Players: 4+Buzz Factor: 10Simplicity: 5

This week’s edition of Game Plan is actually a tried-and-true game, so we promise only the best results for inebriated fun.

Begin by placing 10 cards face down in a row. Then, everyone playing picks a specific suit and a number between five and 10 (i.e. 8 of diamonds), and then drinks the amount they just picked (i.e. 8).

The dealer then flips up cards off the top of the deck, setting them up in four different piles according to which suit is pulled. Each player cheers on their chosen suit and takes a drink for every card of that suit that comes out.

Whichever suit gets 10 cards in their row first ‘wins,’ and anyone who picks it gets to give out double the amount of drinks they originally picked (i.e. picking 8 of diamonds in the beginning means that 16 drinks would be given out if diamonds wins).

To finish, the dealer flips over the original 10 cards that were face down and counts how many of the winning suit there are. The winners then get to give this many drinks to whomever they wish.

The cards are reshuffled into the deck, new suits and numbers are picked and the game begins again.

Published on October 20, 2005 at 12:00 pm