King's Cup

Or also called Circle of Death.
In this blog you will find the fun rules of Kings Cup! Also called Circle of Death or Ring of Fire, Kings Cup is a very popular drinking game.

Kings Cup is a card drinking game in which an action must be taken depending on what card you draw. The goal of Kings Cup is quite simple: drink a lot!
In this blog you will find possible different actions for the cards. You can of course change the rules and actions as you wish.

If you can't remember the actions, get mugs! In our game of cups, there are fun actions right on the card, so there is no need to explain and discuss rules at the beginning. 😉

Building Kings Cup is quick and easy. First, a glass/cup or shotgals are placed in the middle of the table. It depends on how you play here. The shot can be filled at the beginning or the glass is filled with different drinks through an action. Now the playing cards are placed face down around the cup. There should be no gaps between the cards. All players should be able to reach the cards easily and have their alcoholic drink at hand.

Kings Cup is often played with different rules. Depending on the group, the rules and actions are different.

Usually the youngest, eldest, drunkest, sober,
prettiest or least attractive teammates. First he draws a card - then the action is carried out. The loser of an action must drink. After an action is performed, the card must be placed on the Kings Cup. The different promotions and exact rules can be found below.

Bonus: You also have to make sure that there are no gaps in the card ring. The player who makes a gap in the card ring loses and must drink the Kings Cup. This is also the case when the cards fall from the Kings Cup. The polluter has therefore also lost and must drink the Kings Cup.

Two = distribute 2
The player who draws the two can distribute two sips. Either he gives both sips to one person or one to two different players.

Three = Drink 3
The player must drink himself.

Four = ground
The last person to touch the ground has to drink.

Five = boys
All boys have to drink on this card.

Six = girls
All girls have to drink.

Seven = thumb king
At all times, this player may place his thumb inconspicuously on the table. All other players must also place their thumb on the table. The slowest player has to drink.
Thumb is king until the next seven is drawn.

Eight = drinking buddy
With this card, the player can choose a drinking buddy. Whenever the drinking buddy has to drink, the other one drinks too. This applies to both directions.
Depending on how many players there are, another drinking buddy pair is formed when the next eight is reached, or a new one and the old one are dissolved.

Nine = rhyme
With this card, a word is said and in clockwise order the other players must rhyme. The word must always rhyme with the word previously said. If you can't think of a rhyming word at first or it's wrong, you have to drink.

Ten = category
Here, the player who drew this card selects a category from, for example, car brands or beer brands. Now brands have to be named clockwise. If you can't think of anything at first or make a mistake, you have to drink.

Category Ideas:
- Capital Cities
- sex positions
- tree species
- pokemon
- Cocktails
- People that "fellow players" have made out with
- Dog breeds

Jack = I have never
The player who draws the jack says something he hasn't done before and everyone who has done it must drink.

lady = questions
From now on, no more questions may be answered for this player. If you accidentally answer him, you have to drink. The Question Queen may ask questions until the next queen is drawn.

King = King's Cup/ rule
Whoever draws the king fills a quarter of the king's cup with his own drink. Whoever draws the last king loses and must empty the King's Cup. This ends the game.
If you play it with a shot, a rule will be established with the king. The person who draws the king gets to think of a rule, and that rule applies until the next rule. Whoever breaks the rule has to drink.

rule ideas:
- after each sentence you have to say: "in my pants".
- Whenever someone drinks, they have to go around in a circle before drinking
- Each player gives a nickname to the person to their left: Each player must address the people by their nickname.
- Before you drink, you have to say a proverb, e.g.: "Who rests, rusts"

Ace = Waterfall
The person who drew this card starts drinking and all players start drinking at the same time. It must be drunk until the person who started it stops drinking. Players are not allowed to stop until the person sitting next to them on the left has stopped.