Drinking games are a very good way to get to know people that you just met. I’d like to share some drinking games that I’ve learned during my travels in the last years. Enjoy with responsibility
Beer Pong
it’s a classic in US, not yet in Europe. You need 2 players (1 vs 1, but you can make also teams with 2 players), 16 glasses of beer + 2 glasses of water (just for washing the balls) , 2 balls and a table.
Each player fills a glass with beer and places it one paddle-width from the end of the table, in the center (or a paddle-width from the side for doubles). Hitting your opponent’s glass earns you a point and requires the opponent to sip (5 sips to a glass). If you get the ball in your opponent’s glass, you are awarded 5 points and the opponent must drink whatever remains in the glass (excluding the ball).
No player may touch the ball prior to its hitting the table or a glass; if the ball hits a glass before hitting the table, it remains in play even after a single bounce on the table. A player may attempt to save a point after the ball hits a glass by returning it (provided of course the ball has bounced no more than one time). Multiple hits count only as a single point (exception: a ball hitting a glass and then bouncing inside the glass, or inside the partner’s glass, counts as a 5-point inside-the-cup “poofter”)
Kings (also known as Ring of Fire)
You need a standard deck of playing cards, 1 glass or mug, 3 or more peole and of course some alcoholic beverages.
The deck of cards are shuffled and spread down on a table, usually in a circle (but there are some variations). Each player take one card at a time, and every card has a different act associated with it. Here you are a list (but you can find of course a lot of variations):
1) Rule: the drawer has to make a rule (like: “no dirty words” or “no personal names”). who breaks the rules has to drink.
2) Fuck You: everyone drink except the drawer
3) Fuck Me: the drawer drinks
4) Touch the floor: everyone touches the floor, and the last to do has to drink
5) Touch the sky: everyone points to the sky, the last to do has to drink
6) all the boys: boy’s drink
7) all the girls: girl’s drink
8) Nominate: the drawer chooses who has to drink
9) Game: usually a stupid game like “Never ever ever”
10) Snake eyes: if you get the eye contact by the drawer, you have to drink
Jack: Thumb Master: Thumb wrestling between the drawer and the person who is closer to him. who lose, has to drink
Queen: Question Master: the drawer can ask a question to the players. If the answer is wrong, they have to drink
King: on every turn, one player put some alcohol into a glass in the centre of the table. who picks the king has to drink that glass.
Another Card Game
You need: 5 or more people, alcoholic beverages and a deck of playing cards.
There’s one master that gives the cards to the players (usually there’s one different master every turn). Every card has a different meaning associated with it. Here you are a list of meanings:
1/2/3/4: 1,2 ,3 or 4 shot(s)/glass(es)/sip(s)
5-6-7-8-9-10: nothing
Jack: rule: the drawer choose a rule
Queen: everyone has to drink
King: the drawer decides who has to drink
Tequila Ring
People disposed in circle, one or more bottles of tequila. On every turn, one person sings something (with eyes closed) and the other people pass each other the bottles. When the singer stops, the person (or people) who has the bottle on his hand, has to drink.