Chandeliers, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Skill & Coordination Games · Players: 3+ · You’ll need: Cups; ping pong ball; beer

A bounce game where the center cup is a trap for the whole table.

Setup: Each player fills a cup about a third with beer and places it in a circle on the table. Put one big cup in the middle, the chandelier, filled halfway. One ping pong ball.

How to play:

1. Take turns bouncing the ball off the table toward the cups (one bounce, then it can land anywhere).
2. Ball lands in another player's cup: they drink it, refill a third, and put it back.
3. Ball lands in your own cup: you drink it.
4. Ball lands in the chandelier: everyone grabs their own cup and races to chug it. The last person to finish must also drink the chandelier, then everything gets refilled.
5. Miss everything: turn passes left.

Chandeliers, Variations

• Flip finish: After the chandelier drops, everyone must chug and then flip their cup (flip-cup style), last flipped drinks the center.
• Refill duty: Whoever drinks the chandelier also refills everyone's cups, losing has chores.
• Double ball: Two balls in play from opposite sides for large groups.

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