Death Ring

Get several people; sit in a circle. The first person draws a card. The next person draws a card. If the second person's card is connected to the first's (meaning it has the same numeric value or it is of the same suit) then both players must drink the number of gulps as is shown on their card.

For this game, jack=11 drinks, queen=12, and king=13; ace=1, but you should know that. If they have both have the exact same card then they have to drink double the face value.

Now for the reason the game is called Death Ring:
The next person in the circle counts the gulps for the two that have to drink; this person may count as quickly or as slowly as she/he wants. If one of the drinkers finishes the beer before the counting is done, then the person counting has to finish his entire beer. Obviously playing with clear glass bottles will not work; use cans of beer.

Now the third person draws; for the sake of explanation we will assume that the 1st two cards were related. If the new card is connected to either the 1st or 2nd card, then all three people have to drink (with the next person counting). If one and two had a match, then they still drink double.

Continue around the circle. If a card drawn fails to be connected to prior cards in the ring, the ring is broken. Start again. If the ring makes it all around the circle, then the first guy gets rid of his card and becomes the counter, then is next to draw a new card.

Ok, a sample round. Let's have 6 people in the ring.

* player 1 draws a 7 of clubs
* player 2 draws a 9 of clubs
* player 3 counts to 9 while players 1 and 2 drink (player 1 stops at 7 drinks)
* player 3 draws a 7 of hearts
* player 4 counts to 14, player one finishes beer before 4 is done counting, player 4 has to finish beer
* player 4 draws a 10 of hearts
* player 5 counts to 14
* player 5 draws a 9 of diamonds
* player 6 counts to 18
* player 6 draws a 4 of hearts
* player 1 discards his 7 of clubs (no longer in play) and counts to 18
* player one draws....etc.