the Girls.
Uncle Giant and Steph each drew a Four, on the rematch Uncle Giant drew a Jack, so his game was fifth, we didn't need to play it, but we decided to play anyway. It was like the TV show $100,000 Pyramid. There were eight categories: 'T' Words, 'R' Words, Words That End in 'Z', Winter Words, Words That Contain 'BASE', Things That Are Green, Things That You Turn On, and Pizza Toppings. Chad and Eddie were horrible clue givers, and everyone else excelled. The Girls won 27-16.