Cup, ball & throwing drinking games

Cup, ball & throwing drinking games: 18 games

• 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

• Flip Cup

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

  Players:6+ Rules: Easy

• 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

• Quarters

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

  Players:3–10 Rules: Easy

• Beer Die

  The New England college classic: two against two lob a die high over the table – drop the one-handed catch and the other team scores.

  Players:2–4 Rules: Tricky

• Bottle Bowling

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

  Players:2–8 Rules: Easy

• 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

• Caps

  Two teams, two glasses, a pile of bottle caps: sink one in the other team’s glass and they have to answer – whoever loses the rally drinks.

  Players:2–4 Rules: Medium

• Chandelier

  A ring of cups, a big cup in the middle, one ping pong ball: get hit and you drink – land it in the middle and everyone races to flip.

  Players:4–10 Rules: Easy

• Chin Ball Relay

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

  Players:6–14 Rules: Medium

• Coin Basketball

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

  Players:3–8 Rules: Medium

• 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

• Irish Quarters

  Spin a coin and drink as long as it spins.

  Players:4–8 Rules: Easy

• Molleyball

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

  Players:4 Rules: Medium

• Rage Cage

  Two balls, a ring of cups and no turns: in Rage Cage everyone bounces as fast as they can – get stacked and you drink.

  Players:4–12 Rules: Medium

• 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

• Tissue Burner

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

  +1 Players:3–8 Rules: Medium

• Titanic

  An empty shot glass floats in a glass of beer and everyone takes turns pouring – whoever sinks it drinks the glass. The Korean game of nerves.

  Players:3–8 Rules: Easy