Looking for a tabletop game that could be combined with bowling pins?
Hi everyone!
For a small birthday party, we'll have access to a private bowling alley. Since we're all big tabletop game fans, I thought it might be fun to somehow combine the two.
My idea was to use the number of pins knocked down as a bonus to certain rolls or mechanics. None of us are particularly good bowlers, so knocking down lots of pins feels almost as random as rolling dice anyway.
Also, it's not regular bowling but nine-pin bowling.
I've only played a handful of systems so far, including D&D and a few smaller or homebrew games, so I was wondering if anyone knows of a tabletop game that would lend itself well to this kind of gimmick. It would just be for a fun one-shot where the main goal is to have a good time together. We're also much more into roleplay, exploration, and mystery than combat-heavy games. Even though, maybe combat-heavy would suit the bowling pins more? There will be around six people.
Does anyone have any recommendations or ideas for how you would integrate the bowling pins into the game?