| Speed Quarters
This one is said to be more fun than the original game. This one doesn't allow for those certain people to concentrate for half-an-hour while everyone else gets bored. The cardinal rule in this game is - you snooze, you loose! Supplies: people, beer, a shallow glass, and two quarters. Situate everyone in a circle. Give the two quarters to two people opposite each other in the circle (or as opposite as possible). Then, say "GO!" and the two people try to bounce their quarters into the same glass. They get as many tries as it takes and can take as long as they want...BUT when one does make it in, that person passes his/her quarter to the person on their left. Then this person must bounce the quarter in. This goes on until a person gets passed a quarter when s/he already has a quarter. This person then must drink some beer, you choose the amount. Sometimes, depending on the number of people playing, it's better to play with two glasses. Then both the quarter and glass get passed after a successful attempt. |
| Three Man
A most excellent good time dice game. Supplies needed are the standards people and beer, plus dice. Check the variation below for additional optional supplies. Everyone sits in a circle. The first order of business is to determine the Three Man. This is done by each player rolling a die in turn. The first to roll a three becomes the Three Man (see below for variation with the Beer Helmut.) The player to the left of the Three Man goes first, and play continues in a clockwise direction. The player then rolls both dice and acts according to the following combinations: 1:1 Doubles - see below 1:2 Three man drinks (sum to 3) 1:3 Three man drinks (three on die) 1:4 Thumb to table or floor (playing surface) 1:5 Index finger to side of nose. 1:6 Player to left of roller drinks (7 left/11 right) 2:2 Doubles - see below 2:3 Three man drinks (three on die) 2:4 Pass turn 2:5 Player to left of roller drinks (7 left/11 right) 2:6 Pass turn 3:3 Doubles - see below; three drinks twice 3:4 Three man drinks; player to left of roller drinks 3:5 Three man drinks 3:6 Three man drinks; Social 4:4 Doubles - see below 4:5 Social 4:6 Pass turn 5:5 Doubles - see below 5:6 Player to right of roller drinks (7 left/11 right) 6:6 Doubles - see below However, if on the Three Man's turn, s/he rolls a three or combination thereof, s/he is no longer the Three Man and then can designate any other player as the new Three Man. (This also includes if the Three Man rolls during a doubles give; see below) Social: Everybody drinks Doubles: The roller has the option of giving both dice to one player or one dice to two players. Whatever the case, the dice are rolled and the number on the dice is what that person(s) have to drink. (ie. roller gives the dice to Y and Z. Y rolls a 3 and Z rolls a five, Y drinks 3, Z drinks 5. Or Y gets both both dice and rolls a 3:5, Y then drinks 8.) However, if the given dice roll to doubles, the original roller has to drink that amount. But the original roller also keeps the turn. To condense everything: Total of 7 - player to right of roller drinks Total of 11- left Total of 9 - Social Any 3 or sum to 3 - Three man drinks 1 and 4 - thumb on floor 1 and 5 - finger on nose Doubles - give 'em away Variation with the Beer Helmut: To make the visual effect of the game more interesting, the Three Man should have to were some some of strange hat, the Beer Helmut. The Helmut could be almost anything that can be worn on the head, orange hunters' hat, lampshade, undergarments, etc. But tradition holds that the Helmut be made from a discarded case of beer, cut so the the handle serves as eyepieces and a nose bridge. Other ornamentation may be freely added, such as a plume from other cardboard or feathers. It should look like something worn into battle. Thus the name, Beer Helmut. When the Three Man no longer is the Three Man due to skillful rolling, part of the ceremony is the passing of the Helmut onto the new Three Man. |
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