Heath Birthday Game

Setup

-2 or more players (4-6 is great in an average-sized room)
-1 bucket (the smaller the better, a “champagne bucket”-sized beer pail “obtained” from a local bar will work quite well)
-beer caps (the more you have the less often you have to get up off the couch)
-beer

Rules to drink by

This is a very simple game created by some lazy students on a guy’s (Heath’s) birthday. Each player needs a supply of caps, and each should be sitting as far from the bucket as possible. if you have a smaller room, or if some spots are more advantageous, then you can rotate spots after each round, or suck it up. The way it works:
Going counter clockwise, each player throws his cap at the bucket. If you land it in the bucket, you are safe. If you miss, you have to drink as many times as people in the round make (e.g., Player 1 and 4 each miss but P2, 3 and 5 all hit, then P1 and P4 drink 3 each). If everyone makes, then everyone takes a social drink. If everyone misses, then it gets interesting. After everyone has missed, each player gets a second cap ready. This time, all players count to 3 and throw at the same time. anyone who misses has to drink two for each make (and a double social if everyone makes). If everyone misses again, it doubles so that anyone missing drinks 4 for every make. Keeping track of caps is key, and can create some controversy if someone decides to try to cheat and gets called on it. If a cheater is caught, they chug a beer. Like I said, simple game for lazy people, enjoy.

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KO from Wilfrid Laurier, Waterloo