Workplace Gold Rush: How Coins, Alliances, and Chaos Took Over

Gold coins were hidden across the building—quietly at first.
Then people started to notice.

The goal: collect gold coins and win prizes.

By the end, alliances formed, strategies unfolded, and nobody was leaving coins behind.

This is the Gold Rush Chronicles.

Gold Rush IRL

Follow the rainbow!

Stash your gold!

Covet the prizes!

If you want to run your own Gold Rush, here’s exactly how we did it.

What You Need

  • Plastic gold coins (no chocolate—coins may get left behind)

  • Cauldrons (4–6 inches wide)

  • Rainbows

  • Prizes (somewhere between “I want that” and “I would not pay for that”)

The Team

  • Minimum two “Leprechaun Fairies” to refill cauldrons

The Schedule

  • Day 1: Setup

  • Days 1-5: Coin hunt

  • Day 5: Prize Day (St Patrick’s Day, optional but recommended)

The Rules

  • One coin = one point

  • Coins must be counted by a Leprechaun Fairy before Prize Day

  • Top collectors choose prizes first

  • Others choose from what remains

Bonus

  • Special coins worth 25 points

  • Photos with a Leprechaun Fairy = +25 points (Set a cap if needed) (Green costume not required but recommended)

  • Championship belt for the top collector

The Stakes

Tiny prizes. Big impact.

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That’s the Gold Rush.

Gold: fake.

Joy: priceless.

Hide your coins.

Watch what happens.

Tell us how it went.

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