Saturday, November 15, 2008

When games evolve.

During a recent medical tiff, I was left to wander Madison with a alcohol restriction. Being a homebrewer, host of a beer talk show, and part of a beer club, this was a challenge, not to mention it being football season in Madison. I still chose to attend all festivities and bars, just with a stronger focus on soda. It was here that I noticed how everyone has their own "house rules" to some very standard games, and more so, people have turned anything and everything into a drinking game. From this, I created Evolution, a drinking game in which the rules constantly change to best suit the players.
The game starts with a simple chug race of one can of beer. The winner gets to evolve the rules of the game. You can not make twenty new rules at once, as evolution takes time. An Example: So after say 10 rounds, the game becomes fill a glass 1/5 with beer, cheers, drink, and then flip the cup. It seems as though the game has evolved into flipcup. But now the winners wants a twist. The next round is quite similar, only it is teams of two. With a person on his back, he must cheers, drink, and now have the person on his back flip the cup. The game goes on and on until no one wants to play anymore.
The best part of this game is it quickly becomes tailored to the specific crowd and environment. If people are out on a lake, there may be a swimming to a raft addition. If the group doesn't want to get too intoxicated or slow the pace down, more team events and smaller quantities of beer can be entered into the rules.
The game was first played November 14th in Madison, Wisconsin.

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