3 Drinking Games You Need to Know
Monday, August 25, 2008 by Kelly Sutton Today, schools around the U.S. on the semester started class. Now we all assume you've read posts on how to get textbooks for free and how to get into bars if you're under 21, but also necessary for fall survival will be your knowledge of drinking games. Here are 3 drinking games you will need to know--or brush up on--for the fall semester.
1. Beer Pong
By far the most popular game these days in filthy garages of college houses everywhere is beer pong, or beirut if you're on the east coast. If you've never attended a college party in your life, it's a game where you try to sink ping pong balls in opponents' cups from across a table.
The HackCollege Fall Advice: Mind the house rules if you don't want to look like a jackass.
2. Quarters
Quarters is a favorite, low-overhead game that works pretty well indoors on a crappy table found in the "free" section of Craigslist. Bounce your quarter into a glass and the drinking begins. It's very simple: all you need are a few quarters, some glasses and--of course--beer.
The HackCollege Fall Advice: Perfect your bounce by eliminating variables from your toss. Chris is a big fan of the "rolling" technique which he'll go in to depth on in the future.
3. Flip Cup
Flip Cup is the All-American Football version of drinking games. It's all about the strength of your team and pep talks. It can be played with 4 people, or 40 people. Great for those large keggers.
The HackCollege Fall Advice: Follow through. A flip with good form means landing your first attempt every time.
What drinking games will you be playing this fall? Are there any up and coming games that HackCollege should be privy to? Let us know in some comments!
Reader Comments (30)
Yea, flip cup pretty much kicks ass.
Good list. I always hated showing up and everyone says, "Let's play _____!!" And I'd have to say, "I don't know how :(" and be outcasted from society. Not really, people are usually willing to teach, but you don't want to be a n00b. These are definitely the top 3.
Actually, we all call it Beer Bong here at Virginia Tech, and it wasn't until my trip to SF that I heard it called beirut. This is an interesting map: http://www.collegehumor.com/pongmap
I was in Miami a few weeks ago and went to 3 different bars that had Beer Pong Tables! People were playing Beer Pong in a bar!
I've also played alot of beer pong / flip cup. Combined, where when some one sinks a cup then it starts the flip cup relay race. Tons of people can play and it's best of both worlds!
I was in Vegas the other weekend and one of the bars on the strip has beer pong tables set up! It was actually the most happening spot for poor students, though.
My favorite is drinking game is Caps. It's fast, lots of people can play and you don't have to stand!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caps_(drinking_game)
A**hole is the greatest drinking game ever. You can play with a huge number of people and is a wonderful exercise is retributive justice.
Three man. But only LSU students and other professional drinkers can hack it for more than 10 minutes.
You know, about the playing-Beer-Pong-in-bars comment, I think Time or NYT had an article about the rising popularity of beer pong around the nation. Got quite the following. Though the rules change from place to place. Always find out the house rules, the house owners usually know which rules they enforce that aren't followed everywhere.
[...] those older friends in college who imparted their wisdom on the right bars to go to and the best drinking games? Should the future generations of American universities be deprived on these potential mentors? [...]
[...] Three Drinking Games You Need to Know to Survive in College* [...]
I'm glad Greg Rollett took the time out at 12:48pm on Aug 25th to let us know how he feels about flip cup. Dare I say; i think Greg Rollet pretty much kicks ass.
Flip cup is my favourite game ;)
Wow, this will definitely help me on my erasmus student exchange program..PRoost
I can honestly say I've never heard of flip cup. I'll have to start looking that one up now.
Ok. To recap, the picture at the top of the article has about 25 classic red plastic cups, about 15 cans of beer in assorted brands, 7 glass bottles, and one bottle of OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRY JUICE.
Priceless.
Do drinking games belong to water sports as well ? :))
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Beirut
there is one other drinking game i have played and its called categories. it is played with cards and very funn.. just look up info. on this game and ur drinking begins in seconds:)
Flip Cup is bit interesting from my point of view. I will try this one we me and ma friends together. thanks for sharing this kinda game...it will help us to enjoy our selfs and take one more party.
Where I come from we play quarters and various dice and card games that are sure to get you wasted in record time.Amateurs at the games are always used for drunken fun afterwards.
Drinking game we play -Listen to 'Roxanne' by the Police. Drink every time Sting says 'Roxanne'! Buzzed by end of song...guaranteed!Gas Grills
@David
We usually play with two teams, the "Roxanne" team and the "Put on the red light" team. It's a little bit more back-and-forth and both phrases are said an equal amount of times. I think.
power hour should be #4..