Fascination is a great boardwalk and amusement park game that is played at many different locations throughout the country. The object of the game is to light up five lights in a row before anyone else playing at the the same location lights up his or her own five lights in a row. Basically, it's bingo played by rolling a round ball and lighting up lights. Might sound simple, but Fascination is truly addictive.
Instructions
Play the Game Fascination
1. Find a location that has the game Fascination. This is most likely going to be a boardwalk at the beach or an amusement park. Fascination games are hosted in arcades with anywhere from 40 to 80 individual game tables. Each table has a five by five grid of holes at the end of a wooden board about 10 feet long.
2. Give the attendant any amount of cash you wish over 20 cents, and the attendant will give you tokens to play the game. Most games take one token (20 cents), but sometimes there are specials that let you play for a discounted price. These specials include 10 games for a dollar, free games, and hourlong specials for $5.
3. Grab the little rubber ball that is in the opening at the bottom of your game table and wait for the announcer to indicate the new game has begun.
4. Roll your ball toward the five-by-five grid on your playing table. The goal is to light up five lights in a row before your opponents in the room accomplish the same goal. Sometimes the announcer will turn on the four corners' option as an additional way to win.
5. Keep rolling until someone gets five lights in a row. Sometimes this can happen extremely quickly, in under a minute. Other times it could take two to four minutes.
6. Get ready for the next game of Fascination. As long as you have tokens in your token tube, you can keep playing. If you need to purchase more tokens let an attendant know and she'll give you additional tokens in exchange for cash.
