Kings
Kings Cup.png Cards during a game of Kings
Alternative names King’s Cup
Heroes
Ring of Fire
Kings
Type Drinking
Players 2+
Age range Varies by legal jurisdiction
Cards 52
Deck 1 deck of standard playing cards
Play Clockwise or counterclockwise
Card rank (highest first) A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Playing time 20 to 40 minutes

Kings ( besides known as king’s cup, donut, jug oval, circle of death and ring of fire ) is a drink in game that uses playing cards. The actor must drink and dispense drinks based on cards drawn. Each poster has a rule that is predetermined before the bet on starts. Often groups establish house rules with their own version of rules .

equipment [edit ]

  • 1 Deck of Cards
  • 2 or more players
  • Alcoholic beverages – typically wine, beer, or mixed drinks – or non alcoholic beverages
  • A large cup which will be used as the King’s Cup, or (in the “Ring of Fire” version of the game) an unopened beer can

setup and coarse rules [edit ]

In this game, a deck of cards is shuffled and dealt into a circle around either an empty cup or a full drink of choice. Each card value is assigned an action, which must be performed by the relevant players upon it being drawn. Players then take turns to draw cards and participate in the relevant activity.

This crippled is highly open ended and all of the cards can signify any mini-game, the rules and the card assignments are normally confirmed at the start of the game. Depending on house rules, the game either ends when the death rule poster has been pulled or the baron ‘s cup has been consumed. In variations where cards are placed on peak of the king ‘s cup, the game is over when the cards fall off, with the musician creditworthy for knocking them off having to consume the king ‘s cup. It is besides common for the players to make up and agree on a set of rules every meter the crippled is played. Some common assignments for card values include :

Card drawn Title Instruction
Ace Waterfall To perform a waterfall, All players start drinking their beverage at the same time. No player can stop drinking until the player to their left stops.
2 Two for you / Two is you The player who drew the card gives out two drinks, either both to the same person or one to two different people.
3 Three for me / Three is me The player who drew the card takes a drink.[1]
4 Hit the floor Last person to touch the floor with their hands must take a drink.
Four is Whores All women playing take a drink. (In some versions this is under the number 6)
5 Five is Guys All men playing take a drink. (In some versions this is under the number 6)
6 Six is chicks All women playing take a drink. (In some versions this is under the number 4)
Six is dicks All men playing take a drink. (In some versions this is under the number 5)
7 Heaven / 7th Heaven Last person to raise their hand has to drink.
8 Mate The player who drew the card chooses another player who must drink at the same time as them for the rest of the game.
9 Rhyme Time / Nine is Rhyme The player who drew the card says a word, with players going clockwise each saying a word that rhyme with the original. The first person to fail to come up with a rhyming word that has not been used must drink.
10 Categories The player who drew the card chooses a category, with players going clockwise to name things that fall within the category. The first person to fail to come up with something that has not been said must drink.
Jack Social Everyone must take a drink.
Never Have I Ever Starting with the player who drew the card, everyone goes around the circle and saying “never have I ever ___.” Whoever has done the action must drink.
Queen Questions The player who drew the card starts by asking anyone a question. This player then asks anyone else a question. The first player who fails to ask a question must drink.
The player who drew the card becomes the question master. Whenever they ask a question, other players must also respond with questions or otherwise drink. This continues until another Queen is drawn, at which point that player becomes the question master.
King King’s Cup (+ Rules) When each of the first 3 Kings are drawn, the person who drew the card puts some of their drink into the King’s Cup at the center of the table. When the 4th King is drawn, the person who drew the 4th King must drink the contents of the King’s Cup. In some variations, the first three people to pick a King card can also make a rule that must be followed until the next King is picked. Some common rules include Buffalo (must always use left hand), Thumbs (player puts their thumb on the table silently, last person to follow suit drinks), In bed (everyone has to say “in bed” after every sentence), and Teeth (players can’t show their teeth when they laugh).

ring of Fire [edit ]

In the “ Ring of Fire ” adaptation of the game, a beer can is placed in the center of the band of cards. [ 2 ] Players “ discard ” cards by sliding them under the beer pill. The player who pops the beer tab key must drink the whole can. Unless decided that signals the end of the game, another can is placed in the middle and the bet on continues. If by drawing a card a player creates a opening in the traffic circle of cards, they must finish their own drink. [ 2 ]

Variations and other rules [edit ]

Like about all early drink games, Kings has endless variations of rules, and individual drink groups normally have their own sic of card effects. There will be exchangeable rules, but there will most probably constantly be some that some players have never encountered before. Some games specify that playing a sealed card allows that player to make up a newfangled rule which lasts for the remainder of the plot. A major variation in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or Canada is that the contents of the King ‘s Cup are drunk by the player who breaks the lap of cards ( known as the Ring of Fire in the UK ). A popular variation in Australia is the Smoko or Toilet Card replacing collapse Two Take Two. In this interpretation, a player needs to possess a Smoko Card to leave the table to smoke or use the toilet. A player can have multiple copies of the card and they can be traded, typically under conditions such as ; the recipient role must refill drinks on demand, crawl for the rest of the game, lecture in a funny voice, etc. When drinking from bottles of beer, the discard can be placed on top of the beer with two corners of each menu hanging off the edge. As this continues, it will begin to resemble a mushroom. alike to the game Jenga, if the mushroom collapses, the person who concluding placed their card or was attempting to do so must drink the entire bottle. If all cards are successfully discarded without the mushroom collapse, the survive person to discard drinks the bottle, and others finish their drinks.

In Belgium the game is known as “ Circle of Destruction ” or “ hard-core Kings ”. In the beginning a pint is placed in the middle of the r-2 and everyone has to pour some of their drink in it, from now on this drink is referred to as “ Witch ‘s Brew ” .

Card drawn Title Instruction
Ace Safe Everyone drinks but you.
2 Who A round of spin the bottle is played.
3 Wanna fight me? A match of arm wrestling is played with the player sitting on the opposite side of the circle, the loser drinks. A slap contest can also be played.
4 We’re whores Everyone has to take off one piece of clothing as fast as they can, last on to do so has to drink.
5 My life You have to take a sip from every player’s drink.
6 …tynine The player who had sex the most recently drinks, the second time this card is drawn the player who had sex the second most recently drinks and so on…
7 Close to heaven Do a body shot out of the belly button of your left-hand neighbour.
8 Mate Choose a person to be your mate and they drink when you drink, and vice versa, for the rest of the game. If one of the mates draws another 8 card they chose another player and now all three have to drink. You can also merge two mated pairs this way. If all players of the game become mated, then all ties are cancelled.
9 Time to shine You have to do 20 push ups, if you can’t do it you have to drink the amount of sips you were short of 20.
10 Witch You have to down the witch’s brew. Afterwards the pint is refilled.
Jack The Jack entertains You have to do a credible and serious belly dance, for every minute you can pull this off you may choose another player who had to down their drink.
Queen Mixer Every player has to hand in his drink and you may reassign them to different players.
King Rewind Time You can use your rewind power one time to let someone do their assignment again.

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