[Ponks]

You have to try this game, I've never found anyone that didnt like it.

The game is called shoulders. Ideal group size 5-6. 7 is alright.

It's a counting game 1-21.

First person starts off by hiting either shoulder across their body and saying 1. The shoulder he hits is the direction the count goes.

So, right hand to left shoulder while saying 1, then person to your left has 2, and the game continues with 2 up to 6 with counting via shoulders.

On 7 you raise your arms out straight out from your body like an equals sign (=) with one hand pointing to the person on your right and the other pointing to the person on the left. For 7 the count goes to the person the top hand is pointing to.

On 17 the count goes the direction of the bottom hand, then on with 18-20.

After either of these outcomes the count continues on to 8 and 9 with counting going by shoulders.

On 10 you just point to someone and say 10 rather then hitting your shoulder. Then count continues on with 11-16 via shoulders.

At 21 you point to anyone you want and say exactly "21 Drink your beer"

If you mess up at any point you take a good gulp of beer and have the privledge of starting up the next game at 1. If you hesitate too much (too much defined as someone has to call it out, within reason) you have to take a good gulp. If someone points to you with "21 Drink your beer" you have to chug your beer and start back over with 1. Anytime the game stops the person who had to drink starts the next game off, faster the better.

It's a pretty damn fun game if you're playing with people who are pretty decent. We can get 21 often and everything is pretty quick (including the chugging and starting up of the next game) and we always have near a full beer or a full beer. I was thinking of taping us sometime and sending it in to some website. Very fun to play and watch.

Average beers/hr = 4-5.

We typically play this for an hour and a half to 2 hours before heading out to the bars.

Ponks