Warning: Do Not Mix With Alcohol

Anna says:
Sun, 15th Mar 200910:08 am 

In England drinking games come as standard before any night out. Ring of fire is very popular with University Students and is done with Tequila, Vodka or Sambucca. (Sorry it’s copied I didn’t have time to write all the rules)

The game begins with a deck of cards face down in a ring formation.

Clockwise around the ring each player takes it in turn to flip a card face up and places in the middle of the ring.

All cards 2-Ace represent a different game so it’s really 13 games in 1.

When a player turns a…..

2- MAKE A RULE (this rule is carried out until the end of the game)

3- PROPOSE A TOAST (the card turner proposes a toast to whatever he/she like but all players must consume some drink after the toast as a sign of respect)

4- 4 FINGERS (whoever turns the card has the power to deligate upto 4 fingers of drink to ANY player. They may give them all to one player or divide them up to a maximum of 4 players)

5- KING OF THE RING (the king of the ring has the power to make anyone drink whatever he/she likes whenever he/she wants until a new king is elected)

6- LADIES DRINK (all female players consume 2 fingers of drink)

7- CATEGORIES (the card turner selects a category e.g brands of clothing, golfers names, London football clubs etc and one at a time players give an answer until either someone can’t think of one or their answer isn’t correct. They then consume minimum fine of 2 fingers)

8- GENTS DRINK (all male players consume 2 fingers of drink)

9- BUSTA RHYME (the card turner says a word and players must give a word that rhymes with the original e.g lick, sick, prick, kick etc until either someone can’t think of one or their answer isn’t correct. They then consume minimum fine of 2 fingers)

10- SNAP (the last person to put their hand on top of the upturned 10 card must drink the minimum fine of 2 fingers)

Jack- THUMBMASTER (thumbmaster can place his thumb on the edge of the table whenever they like and the last person to do so consumes minimum fine of 2 fingers)

Queen- QUESTIONMASTER (questionmaster can ask people questions whenever they like and if any other player answers a question they must consume minimum fine of 2 fingers)

King- EYEMASTER (the eyemaster tries to catch the eye of any other player. A player caught looking directly into the eye of the eyemaster must consume a minimum fine of 2 fingers

Ace- 21s (a game of 21s proceeds starting with the card turner)

After a player turns a card the next person in the ring takes their turn.

The ‘power cards’ (5, Jack, Queen, King) remain with the player who turned them until the next time the card is turned. So a player who turns a Queen will be questionmaster until the next time a Queen is turned.

If at any point during the ring (the game) a disagreement occurs between players (e.g is a word legible in BUSTA RHYME or who was the last person to put their thumb down during THUMBMASTER, a ‘Council’ will decide the outcome. Anyone can call Council at any time and a majority vote (shown by placing a clenched fist in the middle of the table) is final. All players at the table are involved in the council.

The standard minimum drinking fine is 2 fingers but can be adapted to the drink involved e.g a fine of 4 fingers for lager may be adapted to only 2 fingers for wine.

Enjoy! x