Based on Egyptian pyramids, this game would be played for $20,000 in cash.
Here's how it works:
A large pyramid prop with four levels ($1,000, $2,000, $5,000, and $20,000) is presented, and next to each of them is a row of buttons with hieroglyphics corresponding to small prizes/SPs. Each SP is described, and then the contestant must "climb" the pyramid by guessing which SP corresponds to a certain clue (a la Fortune Hunter) on each level. The clues start out relatively easy (i.e., which one is the least/most expensive item) but get harder on higher levels (i.e., for the top level, which one has a price ending in
. SPs are not eliminated as possibilities upon being correct, nor are their prices revealed.
Upon the first mistake, the prize money for each level is cut in half (becoming $500, $1,000, $2,500, and $10,000) but the contestant still has the choice to go on or quit with their now-halved money. A second mistake ends the game in a complete loss, and the contestant wins nothing. A bailout is self-explanatory. Winning the game on the top level wins either $10,000 or $20,000 depending on whether a mistake was made along the way.
I'll eventually put up visual/graphic examples of gameplay and the set.
So what do you think?