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Yeah but with the internet on most phones theyre a bit of a waste of time these days.
Actually to get the most entertainment out of them these days youd have to make sure there is no prize so that cheaters dont have a motive.
Or come up with novel questions possibly based on very local knowledge that wouldnt appear on the internet.
e.g. whats the pub owners mother's maiden name? <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

Not really games but I love a crossword or sudoku over a pint. But as was said the best entertainment can be good conversation. The biggest atmosphere killer is the ubiquitous SKY (on contstant loop)

&amp;quot;JamesM&amp;quot;:3h8fto3p wrote: Yeah but with the internet on most phones theyre a bit of a waste of time these days.[/quote:3h8fto3p]Nah, you just need a better quiz master <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D --> I go to a really good one where the trick is speed: the rounds are delivered quickly and the papers are taken up quickly -- just enough time for teammates to consult but not enough for cheats to do any research.

I think games are a cheap way of adding value to the pub experience. You do have to be careful that they do not impact on the conversations of other patrons, but I do think that a darts game, or something like table skittles adds variety to the goings on in a pub and thus contributes to the atmosphere.

I meet up with my mates in tallaght village on the odd thursday, weve always drank in this particular pub, but they now do bingo on a thursday night.
Its only a small pub and the noise of the bingo caller really impacts on the conversation - its actually got to the piont where we get asked to keep it down if we're being too loud (which isnt that loud at all)
They were in a situation where tehy had to do something tho, the bingo brings in a few extras to what would have been a near empty pub anyway.
They look after the women that play (a few men also im sure), every few weeks they throw up a few sambos or a few nibbles from the chinese across the road. They even get in a bit of entertainment on special occasions - like a time warp when that happens <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

I am a fan of games and as I mentioned a pub in portlaoise used to allow it,my grand father was a champion of draughts and he taught my dad you in turn taught me,other than my dad never lost a game of this,challenge anyone. <!-- s:idea: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_idea.gif" alt="" title="Idea" /><!-- s:idea: -->