The Quarters Drinking Game

By Author: Joseph Cosmano
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There are plenty of drinking games that are meant to make a party as enjoyable as possible. One of the most famous of these is the Quarter's beer game. This game requires a certain amount of coordination as well as a good supply of beer and people who are ready to drink up. You also need a quarter as well as a shallow juice glass in order to play this game. The following are some insightful tips on how to play this beer game.All the players are supposed to sit on a table or on the floor. Each person then gets his chance to bounce the quarter on the table into the juice glass. If a person succeeds at this, he asks the next person to drink a glass of beer. He then gets a new chance of bouncing the quarter. If he fails to bounce the quarter into the juice cup, he passes to the next player in a circle.If a player makes 3 correct bounces in a row, he is entitled to make a rule in this drinking game. Anything goes in this game and some of the common rules include each player drinking a cup before a bounce and also every player drinking with his hands at the back. There is no exemption and each player is supposed to be creative in ...
... order to make the game more fun.In case a player violates any of the rules, he is supposed to drink penalty beer. These rules can be exempted by the next person making 3 consecutive good bounces. This player then has a chance of enhancing this rule or creating a new rule to counter the previous one. In this drinking game, a successful bounce only guarantees a person 1 rule at a time.If a player bounces the quarter and it lands on the juice cup without touching the rim, another free attempt is given. If the player is confident enough he can take the free attempt or let the game to continue. If he makes the bounce and it fails, he is supposed to drink the beer. After this, the game continues to the next player.Following a failed free chance, the player can also wish to try a kill. If he is successful at this, the game continues normally. However if he fails in this quest, he is supposed to drink up the beer. In this case, the beer has to be taken nonstop from the can, glass or bottle. Failure to do this on the quarter drinking game will mean more additional beers.Earlier variations of the Quarters drinking game involved the juice glass that is bounced into also containing beer. This trick required that players who fail to bounce the quarter successfully get to drink this beer. The beer was supposed to be drunk without using the hands and the quarter was not supposed to go into the mouth. If it did, the player was supposed to drink a new glass of beer.