This weekend, from Noon Pacific on Saturday the 13th through Noon Pacific the following day, the 3rd installment will be happening at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. The Home Game Enterprizes crew (including yours truly) have been working on this year's marathon since literally hours after last year's marathon. Like last year, money raised during the marathon benefits ExtraLife and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Unlike last year, our goal is double last year--$5000, and we're close to 4 digits right now. All the fun will be streaming live through Twitch.
The line-up of games is as follows:
Noon: las Vegas Gambit (appropriate for the venue)
1 PM: Monopoly
2 PM: The Joker's Wild
3 PM: Chain Reaction
4 PM: Split Second
5 PM: Blockbusters
6 PM: Scrabble
7 PM: Only Connect
8 PM: Wipeout
9 PM: Smush
10 PM: Hollywood Squares
11 PM: Match Game
Midnight: Wheel of Fortune After Dark (not for the kiddies)
1 AM: Remote Control
2 AM: Drunken Password (a laugh out loud riot last year)
3 AM: Showoffs
4 AM: Concentration
5 AM: Lingo
6 AM: Eye Guess
7 AM: Whew!
8 AM: Countdown
9 AM: Dealer's Choice
10 AM: Pointless
11 AM: Super Press Your Luck
We're also playing and streaming The $25,000 Pyramid and Family Feud on Friday night at 6 PM Pacific and 9 PM, respectively. We're also streaming The Price is Right at 3 PM Pacific on Sunday. That's at least 27 hours of game show fun to fill your weekend!
Also, you never know who's going to play these games. Without namedropping, we had numerous Jeopardy! champions including tournament winners (plural) participate last year, as well as some faces and names you might recognize from different game shows over the years. One person who has signed up to play some games this year is a well-known international game show personality.
You can find links to the Twitch page and the donation site at
http://homegameenterprizes.com/marathon/index.html We will also update social media throughout the marathon, at the very least at Home Game Enterprizes' Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. We did some Periscoping last year.
Thanks in advance for your support for the kids!