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From the Vault (2008-2011) No. 10

Flip Cup aka Flippy Cup

What You Need: Long Table 1 Plastic Cup Per Person 6 People (At Least) To Make 2 Teams The Game: 1. Fill up each cup about 1/4 to 1/2 way with beer. (You...

By The Drink101 Crew Published August 26, 2008

What You Need:

Long Table 1 Plastic Cup Per Person 6 People (At Least) To Make 2 Teams

The Game:

  1. Fill up each cup about 1/4 to 1/2 way with beer. (You can adjust the amount of beer to whatever you want). Place one in front of every person.

  2. Each team lines up on opposite sides of the table, on the long sides. Someone, not involved in the game yells Go! At which point the first player from each team chugs their beer.

  3. Once finished, the player must put the cup on the table, hanging off the edge, and attempt to flip it over so it lands on its top, by using their finger to hit the bottom of the cup. ONLY once the first team member has flipped their cup, can the next person in line start drinking.

  4. Continue down until one team has drank and flipped all of their cups over. They are the winners, start over.

This is an old-school drinking game, and the original rules assumed everyone was chugging beer. Our house rule now: keep a cup of water in the rotation alongside the drinks, let people opt out of any round, and never play this as a "last one standing" competition. Games are more fun when everyone remembers the ending.
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