Drinking Game Design

[azurelunatic]

I came up with a diabolical dice-based drinking game while chatting with onyxrising. You've got a table with 20 choices, and alternates should the actual substance not be on hand. 20 numbered shotglasses filled with the beverage. Group of (drinking) gamers. D20s all around.

...so, what exactly is a critical fail for the #1 shotglass? In fact, the whole table needs filling. The best friend is useless for this, as he doesn't drink. Paging theferrett...

Any items must be reasonably available, and not harmful if consumed, although may taste disgusting. House rules are encouraged, as tastes and availability of items differ.

Table will be updated as good ideas come in.

	Primary	Backup
20	The nectar of the gods
19	Best booze in the house
18	Good wine
17
16	Canned or bottled mixed drink
15	A good beer
14	Preferred flavor of Mountain Dew
13	Wine cooler
12
11	Water
10	Non-preferred flavor of Mountain Dew	Zima
9
8
7	A cheap, nasty beer
6	Room-temperature Popov
5	Something listed on bumwine.com	Buckfast
4	Homemade knockoff of one of the failures  from infusionsofgrandeur.net
3	Stale, cold, slightly burned espresso
2	Some vile flavor of holiday Jones Soda
1	Diabolical sludge	Frozen mixed vegetable smoothie

Comments

[owl]

Can I submit Buckfast for low down the list? (Would you believe it's made by monks?)

[azurelunatic]

I'm putting that in as an alternate for the bumwine listings, because it seems to occupy the same stratus.

[owl]

It's maybe a little more teenage alcoholic than down-and-out, but, yeah, probably about there.

[azurelunatic]

Though we may have to move those up to make room for the Jones Soda.

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

Can't speak for others' tastes, but for me, Zima would be somewhere in the lower half of the list. X_x That aftertaste is GROSS.

[azurelunatic]

I like it, but it probably belongs with the non-preferred variant of Dew.

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

Any of the Jones sodas should be somewhere around #s 3-5, launching up to #1 if you can eBay your hands on a copy of the Mashed Potatoes and Butter from three years ago. Ye Gods, that was awful.

Also, cold Schav (http://www.aviglatt.com/Product.asp?intProdID=3714&source=googleps) surely has a place on there.

Jagermeister, though some may like it, should also be on the list.

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

Oh! And a shot of Listerine Classic surely belongs on there.

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

Gini suggests Popov vodka, straight.

[azurelunatic]

What temperature?

[theferrett.livejournal.com]

Room temperature, natch.

[azurelunatic]

Ecch.

[emptybackpack.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, you know what was awful? That Christmas Cocoa flavor from last year. I threw up after half a bottle of that.

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

Here are three (non-alcoholic) drinks I love but which people usually think are gross: V8 juice, cold coffee, and Gatorade. Yes, I'm weird. ^^;;;;

[azurelunatic]

Warm Gatorade has got to be worse than cold gatorade.

[kestrelct.livejournal.com]

So once a number has been rolled, what happens if someone else rolls it as well? Do you refill the shotglass, or do they reroll?

I would put fruit lambic on the list toward the top, but that might be just me. I'm very fond of both peach and raspberry.

Cold salt water might belong at the bottom of that list, especially saltwater with baking soda in it. Great for your electrolytes, probably horribly disgusting to take a shot of.

[azurelunatic]

Refill or backup. If no refill or backup exists, re-roll.

[ysabel.livejournal.com]

There is a preferred flavour of Mountain Dew?!

[azurelunatic]

Opinion is strongly divided whether it is classic (orange-lime), code red (cherry with horrible aftertaste), livewire (orange), or any of the assorted special blends. I prefer the strawberry-melon, myself, then the orange.

[raranax.livejournal.com]

Maple syrup.

[azurelunatic]

Where would that go? Though I imagine a shot of maple syrup is an experience, all right.

[easalle.livejournal.com]

A Cement-mixer, Jaeger, or Pyrat Rum. All are pretty rank. On the good side; Tattoo, Damiana, Absinthe, Absolut Pixie.

[elance.livejournal.com]

Irn Bru could be the back-up for 'preferred flavor of Mountain Dew'?

'Any flavor of Fanta' should, I feel, be just below the non-preferred Dew.

Coke/Pepsi should be just above water, IMHO.

Oh, and 'Coffee from McDonalds or Burger King' could be the backup for "Stale, cold, slightly burned expresso".

And of course, backup for 'Nectar of the gods' is 'a proper cuppa' (tea, that is).

[pauamma]

Olive oil

[kilbia.livejournal.com]

If "a cheap, nasty beer" is on the list, shouldn't "a good beer" also be on the list somewhere? Perhaps as #9 or #12?

A couple other dice-related drinking games of which I'm familiar:

* Line up 6 shot glasses. #1, #3 and #5 contain vodka. #2, #4 and #6 contain water (I'd probably use juice instead). Roll 1d6, and down the contents of the appropriate glass. Here's the trick: you need to refill it with the OPPOSITE of whatever was in it before. If it had juice, fill with vodka, and vice versa.

* Find six bottles of stuff that won't be too nasty together - liquors or mixers, it's all good. Number the bottles from 1 to 6. Roll 3d6 (or more if everyone agrees). Add 1.5 ounces of the corresponding bottle for each die result to a rocks glass, and drink. Woe to someone who rolls triples and has to drink straight sour mix! *bleah*

[azurelunatic]

Oh, yes, a good beer should. I think it actually belongs at 15 or so.

[celtic_maenad]

For the Diabolical sludge (alchohol version0: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/style/2008/09/the-economic-boost.htm

I just can't imagine those flavors combining in any pleasing way at. all.

[onyxrising.livejournal.com]

Have you ever heard of Purple Death?

[azurelunatic]

No, I have not!

[onyxrising.livejournal.com]

Purple Death

[azurelunatic]

!!!

[onyxrising.livejournal.com]

I actually put in on a wine list for a ficticious restaurant on a project back when I was doing the restaurant management program.

[azurelunatic]

Good god. :D