Editing Drinking game (section)

==Types==
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===Endurance===
The simplest drinking games are endurance games in which players compete to out-drink one another. Players take turns taking shots, and the last person standing is the winner. Some games have rules involving the "cascade", "fountain", or "waterfall", which encourages each player to drink constantly from their cup so long as the player before him does not stop drinking. Such games can also favor speed over quantity, in which players race to drink a case of beer the fastest. Often drinking large amounts will be combined with a stylistic element or an abnormal method of drinking, as with the [[boot of beer]], [[yard of ale]], or a [[keg stand]].

Tolerance games are simply about seeing which player can last the longest. It can be as simple as two people matching each other drink for drink until one of the participants "passes out". [[Power hour]] and its variant, [[centurion (drinking game)|centurion]], fall under this category.

===Speed===
[[File:Beer bong 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Bonging is popular among college students.]]
Many pub or bar games involve competitive drinking for speed. Examples of such drinking games are Edward Fortyhands, [[Boat race (game)|boat races]], [[beer bong]]ing, [[shotgunning]], [[flippy cup]] (a team-based speed game), and [[Yard glass|yard]]. Some say that the most important skill to improving speed is to relax and take fewer but larger gulps. There are a variety of individual tactics to accomplishing this, such as bending the knees in anticipation, or when drinking from a [[plastic cup]], squeezing the sides of the cup to form a more perfect funnel.

Athletic races involving alcohol including the [[beer mile]], which consists of a mile run with a can of beer consumed before each of the four laps. A variant is known in German speaking countries as ''[[kastenlauf|Bierkastenlauf]]'' (beer crate running) where a team of two carries a crate of beer along a route of several kilometers and must consume all of the bottles prior to crossing the finish line.

===Skill===
Some party and pub games focus on the performance of a particular act of skill, rather than on either the amount a participant drinks or the speed with which they do so. Examples include [[beer pong]], [[Quarters (drinking game)|quarters]], chandeliers (also known as gauchoball, rage cage, stack cup), caps, [[polish horseshoes]], [[Beer pong (paddles)|pong]], [[Baseball (drinking game)|baseball]], and beer darts.

[[Pub golf]] involves [[orienteering]] and [[pub crawl]]ing together.

A unique drinking game is made in the tavern Oepfelchammer in Zürich, Switzerland. It is called "Balkenprobe" and one has therefore to climb up a beam at the ceiling and move to another beam and then to drink a glass of wine with the head hanging down.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oepfelchammer| title = Oepfelchammer – Zurich, Switzerland – Gastro Obscura}}</ref>

===Luck===
Party games like the Korean ''apateu'' are mostly luck, as it has the players stack their hands, after which the leader shouts out a number, and whoever has their hand at that position in the stack will drink.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.foodrepublic.com/1698747/korea-apt-drinking-game-explained/| title = How To Play Korea's Trendy APT Drinking Game}}</ref>

===Thinking===
Thinking games rely on the players' powers of observation, recollection, logic and articulation.

Numerous types of thinking games exist, including Think or Drink, [[21 (drinking game)|21]], [[beer checkers]], [[bizz buzz]], [[buffalo (drinking game)|buffalo]], saved by the bell, [[cheat (game)|bullshit]], tourettes, [[matchbox (drinking game)|matchboxes]], [[never have I ever]], [[roman numerals (game)|roman numerals]], [[Fuzzy Duck (drinking game)|fuzzy duck]], [[pennying]], wine games, and [[Zoom Schwartz Profigliano]]. [[Trivia]] games, such as [[Trivial Pursuit]], are sometimes played as drinking games.

===Card and dice===
[[File:Kings Cup.png|thumb|Kings is played with cards.]]

Drinking games involving [[card game|cards]] include [[president (card game)|president]], [[horserace (drinking game)|horserace]], [[kings (drinking game)|Kings]], [[liar's poker]], [[pyramid (drinking game)|pyramid]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VximCb9MQeA |title=Video: how to play pyramid |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2011-06-16 |access-date=2013-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121093202/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VximCb9MQeA |archive-date=2015-11-21 }}</ref> [[ring of fire (game)|ring of fire]], [[toepen]], ride the bus and [[black or red]].

Dice games include [[beer die]], [[dudo]], [[kinito]], [[liar's dice]], [[mexico (game)|Mexico]], [[mia (game)|mia]], [[ship, captain, and crew]], [[three man]], and [[Triple Snakes]].

===Arts===
Movie drinking games are played while watching a [[movie]] (sometimes a TV show or a sporting event) and have a set of rules for who drinks when and how much based on on-screen events and dialogue. The rules may be the same for all players, or alternatively players may each be assigned rules related to particular characters. The rules are designed so that rarer events require larger drinks. Rule sets for such games are usually arbitrary and local, although they are sometimes published by fan clubs.

In reference to film, a popular game among young adults consists of printing out a mustache and taping it on the television screen. Every time the mustache fits appropriately to a person on the screen, one must drink the designated amount.

Live drinking games such as Los Angeles–based "A Drinking Game"<ref name="LA Weekly">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2011/11/a_drinking_game_at_molly_malones_natalie_lynch.php|title=A Drinking Game at Molly Malone's: Actors Perform Live Readings of Classic Movies. While Drinking. Chaos Ensues.|publisher=laweekly.com|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> involve recreating films of the 80s in a "Rocky Horror" fashion, with gift bags, drinking cues, and costumed actors. A suggestion to "do six shots for [[SEAL Team 6]]" following every mention of [[Osama bin Laden]] at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]] necessitated a prominent disclaimer on the satire site that posted it, as the quantity of alcohol ingested would probably have been lethal.<ref name="ddgtidubo20120906">{{Citation
| url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/dnc-drinking-game_n_1855488.html
| title = DNC Drinking Game: Tune In, Drink Up, Black Out
| author = Huffington Post
| access-date = 2012-09-06
| date=2012-09-04
}}</ref>

"Datsyuk Game" involves a [[Pavel Datsyuk|Datsyuk]] highlight reel being played and contestants drink every time the word ''Datsyuk'' is mentioned. The ceremonial playing of the Russian national anthem before the game is another tradition.

Music can also be used as a basis for drinking games. The song "Thunderstruck" by [[AC/DC]] is used in which a player begins drinking when the word thunder is sung and switches to the next player the next time it is sung.

Sport related drinking games involve the participants each selecting a scenario of the game resulting in their drink being downed. Examples of this include participants each picking a footballer in a game while other versions require multiple players to be selected. Should a player score or be sent off, a drink must be taken. Another version requires a drink for every touch a player takes of the ball.

===Hybrid games===
Some drinking games can fall into multiple categories such as a [[Power hour]] which is a primarily an endurance-based game, but can also incorporate the arts if players are prompted to drink by a playlist that changes songs every 60 seconds. Similarly, [[Flip cup]] combines the skill of flipping cups with the speed of drinking quickly prior to flipping.

===Russian roulette===
There is a drinking game based on [[Russian roulette]]. The game involves six shot glasses filled by a non-player: five are filled with water, but the sixth with vodka. Among some groups, low quality vodka is preferred, as it makes the glass representing the filled chamber less desirable. The glasses are arranged in a circle, and players take turns choosing a glass to take a shot from at random.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roulettegamesvariety.com/drinking-roulette.htm|title=Drinking Roulette Fun Game|website=roulettegamesvariety.com|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref>

There is also a game called "Beer Hunter" (titled after the Russian roulette scenes in the film ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''). In this game, six cans of beer are placed between the participants: one can is vigorously shaken, and the cans are scrambled. The participants take turns opening the cans of beer right under their noses; the person who opens the shaken can (and thus sprays beer up their nose) is deemed the loser.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Beer Hunter|url=http://drunkard.com/issues/01_07/md_drinking_games.html|website=Modern Drunkard Magazine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209054418/http://drunkard.com/issues/01_07/md_drinking_games.html|archive-date=2014-12-09}}</ref>

Both are non-lethal compared to the game with the [[firearm]] which is almost always lethal.