Beer Pong
The classic game for any party. Players take it in turns throwing a ping pong ball across the table and into the oppositions cups.
Players:
2 - 4
What you need:
12 - 22 playing cups
1 - 2 ping pong balls
table
Set-up
Arrange your cups in a triangle formation on each end of the table with the base at the end of the table.
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Fill each cup with your chosen drink about one third full.
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Have a cup on the side filled with water to rinse the balls after a throw.
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Teams are usually one or two people a side.
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Gameplay
Decide teams with one or two people a side. ​​​
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​Players will take turns throwing a ping pong ball across the table and attempting to land it in their opponents cups. Either one player from a side throws at a time or both.
When a ball lands in a cup, that teams cup drinks the contents and puts it aside.
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This continues until one side has no cups left on the table. As punishment for losing, the losing side finishes whatever remains on the winning teams side.
House Rules
ELBOWS!
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When throwing the ping pong ball it is pretty standard that your elbow can't go beyond the edge of the table. If your elbow does go beyond the table edge the other team may not let the throw count if it sinks a cup.
Re-racking/Re-shuffling
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When you have sunk a few of the other team's cups you can ask for a re-rack of their cups. You can ask for a re-rack on your turn before you throw. The re-rack must be a conventional shape e.g. a smaller triangle, a square or a straight line.​
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Bounces, Swats & Accidents
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When throwing the ping pong ball in your opponent's cups, you may throw the ball at the table first to bounce it in. If a bounced ball lands in a cup, the opposing team must drink two cups. If the ping pong ball hits the table at any point when someone is taking their throw, the opposing side can swat the ball away or catch it. If a ping pong ball lands in either side's cup by accidental means e.g. a player drops the ball in their own cup when trying to throw or the ping pong ball bounces off something and into a cup, that cup must be drunk by its team and removed no matter whose turn it was.
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Re-racking/Re-shuffling examples:
