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Spoons Classic Card Drinking Game
- By The Beer Man
- Published 02/3/2009
- Card Drinking Games
- Unrated
Supplies:
Four or
more people, cards, a table, and a number of spoons. Oh yeah,
beer helps too...
Directions
Spoons is a game of speed, dexterity, luck and spite.
The first
thing you need to do is get everyone a big glass of beer.
Then
place some spoons equal to the number of players MINUS ONE in a
pile in the middle of the table. Metal spoons work best,
and it adds difficulty if they are placed on top of one another
or in a daisy chain fashion.
Next deal out a number of cards. It isn't really important how many, but I have found that five to seven is best, depending on the number of players.
The dealer
begins by drawing a card from the deck and either keeping it and
discarding one from his hand or passing it on to the player at
his right. The next player in line then looks at the card and
does the same. Cards are passed completely around the table as
many times as it takes.
The object of
the game is to be the first one player to obtain four-of-a-kind.
Once someone has it he draws one spoon from the pile. As soon as
one person draws a spoon everyone else must draw a spoon
immediately, despite their hand.
Naturally since there is one
less spoon than there are players, someone will not get a spoon
and they must drink whatever the designated quantity is. The
deal is then passed to the "loser."
Penalty drinks
are levied against anyone who is caught with more than the
original number of cards in their hand at any time during the
game, or if someone is obviously ignoring the cards and watching
the spoons.
This game is
best when played very fast, especially after the players have
had a few beers already.
If cards begin to pile up in front of a
player it is perfectly legal to steal them from him.
This
encourages players to think fast.
A couple other things make this game even more fun:
If you get the four-of-a-kind take the spoon VERY discretely. Most players are so intent on their cards they completely miss it.If you are especially spiteful, smash the spoons all over the place when you draw. This creates a mad rush to grab spoons off the floor and out from under chairs (and people). Be careful, though, if you spill a beer you get a beer-foul penalty.
