King’s Cup

Card Rules

Ace

“Waterfall” - The player starts drinking. Every other player must also drink while the person to their right is still drinking. If the person to their right has stopped drinking, they are allowed to stop whenever they like.

2

“You” - Player gets to point to another player who must drink.

3

“Me” - Player must drink.

4

• I don’t like the name of this rule now, but the way I learned it was “4 = whores” (women), meaning all the women drink.
• Alternate rule from the internet: “Give 2 take 2” - Assign two drinks (however you like) but player must take 2 drinks.
• “Floor” - Last person to touch the floor has to drink. I think to make this fun you should all have to lie down.

Other possibilities I’m thinking of:

• “Pour” - You must pour a drink into the King’s Cup. Or maybe pour some of the King’s Cup back into someone else’s drink?
• “Ignore”/“Restore” - Keep this card. When you’re forced to take a drink, play this card to “ignore” it. A “get out of jail free” card, but doesn’t work on the King’s Cup? Or maybe you only “ignore” the drink by passing it to the person to your left. Maybe it’s transferrable and you can give it to someone?
• “War” - Challenge someone to some quick game. Loser drinks. For example: push ups, rhymes. To make this interesting, it should probably cost more drinks than just surrendering immediately.
• “Sore” - You have to do 20 push-ups. For every push-up that you fail to do, you have to do 1 second of drinking. It would also be fun to pick someone to have to do push-ups, that way the same person could be picked repeatedly.

5

• “Drive” - A game where you stick up your thumbs and either point them to the left or right. First player starts by saying “vroom” and pointing their thumbs either left or right. The person pointed to must then either point their thumbs and say either “vroom” (if their thumbs are pointing in the same direction as the previous player) or “skrrrt” (if their thumbs are pointing back to the previous player). The first person to mess this up (or to fail to do it in time) drinks.
• Or “five is guys” - All guys drink.
• “Jive” - Do some dance or action. Next person must do the previous move and add on their own. First person to mess up drinks.

6

Traditionally “dicks” (men). All men drink. Also possible:

• “Chicks” - All women drink.

7

“Heaven” - Players immediately point to the ceiling. Last person to point to the ceiling drinks.

8

“Mate” - Player picks a partner. For the rest of the game, whenever the player drinks, the partner must drink as well. This is only one-way, and can be chained.

9

“Rhyme” - Player thinks of a word. Going clockwise, the next player must think of a rhyming word that has not been said before. First person to fail drinks.

10

“Categories” - Player thinks of a category. Each following player must say a member of the category that has not been said before.

Examples:

• Colors
• Car brands - Volvo, Honda, Toyota, etc.
• Countries in (name a continent)
• Birds
• Fast food chains

You could also do hard ones that are weirdly specific.

• Openly gay actors
• Convicted celebrities
• County supervisors
• Two-digit prime numbers

Jack

“Make a rule” - Player gets to make a rule that lasts the rest of the game. This is (I think) the most fun card, and it gives you some opportunities to be creative. See below for some rules.

Queen

“Question Master” - This player becomes the question master, replacing any previous ones. Any time someone answers a question the question master asks, they must drink. See some example questions below.

King

“King’s cup”? - Pour a drink of choice into the center King’s Cup. If this is the fourth king, the player must drink the cup and the game is over.

Alternate Rules

Some cards may be assigned different rules.

• “Truth or dare” - Player picks another to do one round of truth or dare. If they decline, they drink.
• “Never have I ever”
• “Social” - Everyone drinks.

Fun Jack Rules

When you draw Jack, you get to make a rule. Here are some fun ones.

• “No teeth” - If any player can see your teeth, you must drink. This is a fun rule because it means you have to cover your mouth when you laugh. This makes a bit of a feedback loop.
• “Little Green man” - Before drinking a player must mime pulling a small man off the edge of the cup. When finished drinking, the player must mime replacing the small invisible man back on the cup. If the player forgets to do this, they must drink.
  • This is a pretty classic rule, but some people on Reddit complain that it’s used too often and slows the game down by slowing down drinking.
  • Alternate idea: “Swirling wine” - You must swirl the cup like it’s a wine glass.
  • See also my dumb Pepsi commercial idea.
• “Choo-choo train” - Any time a player laughs, they must pump their arms in a circle like the wheels of a train. If they don’t, they have to drink. Another possibility: “chicken wing” - players must flap their arms any time they laugh.
• “No names” - If you use anyone’s name, you must drink.
• “Third person” - You can only speak in the third person. Alternative: “Royal We”. You can’t say “I”, you must say “we”.
• “Accent” - Everyone must speak in an accent. For example, a posh British accent. You could also do things like speaking like a robot.

A lot of these I got From reddit. Check out some other ones from an old AskReddit thread.

• “High five” - Any time you make eye contact with someone, you have to high five them.
• “No swearing” - If you swear you must drink.
• “Shit… bitch” - from reddit. Replace “bitch” as needed (“damn… dude” or “yo… check it” from this thread).
• “The Photographer” - Player points a camera and counts down from three. Anyone not in the photo has to drink. (from andyjonesx on reddit)
• “One mouth move up and down rule” - You can only use one syllable words. (From u/laidymondegreen)

WikiHow also has some good ideas that aren’t just lifted off the same Reddit thread I used..

My Dumb Ideas

Other random ideas I’m thinking of that I haven’t tried.

• “Pepsi commercial” - Every time you drink, you have to go “ahhhh…” and look into the camera like you’re in an 80’s Pepsi commercial. And if you laugh you have to do a re-take.
• “More rules” - Jack gets to make two rules next time.
• “Hype man” - Whenever you finish speaking, the person on your right has to yell “Flocka!”, “Brrrrt!”, or “oooooh!” like a hype man. If they don’t they have to drink.
• “Nooo!”/“Nani?!?!”/“Inconceivable!” - Any time tells you you have to drink (true or not) you have to scream “noooo” or “nani?!!?!”.
• “Roll call”/“Substitute teacher” - You must mispronounce people’s names, like the Key & Peele “substitute teacher” sketch. Addressee must raise their hand.
• “Exclamation master!” - Anyone can cancel the effect of the question master by screaming. Then you can answer the question normally.
• “Switch names” - Unlike “no names” you switch names with the person to your left. Maybe you also have to raise your hand to when your new name is called. (Actually, looks like I’m not the first to think of this.)
• “Genuine Compliments” - When two people make eye contact, they have to make original compliments about each other. If they re-use a compliment that’s been used on anyone else, they must drink. (Based off compliment rules of others)
• “Drink → Dab” - Any time you say the word “drink” (or “drank”, “drunk”) you have to dab at the same time.
• “Uptalk”/“Valley Girl” - You have to end every sentence like t^his?
• If you draw a club, you have to scream.
• “8 is ‘date’” - In addition to being “mate”, you must hold hands with your mate for the rest of the game. You cannot let go. Would also work with “Jack” like Jack from Titanic.
  • Alternate rule: “Arranged marriage” - Queen arranges marriages. In addition to whatever the Queen does, the Queen can pick two people to hold hands. This expires when there’s a new Queen.
• “Hahaha, what a story Mark” - Like the scene in The Room. Any time someone makes you laugh, you have to put your hands behind your head and go “what a story [their name]”.
• “Disco diamonds” or “Night clubs” - You have to stand up and do a short dance every time you draw a diamond or club. For you horn dogs out there (read: me) “strip clubs” - you have to do a burlesque style dance. You don’t actually have to strip, though. To make this funnier, they have to do a lap dance on someone. Someone (not the player) has to yell the name of the target (can be themselves, but probably would be someone else).
• “Tag/tackle” - Instead of 7 Heaven, everyone has to touch the player that drew the card. Last person to do so drinks.
• “Democracy” - For some card, everyone votes for a person (by pointing) to drink. The person with the most votes drinks.
• “Drunk duck goose” - Some card now becomes the game “duck duck goose”. But you’re drunk, so this is probably dangerous.
• “Sign language interpreter” or “translator” - When someone talks, the person to their left must act as an interpreter or translator (based off this comment).

Other Penalties

Not all rule breaks have to result in drinking. You can also make a rule break result in: push-ups, taking off an article of clothing, getting slapped, telling a story, having to do truth or dare, etc. (See here on Reddit)

Question Master tips

When you’re the question master, people will catch on to your questions pretty quickly. Here are some questions that people might drop their guard on.

• “Who’s turn is it?”, “Is it my turn?”, or “Didn’t you just go?”
• “Hey! Did you drink?” - Especially after a rule break, accuse someone of not drinking. They may be too caught up in the rule and the accusation to realize it’s a ploy to get them to answer a question.