The Hour After Lunch
Event Game Rentals in Toronto and Vancouver
Equipment that pulls guests off their phones and mixes tables which would otherwise stay in their own corners.
Three ways in
Sorted by what the room is doing
Giant and lawn games
Oversized versions of games nobody needs the rules explained for.
Giant stacking tower
54 pine blocks that start at knee height and play up to 8 ft.
Giant four-in-a-row
A 46.5 in frame with 42 coins, up in seconds without tools.
Giant chess
A 24 in king on a folding 10 by 10 ft vinyl mat.
Giant checkers
24 discs at 10 inches across, on the same 10 by 10 ft mat.
Cornhole
Two regulation boards with LEDs built in, so play carries past sunset.
Ring toss
A 16.5 in wooden base with the scoring marked on it, under 3 lb.
Giant axe darts
An 8 ft inflatable target thrown at with foam axes.
Ladder toss
Two press-fit steel frames and six bolas, 5.5 lb for the set.
Casino and carnival
Four items that give an evening a shape.
Poker table
An 84 in oval set for ten, folding in half for the loading dock.
Prize wheel
A 36 in wheel with 18 slots you write your own prizes onto.
Chip set and dealer kit
500 casino-weight chips in four denominations, cased and sorted.
Cash cube
An inflatable chamber 6 ft across that puts a crowd round one spot.
Photo and immersive
The part of an event guests take away with them.
And the one that is not a game
Letters do not get played with, they get photographed.
Sizing the games area
Four things that turn a question into a number.
Nothing in this category is quoted off a list alone — it is quoted against a room, a date and a power supply. These four are what we need before any of it can be answered.
Measure the ground, not the game
A stacking tower starts on an 8 × 8 in footprint and grows upward from there, so indoors it is a ceiling measurement rather than a floor one. Cornhole plays at the regulation 27 ft board to board, so the lane is the measurement rather than the boards. Send the dimensions of the space and the list narrows itself.
Say which of them need power
Axe darts runs a blower for as long as it is up. The cash cube draws close to 1,470 W across two blowers, both running continuously off two outlets, so send that figure to whoever is planning the power.
Indoors has a ceiling
The stacking tower plays up to 8 ft. Axe darts stands 93 in tall once inflated. The golf enclosure is 96 in high before you allow for a swing. Measure the height at the spot, ductwork included.
Seating is a separate line
A poker table is quoted as a table. Chairs around it come from the furniture category, so send the count with your request and both arrive on the same truck.
Events these end up at
Six occasions that book out of this category.
Company picnics and family days
Open ground, a mixed guest list and no schedule anybody is going to keep to. Lawn games suit it because a group can join one and leave it again without stopping the game for everybody else.
Charity fundraisers
A poker floor gives the evening a structure before the auction starts. An 18-slot prize wheel with a dry-erase face lets the draw be written for your own prize list rather than a printed one.
Trade-show stands
The job is stopping somebody in an aisle. A prize wheel builds on a tabletop pole for a booth counter; a cash cube does it by putting a crowd of spectators round one spot.
Product launches and brand activations
A 360 booth produces the clip guests post before they have left. A green-screen frame puts them in front of a background built from your own artwork instead of the venue you were given.
Holiday parties
A mirror booth handles groups without an enclosure to squeeze into, so the queue keeps moving through the busiest hour of the night rather than backing up behind a bench seat.
Client appreciation evenings
A golf enclosure holds a small group in one place for a long stretch, which is what a sponsor stand or a hosted evening is usually trying to buy in the first place.