Ring of Fire
Required: 3+ Recommended: 6+Setup
You'll need a deck of cards and a pint glass. Put the pint glass in the middle of the table and spread the deck of cards face down around it.
How to play Ring of Fire
Players take it in turns to draw a card and perform the corresponding action. When all the cards are gone the game ends. Any player who 'breaks the circle' by taking a card such that the ring of cards is disconnected must down their drink. There are many different rulesets you can play with, one of which is given below.
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'You' - the person who draws this card may designate another player to drink.
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'Me' - the person who draws this card must drink.
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'Whores' - all female players must drink.
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'Thumb master' - the person who draws this card may at any point during the game place their thumb on the table, and the last person to follow suit must drink (the next player to draw a 5 takes over the role of thumb master).
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'Dicks' - all male players must drink.
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'Heaven' - the person who draws this card may at any point during the game point upwards towards the heavens, and the last person to follow suit must drink (the next player to draw a 7 takes over this power).
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'Mate' - the person who draws this card nominates another player to be their 'mate', and every time they drink their 'mate' must also drink.
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'Rhyme' - the person who draws this card chooses a word, the players then go round in a circle naming words which rhyme with the original word and the first player to hesistate for more than a few seconds or repeat a word that has already been said must drink.
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'Categories' - the person who draws this card chooses a category and names something which belongs in that category, the players then go round in a circle naming things that fit the category and the first player to hesitate for more than a few seconds or repeat something that has already been said must drink.
Jack
'Snake eyes' - the person who draws this card gains 'snake eyes' and any player who makes eye contact with them must drink (the next player to draw a Jack takes over this power).
Queen
'Question master' - the person who draws this card becomes the 'question master' and any player who answers a question posed by them must drink (the next player to draw a queen takes over the role of question master).
King
'King's cup' - the person who draws this card must add some of their drink the the pint glass in the middle of the table, and can also create a new rule which stands for the duration of the game. The person who draws the fourth and final King must down the contents of the pint glass in the middle of the table.
Ace
'Waterfall' - everybody starts drinking, and cannot stop drinking until the person to their right has stopped drinking (starting with the person who drew the card).