The axe game is not that hard, I found the dagger game far more annoying

I must be stupid because I can't figure out how to get 10 left. =\

And suddenly, I just managed to beat the axe minigame (using the dragon, no less, so I could throw from whatever height I pleased). Didn't even need my final axe throw; I somehow was down to 10 targets with one axe to spare, so I just randomly took out 3 more targets with the final axe. No idea how I did it (another reason the minigame is stupid), though not having to deal with jumping at all probably helped.

@demoskinos: Yeah, if there were a targeting thing so you could see the arc of the axe, it would be much more manageable and it would be a reasonably fair challenge for the player. Without a targeting arc, it's just blind throws, and eventually maybe you'll luck out.

Or you could try looking up a Youtube video of where someone was standing as they threw each axe, but I ultimately didn't find that quite helpful, as you pretty much have to throw several of the axes while you are jumping and that can be hard to replicate. Keep at it! :)

Wait you can exploit the axe game? I don't normally care about achievements but then I realized that was the last one I needed... I keep choking on the last daggers target, going way too fast and just throwing them into the first wall. Clowns are truly evil.

@villainy: I've read that the way it used to work is that it would switch your spell to the axe once you pass the barrier, but it wouldn't disable your class ability. Note that the targets are basically the same sort of breakable object as the various urns, furniture, and statues that litter the game. If you went in with a Barbarian King/Queen, one shout would destroy all of the targets, as the shout destroys breakable objects and projectiles. Alternately, if you use the Spellsword's class ability, you would make super axes, which have a much larger hit box than regular axes and should make the minigame significantly easier.

However, I believe that the minigames were patched a little over a month ago to prevent any of those shenanigans.