All drinking games A–Z

• Word & reaction games

  21 (Bizz Buzz 21)

  Count round to 21 – whoever has to say 21 drinks and invents a new rule that trips everyone up.

  No equipment Players:3–12 Rules: Easy
• Dice games

  Avalanche

  One glass, one die, six outcomes – on a 4 everyone hits the floor.

  Players:6–10 Rules: Medium
• Word & reaction games Popular

  Bautzball

  An imaginary ball, three calls, zero equipment: Bautzball is the fastest reaction drinking game for big groups.

  No equipment Players:4–15 Rules: Easy
• Card games Popular

  Beer 99

  Play cards, keep count, never go over 99: Beer 99 is the drinking game for people who like numbers.

  Players:3–6 Rules: Tricky
• Cup & throwing games Popular

  Beer Pong

  The most famous drinking game of all: cups in a triangle, ping pong ball in, cup down. Beer Pong rules in brief.

  Players:2–4 Rules: Easy
• Movies, TV & sports

  Binge-Watch Drinking Game

  The drinking game for a joint series night: set triggers and drink every time one happens.

  Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Blow the Card

  Deck on top of a bottle, take turns blowing: whoever blows off all or none of the cards drinks.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• Outdoor & festival

  Bocce

  Bocce with a drink in hand: get closer to the jack than the other team to score.

  Players:4–6 Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games

  Bottle Bowling

  Bowling with empty bottles: lowest score or stepping over the line means drinking.

  Players:2–8 Rules: Easy
• Word & reaction games

  Brain Master

  Count to 15, swap numbers for words, forget nothing: memory training with consequences.

  No equipment Players:3–10 Rules: Medium
• Party & icebreaker games

  Buffalo Club

  From the Wild West: in the Buffalo Club you only drink left-handed – all night.

  No equipment Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games

  Cap Knock

  Bottle cap on the bottle, ping pong ball in hand: knock off the others’ caps and they drink.

  Players:3–8 Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Cheat (Bullshit)

  Play cards face down, call them out, lie – until someone shouts “Cheat!”.

  Players:3–8 Rules: Medium
• Cup & throwing games

  Chin Ball Relay

  Two tennis balls passed chin to chin: drop one or get overtaken and you drink.

  Players:6–14 Rules: Medium
• Word & reaction games

  Clap Numbers

  Thighs, hands, your number, someone else’s – whoever loses the rhythm drinks.

  No equipment Players:4–12 Rules: Medium
• Cup & throwing games

  Coin Basketball

  Coin on your palm, slap the table edge, flip it into a cup – miss and you drink.

  Players:3–8 Rules: Medium
• Outdoor & festival

  Cornhole

  The American lawn game with a drink in your free hand: miss the board and you drink.

  Players:2–4 Rules: Easy
• Challenges

  Crate Race (Kastenlauf)

  Two people, one crate, one route: in the German Kastenlauf the fastest team with an empty crate wins.

  Special Players:4+ Rules: Easy
• Dice games

  Dice Race

  Two dice cups chase each other around the table – whoever gets caught drinks.

  Players:4–12 Rules: Easy
• Outdoor & festival

  Dizzy Bat

  Finish a can, spin ten times around the bat, then hit the thrown can.

  Players:2–6 Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Down Under

  The simplest card drinking game ever: everyone draws a card, lowest card drinks.

  Players:3–12 Rules: Easy
• Party & icebreaker games

  Drink Roulette

  Eyes closed, swap glasses, drink up: nobody knows what they’ll get.

  Players:4+ Rules: Easy
• Dice games Popular

  Drinking Sevens

  Roll up to 100 – and the seven lurks everywhere.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Medium
• Party & icebreaker games

  Drunk Pictionary

  Draw and guess against the clock: the artist drinks until someone guesses the picture.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• Outdoor & festival

  Drunk Waiter

  Relay with dizziness: spin ten times around a stick, then carry a full tray to the finish.

  Players:4+ Rules: Easy
• Dice games

  Dummy

  Roll a number, then roll it again – every failed attempt is a sip.

  Players:2–10 Rules: Easy
• Challenges

  Edward Fortyhands

  Tape cans to your hands – you can only remove them once they’re empty.

  Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games Popular

  Flip Cup

  The American relay: drink your cup, flip it, next player goes. Fastest team wins.

  Players:6+ Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games Popular

  Flunkyball

  The German festival classic: hit the bottle, drink until the other team shouts “Stop”. All Flunkyball rules in brief.

  Players:6–20 Rules: Medium
• Movies, TV & sports

  Football Drinking Game

  Pick a player, watch the match, drink every time the commentator names them.

  Players:2–11 Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Four Aces

  Four aces, four roles: choose the glass, choose the drink, pour – and the last one drinks.

  Players:5+ Rules: Easy
• Dice games

  Frau Holle

  Roll a double and you become Frau Holle – and woe to anyone who calls you anything else.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Medium
• Card games

  Friend or Foe

  Play a card, name a player – they drink for as many seconds as the card shows. Unless someone saves them.

  Players:3–8 Rules: Medium
• Historical games

  Fuddling Cup

  From 17th-century England: linked cups that only empty cleanly in the right order.

  Special Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Word & reaction games

  Fuzzy Duck

  The tongue twister from British pubs: “Fuzzy Duck” or “Ducky Fuzz” – whoever stumbles drinks.

  No equipment Players:4+ Rules: Medium
• Cup & throwing games

  Hammerschlagen

  The German village-fair classic: whoever needs the most hits to sink the nail buys the next round.

  Special Players:2–10 Rules: Easy
• Outdoor & festival

  High Noon

  The Western duel: ten steps, turn, drain the can, crush it, throw.

  Players:2 Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Higher

  Every card has to beat the one before – or you drink.

  Players:2–10 Rules: Easy
• Card games Popular

  Horse Race

  Four aces race each other and you bet in sips: Horse Race is the card drinking game with a real finish line.

  Players:3–12 Rules: Easy
• Word & reaction games

  I Went to the Bar

  The drinks version of the suitcase game: forget the order and you drink.

  No equipment Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• For couples

  Ice Kiss

  An ice cube passed mouth to mouth – whoever has it when it melts drinks.

  Players:4–12 Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games

  Irish Quarters

  Spin a coin and drink as long as it spins.

  Players:4–8 Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Irish Snap

  Flip cards, count along, slap the table on a match – slowest hand drinks.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Medium
• Historical games

  Jiuling

  From ancient China: everyone may propose a contest – the loser drinks.

  No equipment Players:5+ Rules: Easy
• Outdoor & festival

  Kan Jam

  Frisbee meets bin: the throwing game for two teams of two.

  Players:4 Rules: Medium
• Card games Popular

  Kings Cup

  Every card has a task, the fourth King drains the King’s Cup: the complete Kings Cup rules.

  Players:4–12 Rules: Medium
• Dice games Popular

  Kinito

  The Spanish bluffing game: roll in secret, announce the result – truth or lie?

  Players:3–10 Rules: Medium
• Historical games

  Kottabos

  The drinking game of the ancient Greeks: drink up and fling the last drops at a target.

  Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Ladder

  Beat the card before you or drink: Ladder is explained in seconds.

  Players:2–6 Rules: Easy
• Outdoor & festival

  Lamppost

  The game for the way home: drink at every street lamp.

  No equipment Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Liar’s Card

  The dealer announces a card – real or made up. Whoever guesses furthest off drinks.

  Players:4–6 Rules: Medium
• Party & icebreaker games Popular

  Looping Louie (drinking game)

  The kids’ game with the plane is a cult drinking game: lose your chickens and you drink.

  Players:2–4 Rules: Easy
• Dice games

  Ludo

  Ludo with drinking rules: get sent home and you drink.

  Players:2–4 Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Mafia Boss

  One cop, one mafia boss and secret signals: the bluffing drinking game for 4 to 8 people.

  Players:4–8 Rules: Medium
• Word & reaction games

  Matchstick Guess

  Guess how many matches are in the fist – whoever is further off drinks.

  Players:3 Rules: Easy
• Word & reaction games

  Medusa

  Heads down, look up on three: if two people lock eyes, they shout “Medusa!” and drink.

  Players:4–10 Rules: Easy
• Dice games Popular

  Mia (Meyer)

  The bluffing classic with two dice: roll in secret, announce, beat it – or get caught.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Medium
• Dice games

  Mix Six

  The first six mixes the drink. The second six drinks it.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games

  Molleyball

  Table tennis with targets: hit the other side’s bottles and you get to drink.

  Players:4 Rules: Medium
• Party & icebreaker games Popular

  Most Likely To

  “Who is most likely to …?” – everyone points, the chosen one drinks. Works over video call too.

  No equipment Players:3+ Rules: Easy
• Movies, TV & sports

  Movie Drinking Game

  Pick a film, set a trigger, drink every time it appears. The movie night drinking game.

  Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Party & icebreaker games Popular

  Never Have I Ever

  “Never have I ever …” – whoever has done it drinks. The classic for getting to know each other (and embarrassing each other).

  No equipment Players:3+ Rules: Easy
• Party & icebreaker games

  Pass the Pour

  Pour, pass, drink – until the bottle is empty.

  Players:3+ Rules: Easy
• Party & icebreaker games

  Pence

  A coin travels around the party – if it lands in your glass, you drink.

  Players:4+ Rules: Medium
• Word & reaction games

  Ping Pong Pang

  From Japan: take turns saying “Ping”, “Pong”, “Pang” – whoever loses the rhythm drinks.

  No equipment Players:5+ Rules: Easy
• Historical games

  Pitch-Pot (Touhu)

  The throwing game from ancient China: arrows into the pot, the loser gets the drink.

  Special Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Party & icebreaker games

  Poker Face

  Embarrassing sentences on slips of paper, read them out with a straight face. Whoever laughs drinks.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• Outdoor & festival

  Polish Horseshoes

  Bottle on a pole, frisbee in one hand, beer in the other: first to 21 wins.

  Players:4 Rules: Medium
• Challenges

  Power Hour

  60 minutes, one sip every minute: the Power Hour classic.

  Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Card games Popular

  President (Scum)

  Get rid of your cards first and you’re President – be left holding them and you’re Scum, and you drink.

  Players:4–8 Rules: Medium
• Cup & throwing games Popular

  Quarters

  One of the oldest drinking game classics: bounce a coin off the table into a glass.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• Card games Popular

  Ride the Bus

  Four questions, a pyramid and one unlucky bus driver: the Ride the Bus rules step by step.

  Players:3–8 Rules: Medium
• Party & icebreaker games

  Sconcing

  From Oxford: whoever has committed the announced sin drinks from a shoe.

  Special Players:4+ Rules: Easy
• Challenges

  Shotgun

  Hole in the can, drink on three: first one empty wins.

  Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Dice games

  Six & Six

  Two dice, and every combination with a six has a task.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• For couples

  Snakes and Ladders

  Snakes and Ladders with a twist: up a ladder means drink, down a snake means strip.

  Players:2–4 Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Snap

  Everyone flips at once – whoever matches a suit or number drinks with their match.

  Players:3–6 Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games

  Spaghetti Pass

  Dry spaghetti in your mouth, game piece on top, pass it on without hands – drop it and drink.

  Special Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• For couples

  Staring Contest

  Stare until someone blinks: blink and you drink – blink twice and lose a piece of clothing.

  No equipment Players:2 Rules: Easy
• Word & reaction games

  Suitcase Game

  The kids’ memory game for grown-ups: forget something from the suitcase and you drink.

  No equipment Players:2–10 Rules: Easy
• Party & icebreaker games

  Task Master

  Win rock-paper-scissors and hand out tasks – refusing costs a full glass.

  No equipment Players:3+ Rules: Medium
• Card games

  The Bridge

  Ten cards in a row, take turns flipping – face cards and aces cost sips.

  Players:2–8 Rules: Medium
• Dice games Popular

  Three Man

  Roll a 1 and a 2 and you become Three Man – drinking on every 3 from now on.

  Players:6+ Rules: Medium
• Dice games

  Threes

  The first 3 picks the drink, the second picks the amount, the third drinks it.

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy
• Cup & throwing games

  Tissue Burner

  Tissue over a glass, coin on top, take turns burning holes: whoever drops the coin drinks.

  +1 Players:3–8 Rules: Medium
• Party & icebreaker games Popular

  Truth or Dare

  The party classic as a drinking game: answer the truth, do the dare – or drink.

  No equipment Players:3+ Rules: Easy
• Card games

  Up and Down the River

  Four face-up cards each, the dealer draws – whoever has the value drinks. Doubling every round.

  Players:3–8 Rules: Medium
• Historical games

  Wager Cup (Maiden Cup)

  From 16th-century Germany: the cup with skirt and bucket that has to be emptied without spilling.

  Special Players:2+ Rules: Easy
• Challenges

  Wizard Staff

  Tape empty cans into a staff – whoever has the longest wizard staff wins.

  Players:6+ Rules: Easy

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