Rules for every drinking game, readable in 30 seconds. Setup, rules, variations, and the questions people actually ask.https://drinkplays.com/en-ushttps://drinkplays.com/apartment-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/apartment-drinking-game/Everyone chants "apateu, apateu", piles their hands in the middle, and the leader calls a floor number. Hands move from the bottom of the pile to the top, counting up, and whoever's hand lands on the number drinks. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/asshole-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/asshole-drinking-game/Players race to shed their cards by beating the last play with a higher card or set, and the finishing order gives everyone a rank for the next hand. The President hands out drinks, the Asshole deals, clears the pile, and cannot make anyone drink. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/baseball-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/baseball-drinking-game/Two teams take turns bouncing a quarter at four cups in a row, the nearest a single and the farthest a home run, and track runners like real baseball. A batter who makes a cup drinks the cups past it, three strikes is an out, and the fielding team drinks for every run scored against them. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/baskin-robbins-31-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/baskin-robbins-31-drinking-game/Players count up from 1 around the circle, each saying one, two, or three numbers on their turn, and whoever is forced to say 31 drinks. There is a provable winning strategy for two players, and none at all for three or more. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/beer-chess/https://drinkplays.com/beer-chess/Chess with a drink standing in for every piece. Sip from a piece when you move it, drink it when it is captured, and the loser of the game finishes the Kings. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/beer-pot/https://drinkplays.com/beer-pot/Every player pours a beer into one big pot, then the pot goes around the circle and each person drinks as much or as little as they like. Whoever empties it wins, and the player who drank right before them loses and refills the pot for the next round. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/beeramid/https://drinkplays.com/beeramid/A pyramid of face-down cards is flipped one at a time, and any player who claims a matching card in their memorized hand can hand out drinks worth the row. The victim either drinks or calls bullshit, and whoever is wrong drinks double. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/best-christmas-drinking-games/https://drinkplays.com/best-christmas-drinking-games/Eleven Christmas drinking games with rules, from the Elf and Home Alone movie games to a Secret Santa swap, Christmas Kings Cup, a carol relay, and a wrapping race. Each one takes a minute to explain and works with whoever is in the room, cousins included. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/best-sucker-challenge/https://drinkplays.com/best-sucker-challenge/Every player gets an identical baby bottle of beer and races to empty it through the nipple. The first to finish hands out three shots and the last to finish takes three. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/bite-the-bag-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/bite-the-bag-drinking-game/Players take turns bending down to pick a paper bag off the floor with their teeth, and only their feet may touch the ground. Anyone who falls, kneels, or uses a hand drinks, and the bag gets an inch shorter after every round. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/brain-damage-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/brain-damage-drinking-game/A blackjack-style card game played to 7.5 instead of 21, with a stripped deck and bets made in beer instead of chips. Each player faces the dealer one at a time, and the lower hand, or the one that busts, drinks the bet. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/buffalo-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/buffalo-drinking-game/Buffalo has one rule: you only drink with your non-dominant hand, and if another player catches you using the other one they shout "buffalo" and you finish your drink. Most people who play it consider the rule to be for life. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/bus-driver-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/bus-driver-drinking-game/Players guess red or black, higher or lower, inside or outside, and the suit of their cards, giving drinks when right and taking them when wrong, then match cards against a pyramid. Whoever is left holding the most cards is the bus driver and has to ride the bus. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/cheers-to-the-governor/https://drinkplays.com/cheers-to-the-governor/Players count from 1 to 21 around the circle, one number each, and on 21 everyone raises a glass, says "cheers to the governor," and drinks. The player who said 21 then attaches a rule to one of the numbers, the rules stack, and anyone who breaks one drinks and restarts the count. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/civil-war-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/civil-war-drinking-game/Two teams of 3 stand at opposite ends of a table, each player defending their own 6-cup rack, with 3 balls in play and no turns. A hit cup is drunk by its owner, a player with no cups left is out, and the last team with someone standing wins. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/dictator-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/dictator-drinking-game/One player is the dictator, announces which cards count this round, and deals a hand to everyone; players drink once for each card they hold that meets a condition. The dictator's own matches are drinks to give away, and then the title passes to the left. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/drinking-dice/https://drinkplays.com/drinking-dice/One player rolls a single die to set a target, and the next has up to three rolls to match it exactly, on one roll or by adding rolls together. Miss or go over and you drink; your last roll is the next player's target. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/drinking-games-for-couples/https://drinkplays.com/drinking-games-for-couples/Nine drinking games that work with exactly two people, from question games that need nothing to Beer Pong and Flip Cup cut down to head-to-head size. Each one has short rules here and a link to the full page where we have one. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/drug-dealer-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/drug-dealer-drinking-game/Everyone gets one card; the Ace is the dealer, the King is the cop, and the numbers are buyers. The dealer winks at buyers in secret until someone announces a deal has been made. The cop then accuses players one at a time, drinking the value of every wrong card until the dealer is caught. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/flip-cup-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/flip-cup-drinking-game/Two teams line up on opposite sides of a table, and one at a time each player drinks their cup and flips it upside down off the table edge. The next player cannot start until the flip lands, and the first team to flip every cup wins. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/go-fish-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/go-fish-drinking-game/Regular Go Fish with a drinking layer: you drink when you are sent fishing, you drink when you hand a card over, and everyone else drinks when you lay down a pair. Most pairs at the end wins, and the losers drink the difference. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/higher-lower-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/higher-lower-drinking-game/Flip a card and guess whether the next one is higher or lower. Miss and you drink once for every card in the pile; get three right and you can pass the pile to the next player. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/horse-race-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/horse-race-drinking-game/The four Aces line up as horses, every player bets a number of drinks on a suit, and the dealer flips cards one at a time to move the matching horse up the track. Back the winning horse and you hand out double your bet; back a loser and you drink it. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/how-to-play-beer-pong/https://drinkplays.com/how-to-play-beer-pong/Two teams throw ping-pong balls at a triangle of 10 beer-filled cups at the far end of a table, and every cup hit is drunk and removed by the defending team. The first team to clear the other side's cups wins, once the losers have missed their redemption shots. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/im-going-to-the-bar/https://drinkplays.com/im-going-to-the-bar/Players go around the table repeating an ever-longer bar order and adding one drink each turn. Forget a drink, muddle the order, or stall, and you take your shot. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/image-game-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/image-game-drinking-game/One player describes a type of person and on the count of three everyone points at whoever fits best. The player with the most fingers pointing at them drinks and asks the next question. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/jenga-drinking-game/https://drinkplays.com/jenga-drinking-game/Normal Jenga with a rule written on every block, pulled and obeyed one turn at a time. Whoever topples the tower finishes their drink and builds it again. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/kings-cup-rules/https://drinkplays.com/kings-cup-rules/Players take turns drawing cards from a ring around a central cup, and every card carries a rule for who drinks or what happens next. The first three Kings pour into the cup; whoever draws the fourth King drinks it. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/korean-drinking-games/https://drinkplays.com/korean-drinking-games/Ten Korean drinking games explained in a paragraph each, with quick rules and links to the full pages, from 3-6-9 and Baskin Robbins 31 to Titanic, the Image Game, the Nunchi Game, and the Apartment Game. Almost none of them need anything but a table, a bottle of soju, and the people around it. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://drinkplays.com/mau-mau/https://drinkplays.com/mau-mau/Mau Mau is the German cousin of Crazy Eights and Uno: match the top card by suit or rank, empty your hand first, and say "Mau" when you are down to one card. The drinking version adds a sip to every draw, a drink to every special card, and a penalty for anyone who forgets to call Mau. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT