Ring Of Fire Card Game
The Ring Of Fire Drinking Game is a close relative of the popular card game Kings. All that’s required is a deck of cards and a can of beer, which should be easy enough to acquire. This game is a great way social drinking game to get players to loosen up and get to know each other.
The forfeit for a drunken card game is down the 'mucky pint' consisting of wine, beer, washing up liquid, chocolate and pringles. Ring of Fire is one of the most popular drinking games for groups because it combines a variety of fun small games / tasks in one. How to play Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire Rules are simple, grab a pint glass and place it in the middle of the table.
Requirements
A deck of cards and one can, bottle or cup to place in the center.
Set up
Shuffle the entire deck and place the cards in a ring surrounding a bottle or can.
Summary
Players take turns drawing cards and performing the action required. This can be anything from giving drinks to rhyming. If a player breaks the circle or causes a card to call off the can then he must drink.
Ring Of Fire Drinking Game Rules
The players first start off by playing the nose game. This means the last player to touch his nose after the cards have been set up is the one who has to start the game.
That player then draws a card and has to perform a specific action based on what card they drew. He must then balance the card on top of the central bottle or can. Then play continues clockwise.
- 2 through 5: The player that drew this card must drink that many
- 6 through 8: The player that drew it gets to give out drinks equal to the cards value. These can be split up however the player wants.
- 9: Rhyme time. The player who drew this picks a word. The next player must pick a word that rhymes with it and then play continues clockwise. If a player fails to come up with a rhyme for that word or repeats one that was said already he must drink. It’s possible to “challenge” the player who came up with the word and if he cannot come up with 3 rhyming words himself he must drink.
- 10: Rule. The player comes up with a new game rule. Any infraction on this rule results in 1 drink.
- Jack: Gestures. The player that drew this must come up with a gesture of any kind. At any point in the game if someone sees him do his signature gesture everyone else must do it as well. Last player to do this must drink.
- Queen: Question Master. The player who draws this becomes the question master until another player draws a queen. Until then if any player replies to something he says with anything but a question he must drink.
- King: Categories. The player that drew this must come up with a category. Such as Car Brands or Metal Bands. Then in turn going clockwise each player must say something that belongs to that category. First player to fail at this by taking too long or stating something that has been said has to drink.
- Ace: Waterfall. This card starts a water fall. First the player who do this starts drinking, then each other player in turn starts drinking. Nobody can put their drink down until the player before them does. So it’s really up to the drawer on how long he wants to make everyone drink.
The game ends when there is no longer any cards left to flip.
Other Rules
If a player picks up a card that causes the circle of cards to break, and it’s no longer fully connected all the way around he must drink.
If a player knocks any of the cards off of the can he must drink for every card that fell.
Similar Drinking Games
The Ring Of Fire Drinking Game is great and easy to play. Our ring of fire rules might not match up with ones that you’ve seen elsewhere since this game tends to change rules from table to table. We’d suggest printing out the rules so that players have an easier time figuring out what actions they need to perform after they flip the card.
Having a group of people around and drinking can be a great time. Imagine the atmosphere of a smoker slowly marinating some chicken and ribs, while the grill houses the seafoods and vegetables. Friends and family mingling together with each other.
Instead of just drinking, everyone could also be playing a game together. This game is one of those where everyone has an equal opportunity to win.
It’s based on chance, not having to remember anything (or try and name something that begins with a certain letter). This is easy.
Before you go and have fun, this is the disclaimer, remember to drink responsibly. It’s fine to have a good time, however make sure to designate someone as the designated driver, or take an Uber/Lyft to the party.
Now that that’s over with, let’s get down to the game itself and have a good time.
What You’ll Need to Play
- Beer
- Deck of Cards
- One person to be the dealer (who could ideally be the designated driver as well)
Game Play of Higher or Lower
Variations
There could be a few different ways to play this game it just has to consist of something that can be considered higher or lower numerically. Here are some ideas:
1. Instead of using a deck of cards, especially if you are outside, you can use giant inflatable dice and do it that way. It can be one die or two dice using the total between the two or just the one number. This could be a fun variation in a large backyard or even the pool as well because the inflatable ones will float.
2. Use Jenga pieces and play Jenga along with it. On each of the pieces write the numbers from 1-whatever and make sure there are enough repeats as well (imagine the deck of cards with 4 suits).
Shuffle them and build the tower. Write the number on the faces (not the ends because you can see them). The first person is a freebie.
They can look at the number of the first one and then next player has to guess if the one they choose will be higher or lower.
If they are right, no drinks, if they are wrong, drinks. This could be a fun variation because Jenga is already hard to play.
This is an easy game to play but can also be played in a variety of ways. Either in the backyard, the house, the pool, wherever you are having a gathering of friends and family.
Ring Of Fire Drinking Game Rules
This is an easy game so as long as you have a deck of cards you are good to go.
Ring Of Fire Card Game Drinking
Have fun, but again, remember to be responsible and don’t drink and drive.