Circle of Death

Introduction

An easy, yet complex drinking game, using all that a deck of cards can possibly offer to get you drunk before you even realise the game is over!

How to Play

Sit with a group of people (at least 4 players is best) at a table. In the centre of the table place a pint of beer. Place a deck of cards, face down, around the pint so that it forms a ring of cards. Have one person start by pulling a card out of the ring of cards, being careful not to break it. The first person, and every subsequent person, who breaks the ring of cards by pulling a card leaving two cards not connected, must chug all of their drink, after which, the ring may be pushed back together to complete the circle again.

Each card in the game has its own special meaning. Black cards mean "take" and red cards mean "give." When a 2, 3, 5, 7 or an 8 is pulled, if it is black, the person who pulled the card must "take" that number of sips of their drink. If it is red, the person who pulled the card has the option of splitting up the number of drinks to many different people, or to "give" all the sips to one person.

When a 4 is pulled, "4's are for whores," so all the women at the table have to drink and when a 6 is pulled, "6's are for dicks," so all the guys at the table must drink.

When a 9 is pulled, "9 is rhyme time." The person who pulls it has to think of one line of a rhyme and then the person next to them must continue the rhyme and so on, around the table. Whoever messes up the rhyme or can't think of something to say has to drink. Alternatively, just pick a word and start going around the circle rhyming with it. The first to pause, repeat a word or say something that doesn't rhyme must drink.

When a 10 is pulled, the person to that person's left must drink.

When a Jack is pulled, it is time to finish the sentence. The person who pulled the Jack starts off by saying one word, the next person must continue the sentence by both repeating the word said by the previous person and adding there own word to it. For example:

My
My head
My head hurts
My head hurts from
My head hurts from drinking (etc)

The first person to forget to repeat all of the words before them or to not be able to finish the sentence must drink.

When a Queen is pulled, it's category time: pick something general like beer types or condom types, and start going around the circle, same rules as rhyming. The first to pause, repeat or screw up must drink.

The first three people to pull Kings may pour as much beer into the cup in the middle as they want. The person to pull the 4th king must drink everything in the cup.

When an Ace is pulled, it is waterfall time. The waterfall starts by each person starting to drink their drink at the same time; however no one can stop until the person in line before them does, so the person who pulls the Ace must stop first and so on. This leaves the person to the beginner's right as the last one to be drinking.