I installed the Dangerous Games at Burning Man 2007, starting Monday afternoon and finishing the next day after the Man had burned four days early.
Photo: Kerry Veenstra
Participants enjoyed playing all of the games. Here campmates Veronika and Clay play the Labyrinth while Burning Man employee Pokie Dot knocks over the Dominos.
Photo: Nadja Herreshoff
The Labyrinth returned to the desert several times after this, but it never looked as clean as it did in 2007!
Photo: Phoenix Toews
I discovered that Shoot the Moon was easier to play than the smaller original game.
Photo: Kerry Veenstra
The weight of the dominos led them to make a satisfying clunk when they were toppled.
Photo: Kerry Veenstra
I never saw anyone play a Dominos game, but one evening I did see “Domino-henge”!
Photo: Kerry Veenstra
An illuminated fence surrounded the games to prevent them from being hit at night.
Photo: Kerry Veenstra
The Labyrinth’s internal mechanism broke after a couple of days, and I needed to mark it out-of-order. But after Burning Man, I repaired Labyrinth in time for San Francisco Decompression 2007, where it was played during the entire event.
Photo: Kerry Veenstra
Photo: Kerry Veenstra
All of the games returned to the desert several times, but never again were all three installed together.
Photo: Bill Klemens