Beeropoly

Players: 2 or more

Buzz Factor: 8

Simplicity: 7

Today we combine two of America’s favorite pastimes: Monopoly and drinking.

OK, I am not going to lie. I decided to pick this game more for the name than anything else. But don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it will cause all sorts of hilarity in ways Hasbro R&D never could have never imagined.

First, get some friends who can’t decide between playing board games and drinking. Then pull out your old Monopoly set and some beers from the fridge, and you’re ready to go.

The original rules of Monopoly are applied, except that no money ever sees the board; instead, it’s all about the alcohol. $100 is equal to one drink. If a player owes money to either the bank or another player, he or she owes that much in drinks. Yet, if the player is owed money (for example, by passing Go), then everyone else has to drink the owed amount.

Everything is rounded up to the nearest hundred, so even landing on $2 Baltic means the player has to take one drink. Since this is more of a social atmosphere than a competitive one, rules can be added as needed. But the whole experience should get you pretty drunk. I mean, think of landing on Boardwalk with a hotel. If that’s not a perfect in-house recreation of every late-night hotel stay, then I don’t know what is.

Published on January 19, 2006 at 12:00 pm