The Wine Bottle

David Artsmith  -  A drinking game is any competition which involves multiple people drinking some form of liquid according to a series of rules which are based on outside circumstances. While these games are often played with alcoholic beverages, it is not necessary to use an intoxicant, and you can often have just as much fun playing these games with juices, sodas, or coffee. They are a good way to get people interacting with one another, giving them an excuse to start talking.

Drinking games can be divided into some relatively broad categories. The easiest are probably based on games of chance. A dice is rolled, or cards are pulled from a deck, and based on what happens you have to drink a certain liquid a certain amount of times. For instance in the game “6′s” a group rolls a standard dice, each taking turns. Whoever rolls a six first is forced to make a drink, but they can use any ingredients they want to. The second to roll a six has to pay for the drink, if in a restaurant or bar, or has to add a second substance to the drink if at home. The third person to roll a 6 then has to drink it. The fun of this game is that even if the person who rolls the first six makes a nasty drink, there’s still a chance that they will also roll the third six and be forced to imbibe it.

Another category of drinking games involves verbal and social skill. These games require you to remember an ever growing string of words, or to make up new answers based on old answers. The best verbal drinking games you can have at a party involve saying another person’s name, and then giving them instructions. If you don’t say the correct name then there is a penalty, which makes it important for everyone to start remembering everyone elses name rather quickly.

Some drinking games require props like novelty drink coasters, board games, card, dice, or other equipment. The simpler verbal games are better for public spaces, but if your throwing a party in your home then having some of the accessories around for playing these games can be helpful.

Probably the most popular drinking games are those that require a certain level of skill. The most popular games are the pong activities. For this game, you need a long ping pong table, that you can bat the ball back and forth across. Glasses are placed in a triangular pattern at each end of the table, with a little bit of liquid in each of them. The teams then try to bounce or throw a ping pong ball across the table in order to try and land it in their opponent’s cups. If they are successful, then the opposing team is required to drink the contents of the cup that the ball landed in.

Games such as these are a great way to add fun to the event. While traditionally they are played with alcoholic beverages, they don’t have to be, and you can enjoy a good drinking game with your friends using nothing more than soda, juice, tea, or whatever your favorite refreshing beverage is.

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