Drinking games with no equipment

No cards, no dice, no cups? No problem. All you need for these games is yourselves and your drinks.

31 games

Drinking games with no equipment: 31 games

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
Party & icebreaker games Popular Online
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
Party & icebreaker games Popular Online
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 Popular Online
Truth or Dare

The party classic as a drinking game: answer the truth, do the dare – or drink.
No equipment Players:3+ Rules: Easy
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
Word & reaction games
31 (Baskin Robbins)

Say one, two or three numbers in turn – whoever has to say 31 drinks. The Korean counting game sounds simple and is still devious.
No equipment Players:2–10 Rules: Medium
Word & reaction games
369 Game (Sam-yuk-gu)

Count around the circle, but clap instead of speaking for every 3, 6 or 9 – twice for 33. Slip up and you drink, then it’s back to 1.
No equipment Players:3–12 Rules: Medium
Word & reaction games
APT (Apateu)

The Korean hand-stacking game behind the hit “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars: whoever lands on the called floor drinks.
No equipment Players:3–10 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
Word & reaction games
Bunny Bunny

The bunny nibbles, chants “bunny, bunny” and points at someone – their neighbours have to shout “carrot, carrot” right away. Too slow and you drink.
No equipment Players:4–12 Rules: Medium
Word & reaction games
Cheers to the Governor

Count to 21, toast, invent a new rule: Cheers to the Governor gets crazier every round – until nobody can count straight anymore.
No equipment Players:4+ 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
Word & reaction games
Cultura Chupística

“Cultura chupística pide …”: one category, one answer each – freeze or repeat yourself and you drink. The party classic from Spain and Latin America.
No equipment Players:3–12 Rules: Easy
Word & reaction games
Drink While You Think

Heidi Klum, Karl Lagerfeld, Lionel Messi: the surname sets the next first letter – and if you have to think, you drink until a name comes to you.
No equipment Players:3–12 Rules: Medium
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
Party & icebreaker games
Game of Death

Everyone points at someone at once, then you count along the fingers. Whoever lands on the called number drinks – pure luck and lots of laughs.
No equipment Players:5+ 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
Historical games
Jiuling

From ancient China: everyone may propose a contest – the loser drinks.
No equipment Players:5+ Rules: Easy
Word & reaction games
Juffen

Count around the circle – but every multiple of 7 and every number with a 7 in it becomes “juf”. Then the direction flips. Slip up and you drink.
No equipment Players:3+ Rules: Medium
Outdoor & festival
Lamppost

The game for the way home: drink at every street lamp.
No equipment Players:2+ Rules: Easy
Party & icebreaker games
Nunchi Game

Everyone counts up together, but in no set order. Call a number at the same time as someone else, or be the last one left, and you drink.
No equipment Players:4+ Rules: Easy
Word & reaction games
One Fat Hen

One fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears: in One Fat Hen a tongue twister grows line by line – trip over your words and you drink.
No equipment Players:3–10 Rules: Tricky
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
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
Word & reaction games
Thumper

Everyone drums on the table and has their own hand sign – miss your sign or make the wrong one and you drink.
No equipment Players:4+ Rules: Medium
Word & reaction games
Vijven

Fist or open hand, all at once: call the right total and you're out. Whoever is left at the end drinks.
No equipment Players:3–8 Rules: Easy
Word & reaction games
Yamanote Line Game

Two claps, one word, next: in the Japanese Yamanote Line Game you take turns naming things in a category – lose the beat and you drink.
No equipment Players:3–12 Rules: Easy
Word & reaction games
Zoom Schwartz Profigliano

Three made-up words, one circle, lots of eye contact: say the wrong word, look the wrong way or hesitate in Zoom Schwartz Profigliano and you drink.
No equipment Players:4–10 Rules: Medium

Drinking games with no equipment

Drinking games with no equipment: 31 games

Bautzball

Most Likely To

Never Have I Ever

Truth or Dare

21 (Bizz Buzz 21)

31 (Baskin Robbins)

369 Game (Sam-yuk-gu)

APT (Apateu)

Brain Master

Buffalo Club

Bunny Bunny

Cheers to the Governor

Clap Numbers

Cultura Chupística

Drink While You Think

Fuzzy Duck

Game of Death

I Went to the Bar

Jiuling

Juffen

Lamppost

Nunchi Game

One Fat Hen

Ping Pong Pang

Staring Contest

Suitcase Game

Task Master

Thumper

Vijven

Yamanote Line Game

Zoom Schwartz Profigliano

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