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Party games are a great thing. They are a perfect pastime, the ideal icebreaker, and a guarantee that when the mood is low, it will likely improve after playing a party game like sevens. This drinking game without cards can be played spontaneously and requires no planning in advance. Gather some friends, alcohol and follow the rules below to get started.

Seven Drinking Game Rules

Before we describe the gameplay for seven, we would like to briefly explain the rules. As the name suggests, this game is all about numbers. The difficulty lies in the fact that certain numbers cannot be pronounced. Instead, they have to be replaced by the word "schnapps". These include:

How to Play Sevens Drinking Game

Playing sevens drinking game is very simple, or you'd think, but once you consider the rules above this game gets very challenging quickly. The goal of the game is to count to 100 and begins with the first person saying "1" then the next person says "2" and so on. You can count over 100 if you want but know that this game gets very challenging even for math freaks when you account for all the rules like numbers that add together to make 7 and are divisible by 7, so we normally stick to a limit of 100.

If it is your turn and one of the rules apply you have to make sure to say "schnapps" instead of 7 or the number, otherwise you must drink - if you have schnapps then take drink of that. Once you are done drinking then the next player continues the count from where you messed up. However, house rules can change this so that when anyone messes up the game starts from 1 again, decide this beforehand.

The best part about playing the sevens drinking game is that you don't need any extra materials like cards or anything so you can play it whenever! Check out some of our other fun drinking games without cards.

How to Play Roxanne Drinking Game – Rules

Nothing quite like a musical drinking game.

Get your drinks ready and play Roxanne by The Police on a computer, phone, tablet, or wherever you can. Every time you hear “Roxanne” everyone has to drink. A simple game with a high drinking factor.

Setup for Beeramid Drinking Game

Beeramid (rhymes with pyramid, go figga) is a game that involves a tremendous amount of drinking.

A Beeramid (pyramid) of cards is constructed by placing a certain number of cards face down in a row (usually five depending on the number of people) as the base and building up with each level having one less card until there is one card as the top of the Beeramid. The remaining cards are distributed as evenly as possible among the players and kept hidden from other players. Before the game begins every player is allowed to look over their own cards and organize them any way they like, afterward the cards are kept face down in a horizontal line in front of the player and they are not allowed to look at them again once the game begins. Allow some time for players to set this up before starting the game.

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Beeramid Game Rules

The dealer turns over the first card at the base of the beeramid and calls out the card value. Anyone who claims to have that card may give out one drink. The person called out may either drink or call the bluff by saying “bullshit”. If the first person has the card after all, they must pick the card and the victim drinks twice the amount. If the first player doesn’t have the card or picks up a wrong card from their face down cards, the first player drinks twice.

Once a row of the Beeramid is completed, the first card on the next row is drawn, and every card now has the same value as its row. Each person with a card on the second row can give two drinks, on the third row three drinks, all the way up to the fifth (or the last) row. All bullshit calls double the value of the row, of course, making them risky propositions as time goes on.

If someone has more than one of a card (say a five is drawn and someone has two fives in their face down cards) they can give both fives to the same person or split them up. They need to show both cards if bullshit is called.

In the fifth row (or last row), if people are taking honest drinks, a bullshit call should result in about a full beer consumption by somebody. For this purpose, we usually buy a bottle or two of a heinous-tasting beer (your choice) to serve as the “Penalty Beer”. Anyone losing a bullshit challenge on the final row must finish the Penalty Beer without taking it away from their lips…

This game has a surprisingly high intoxication factor, especially if played with more than five levels.

How to Play Higher Lower Drinking Game – Rules

Player one is dealt a card. They then guess whether the next card will be higher or lower than the card they were just dealt. If wrong, they drink once (because one card was showing). If correct, they guess again. After taking at least three cards, the player may choose to continue or pass, BUT ONLY after taking at least three cards. If the player says pass, the next player starts where the previous one left off.

When a player guesses incorrectly, they drink for each card showing. SO, the strategy is to build up a lot of cards and then pass them to the next player.

Before play starts, determine by voting if identical cards (ex. card showing is a 5 and the next card flipped over is also a 5) are a loss or correct guess.

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Bus Driver Drinking Game Rules

The game begins with cards being dealt and players are not allowed to look at their cards yet. The dealer hands out one card at a time to each player until everyone has a total of 4 cards each. Before they are allowed to see the cards, each player has to guess certain things. With every correct answer the player can give out drinks to others, but with every wrong answer they must drink themselves.

1st round (1 sip)
Before the first card is flipped over every player has to answer whether the color will be “black or red” then flip over their first card. If they guess right then they give out one sip to another player, if wrong they take a drink.

2nd Round (2 sips)
Once everyone has one card flipped over we move to the next question – higher or lower. Each player now has to guess whether the next card they flip over will be higher or lower than their first card. They give out two sips if they guessed correctly, take two sips if they guessed wrong or the card was the same number/value as the first card.

For example, if you flipped over a 7 for the first round you must now guess whether the next card flipped over will be higher or lower than 7.

3rd Round (3 sips)
Inside or outside – after each player has two cards flipped over they must now guess if the value of their third card will be inside or outside of their first two cards. If the player gets a card that has the same value as either of their first two cards then it is counted as inside. They get to give out three sips if they guessed correctly, take three sips if they guessed wrong.

For example, the first card was a 7 and the second card was a 10 so if the player guesses that the third card is inside and the third card ends up being an 8 they guessed correctly. If they guessed inside and get a 7 or 10 they are still correct, but if they guessed outside then they drink. 

4th Round (4 sips)
For the last round/card each player has to guess whether it will be a spade, heart, diamond or club. They get to give out four sips if guessed correctly, take four sips if guessed wrong.

Determining who will be the bus driver
After everyone has four cards flipped over we will determine who will be the bus driver. Begin by placing two rows of cards face down with four cards in each row and determine which row will be for taking drinks and which will be for giving out drinks. Now flip over one card at a time from the right side beginning with either the take or give row, after two cards are flipped over from both rows move to the next cards. Players must drop their cards if they match a card being flipped over from the row. The goal of this part is to get rid of as many cards as possible. The first two cards from each row are a sip each, the second two cards from each row are two sips each, and so on… After all the cards in the rows are flipped over whoever has the most cards left is the bus driver.

Setting Up for Kings Cup Drinking Game

Before the game begins, place the King’s Cup (a big empty cup) in the middle of the table. Shuffle the deck of cards then place them around the king’s cup in a circle facedown. One person begins the game by flipping over any card. Each card has a different rule attached to it and the rule must be followed before the next person can flip their card. According to house rules, the game ends when either the king’s cup has been consumed or the last card has been drawn.

Kings Cup Rules

(Same rules for all suites, we just used Hearts for illustration purposes)


Waterfall – everyone puts their drink to their lips and waits for the person who picked up this card to start drinking. Once that person starts drinking then everyone begins chugging their drink. The person who started can stop whenever they want then the next person (clockwise) has the same option to continue drinking or stop, and so on until the last player

The classic “you” – pick anyone in the game to drink

Me – the person who picked up this card has to drink for three seconds

Four for whores – all the ladies have to drink

Jive – whoever picked this card has to bust a dance move then the next person has to add onto it and so on until someone messes up and they have to drink

Dicks – all the guys have to drink

Heaven – Everyone has to point to the sky and the last person to do so has to drink

Mate – whoever picked this card gets to choose one person that has to drink every time they do

Bust a rhyme – the person who picked this card has to say a word and the next person has to try to rhyme with it. This goes on until someone cannot think of a word that rhymes 

Category – the person who picked this card chooses a category. The next person has to say something that is relevant to the category that the first person picked and this goes around until someone cannot think of something. A good example is sex positions

Thumb Master – the person who picked this card is now the thumb master. Until somebody else gets a jack, this person can put their thumb anywhere on their forehead at any time and the last person to do the same has to drink

Question Master – whoever picked this card is the question master. Until somebody else picks a queen – they can ask any question and if someone answers them they have to drink

Make a rule – the person who picked this card can make any one rule and it has to be followed until someone else gets a king. Whoever breaks the rule has to drink. The first three people to get a king must pour their drinks into the cup in the middle. The last person to get a king has to pour their drink into the cup but also drink the whole cup.

How to Play Beer Pong – Setting it Up

people playing beer pong indoor party

Place 6 plastic cups on each end of the table in a pyramid shape as seen in the above image with the base towards you and the tip facing the enemy player/team, you can use more cups if you want to increase the drinking factor. Fill your cups with your alcohol (normally beer) up to the line inside the cup, or about 30-35%.

If you are playing in teams of two then each player gets 3 cups out of the 6 so when your 3 cups get sunk you drink and if your partner's cups get sunk then they drink. You can decide on how to do the split, the easiest way is one person gets the diagonal line and the other player gets the mini pyramid left. Alternatively, you can both drink for each cup that gets sunk - whatever floats your boat.

Fill the bucket with water if you have it, this bucket will be used to clean the balls before players shoot – this step is optional.  

GOLDGE Beer Pong Table Mat

This beer pong table mat set comes complete with 30 plastic cups (15 red and 15 blue) and 8 ping pong balls, making it ideal for various drinking games, including Beer Pong, Flip Cup, and Quarters. Get ready for a fun-filled experience!

Beer Pong Game Rules

Deciding Who Goes First

The team to shoot first is decided by a successful shot. You must shoot at the same time as the opposite team’s player while maintaining eye contact with them, and the one to sink it gets first shot (no points are gained for this shot). If both players sink a ball then you continue to shoot until one misses or a tie is broken.

Playing Beer Pong

Your job is to sink all of the opposing team’s cups before they sink yours. Shots are taken by both players on one team before the opposing team gets a chance to shoot and the sunken cups must be picked up and drank right away. There are a few rules when playing:

Players should alternate who drinks what cup. For example, you drink the first cup that is sunk and your partner drinks the second then you drink the third and your partner drinks the fourth. If a player misses the table when shooting they lose their next turn, however if nobody calls them out before they shoot in their next turn than it counts as a real shot.

When you get down to four cups rearrange them into a diamond as such:

Four red solo cups illustration in diamond pattern

If team A sinks team B’s last cup then team B gets to shoot a redemption shot, if there are two players per team then both players get one redemption shot, and if they manage to sink the ball then the game continues normally and the last cup is left on the table for team B. If team A sinks another ball after the redemption shots then the game is over and team A wins.

Some tips:

Jenga Drinking Game Rules

A simple adaptation of the skill game with wooden blocks. This Jenga drinking game has a twist though: if you cause the tower to topple, you must finish your drink. The same regular Jenga rules apply with regards to how you can pick the blocks and whatnot.

How to Play Drunk Jenga

Using the sharpie write down rules on various blocks so when the person removes that block they or everyone (based on the rule) have to follow/perform what the block said. You can make this a team effort with people writing various rules. Here are some ideas for drunk Jenga:

You can get very creative with these rules, just hope that your not the one who picks that crazy block! Remember, the person who knocks down the tower has to finish their drink and set up the tower again.

Mau Mau is a highly popular card game played all around the world like the United States, Brazil, Poland, Germany, Austria, and the list goes on. Classic Mau Mau is very simple and easy to play so it only made sense that we convert this game into a fun party and drinking game.

For Mau Mau drinking game we have adopted and simply expanded the classic rules with additional rules for drinking. So not only will you have fun with Mau Mau, but you can also catch a buzz making the game that much more fun to play. 

Mau Mau Game Rules

Begin by shuffling the deck of cards thoroughly, and if there are more than 5 players it would be beneficial to add a second deck of cards to the mix.

Deal out 5 cards to each player and the remaining cards are placed face down on the table in a pile, the dealer reveals the first card. The player to his left starts the game.

The aim of the game is to get rid of all of your cards. If it is your turn, you can discard a card from your hand to match the card most recently flipped over or dropped by another player (same color or same card value). If you do not have a card that is the same color or card value in your hand then you must draw a card from the facedown cards pile.

In addition, different cards have their own rules. You should agree on these rules before the game so that there are no discussions later.

Mau Mau Card Rules

7 – The next player must draw 2 cards and drink 2 sips. Seven can be extended, so if another seven comes up after the initial seven then next person has to drink 4 sips and draw 4 cards, and so on until the last card dropped wasn’t a seven.

8 – The next player must draw 1 card and drink 1 sip.

9 – change the direction in which the game is being played (clockwise or counterclockwise).

Jack – The player gets to choose the color for the next card. In addition, he chooses a player who now has to drink.

Queen – All women drink.

King – All men drink.

Ace – All players except yourself must drink. The next player misses their turn.

The best things in life are simple and this can be applied to many different areas of life. Wrapping yourself in a warm blanket on a cold day when it is snowing, reading a good book, free food, are some of those simple things that cost nothing but give us a great experience.

For this game, we kept that fact in mind and wanted to show that when it comes to party games, you don’t need to spent lots of money on board games or other materials which will eventually collect dust in the closet. You want a simple game that is fun? “yes, no, maybe” is a great drinking game without cards or any other materials.

Yes No Maybe Game Setup

Before you begin have all players sit in a circle and place whatever you’re drinking in the middle of the circle. You might also want to decide how many drinks a person takes for messing up. Then a player is chosen who will begin answering the questions asked by others. You can either start with the youngest / oldest player, roll some dice, or some other way.

Yes No Maybe Game Rules

Once you have a player that will start, this person will be asked questions by others in the circle. Before the question-and-answer session starts, the stopwatch is set to one minute. As long as the stopwatch is running, the player must now answer the questions of the other players. You can ask any questions you want of the player and all questions must be answered. However, it is forbidden to use the three words “yes”, “no” and “maybe” in the answers. If any answer contains one of these three words, then the player must drink the amount of alcohol agreed upon before the game began. It is also forbidden to answer every answer the same. So saying “I did it” twice in a row is forbidden and the player must drink if they repeat an answer like this. Once the minute is over, it is the next player’s turn going clockwise and now they must face the questions of everyone in the circle.

Although the game seems very simple it will not be the case when the drinks are flowing and your concentration isn’t at its best, so not saying the forbidden words becomes very hard since “yes”, “no” and “maybe” are used very often in everyday language. The more you drink during the game the harder it becomes to not mess up and drink more so as the game goes on it becomes more fun to play.