Our second Winter Warm Up Event from MindGames!

🦌During this game you take on the role of Rudolph and need to deliver presents to children across the world! 

Christmas is fast approaching, and you have limited time to deliver as many completed presents as possible. To have presents to deliver, you must first collect the necessary resources, drop them off at the workshop, and let the elves assemble them into completed presents. You must then return to the workshop, pick up the completed presents and deliver them to children around the world. 🎅🏼

Your goal is to deliver as many presents as possible before midnight to build up as much Christmas Spirit as you can! 🎁

📍LOCATION: Meet and drop bags at The Pacific Tavern, London, SE16 7LH

Flexible start: Between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

Event running time: 90 minutes  ⏱️

Event 1 in Series 1 2026 from MindGames: Deep Blue!

Location TBC in London Zone 1

During this game you take on the role of a Polar Bear preparing for hibernation 🐻‍❄️. Winter is coming ❄️ and you have a limited amount of time to create the largest possible stockpile of fish to survive the cold season 🐟.

To catch fish 🎣, you must dive through the last remaining holes in the ice 🧊, hold your breath 😮‍💨, and swim to fishing points to collect as much as you can before resurfacing back through the ice holes 🏊‍♂️.

Your job is to gather fish and store them in the fish bank 🏦, then make it back to your igloo before winter begins and the fishing season ends.🏆😴

Flexible start: Between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

Event running time: 90 minutes  ⏱️

Event 2 in Series 1 2026 from MindGames: Scrabble+ Returns!
Surrey Quays

🔍Prepare to embark on a word-chasing, puzzle-solving escapade unlike any other!

Your mission? To race across the map, gathering scattered letters and unlocking bonuses to score points.🔡

🏃‍♀️Will you emerge as the Grand Wordsmith of the Runiverse or be left tripping over rogue vowels and consonantal chaos?

On your marks, get set, and go spell something spectacular! 🏆

📍LOCATION: Surrey Quays

Flexible start: Between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

Event running time: 90 minutes  ⏱️

Event 3 in Series 1 2026 from MindGames: Snakes and Ladders!
Location TBC in London Zone 1

🚨There has been a breakout from London Zoo! 🦓 Late last night nine hungry snakes escaped from their cages 🐍, slithered through the fence, and are now roaming loose around Regent’s Park 🌳. The zoo needs you and your team to find and capture them before they escape any further. 🕵️‍♂️

To assist you, there are ladders 🪜 which will speed up your movement, and fruit 🍎🍌 which will help lure the snakes in.

During this game you must work as a team 🤝 to make your way through a snakes & ladders board 🎲, earning points by moving through the board🏃‍♂️, picking up fruit 🍉, and capturing snakes. 🙌

Event 4 in Series 1 2026 from MindGames: Pizza Factory!
St Katharine Docks

During this game, you take on the role of the Head Pizza Runner and need to deliver fresh pizzas to hungry customers! 🤤The dinner dash is fast approaching, and you have limited time to get as many completed pizzas out the door as possible. ⏱️

To have pizzas to deliver, you must first gather the necessary ingredients 🧀🍅🥓, drop them off at the pizza factory, and let the ovens fire them up into delicious finished dishes 🔥🍕. You must then return to the factory, pick up the completed pizzas, and deliver them to customers far and wide. 🛵💨

Your goal is to deliver as many pizzas as possible before midnight to build up maximum Pizza Prestige! ✨

Event 5 in Series 1 2026 from MindGames: GoldRush!

Location TBC in London Zone 1

Gold has been discovered in a mine close to your town, but it won’t last long ⛏️✨. Use your speed, skill, and ingenuity to collect as much gold as you can and store it in your bank 🏦💰.

During this game you must work as a pair 🤝 to round-up horses 🐎, load and unload a train 🚂, and set up a drone network 🛸 to earn gold.

All while dodging bandits… 🤠💥