Circle Of Death
Level of play : 5 (Deadly, but level of play may
be reduced, if you don't feel like passing out after only 10
minutes of play)
3 - 8 Players
1 Deck
WARNING :
This game lives up to its name!!!!!!!!!
Spread all of the cards out in the middle of the table (like in "Go Fish")
The game starts by having one person pick a card, and setting it face-up
in front of him.
Then, the next person draws a card. If it is the same suit, both players
must drink the Number of drinks indicated on the card. If it is not the same
suit, the first player flips his card over, and the next player draws.
If 3 People is a row pick the same suit, they all must drink AGAIN. This
goes on until some body draws a card of a different suit. This might be easier
to explain by example :
Play continues until everybody passes out, vomits, or dies.
Because of the harshness of this game, there are a several levels of play
LEVEL 4 - As above. Jacks=11 drinks, Queens=12 drinks, Kings=13 drinks, Aces=14
Drinks
LEVEL 3 - As above, but Jacks, Queens and Kings = 10. Aces = 1
LEVEL 2 - Take the Jacks, Queens and Kings out of the deck.
LEVEL 1 - The person that just drew a card does not have to drink. Only the
people with cards already on the table have to drink.
This is an example with 5 players :
C=Clubs / D=Diamonds / S=Spades / H=Hearts
Player 1 2 3
4 5 Round 1 2C - - - -
Nobody Drinks Round 2 2C 4H - - - Nobody
Drinks Round 3 - 4H 6C - - Nobody
Drinks Round 4 - - 6C 5C - Player
3 drinks 6 / Player 4 drinks 5 Round 5 - - 6C 5C 7H Nobody Drinks Round 6 9D - - - 7H
Nobody Drinks Round 7 9D 10D - - - Player
1 drinks 9 / Player 2 drinks 10 Round 8 9D 10D 3D - - Player 1 drinks 9
AGAIN / Player 2 Drinks 10 AGAIN / Player 3 Drinks 3 Round 9 9D 10D 3D 5D - Player 1 drinks 9 AGAIN / Player
2 Drinks 10 AGAIN / Player 3 drinks 3 AGAIN / Player 4 drinks 5 Round 10 9D 10D 3D 5D 2H Nobody Drinks
Version 2
This version was introduced to me by a friend on mine that is currently attending college in Maryland. It is similar to the version stated above, but with the following differences:
Players give drinks on black cards, and must take drinks on red cards.
The 'Chain' is continued by drawing a card of the same suit (as above), OR by drawing the same number.
The face cards now have special roles... Ten - Social - All player take a drink. Jack - 'Bust a Rhyme' - The player says a sentence, and the next person must rhyme it. Then the next person must do the same, and so on. Players may not use the same last word as any of the other players. Also, the first sentence may not end with the word 'Silver' or 'Orange', since these words have no rhyme. Queen - 'Question' - The player must ask anther person a question. That person cannot answer the question, but instead must reply with another question (or ask somebody else a question). Nobody may laugh. The first person to either answer the question or to laugh must drink. (Example. Player one asks Player two, "Do you suck dick?" Player two may respond, "Do you?". However if player two responds, "No, do you?" he HAS ANSWERED THE QUESTION by saying 'No' and must drink) King - 'Pick a Topic' - The player must pick a topic, then each player must name something that falls under that topic. The person the picked the topic must go first (in order to give an example of what he is asking for). Some example topics... "Beer Brands", "Planets", "Spice Girls", "Presidents of the United States", "Pink Floyd Songs", "Body parts that can be scratched", etc. Ace - 'Make A Rule' - The player may make a rule.
Note - A player only gets to act on a card if there is a 'Chain'. (i.e. two cards of the same suit or of the same number). But the player gets to perform that action again each time the chain is continued.
So If Player 1 draws a 6 of Clubs then Player 2 draws a Queen of Clubs, Player 1 gives 6 drinks and Player 2 gets to ask his 'Question'. If Player 3 draws a Queen of Hearts, Player 1 gives 6 drinks again,Player 2 gets to ask another 'Question', and Player 3 asks a 'Question' as well.
But if Player 4 then draws a Jack of Spades, the chain is broken. So, he does not get to 'Bust a rhyme' unless the next player starts a new chain by either drawing a Jack or by drawing a Spade.
Circle Of Death