Civil War Pong, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Pong & Cup Games · Players: Two teams of 3 · You’ll need: Long table; many cups; a ball per player; beer

Beer pong with no turns, three shooters per side firing at will.

Setup: Two teams of three at opposite ends of a long table. Each player racks their own small triangle of 6 quarter-filled cups in front of their spot. Three balls per team to start.

How to play:

1. On "go," everyone shoots at once, at any opposing cups, as fast as they can grab balls. There are no turns, retrieve loose balls and keep firing.
2. One rule of order: you may not shoot while an opponent's ball is in your own cups' airspace, basic courtesy, call it loosely.
3. When one of your cups is sunk, pull it and drink it while play continues.
4. When all 6 of your cups are gone, you're dead: stop shooting. Dead players may pass loose balls to living teammates.

Winning: Last team with any cups standing wins; the losing team splits whatever the winners have left.

Civil War Pong, Variations

• Medic rule: A living teammate may sacrifice a made shot to “revive” a dead player, who returns with 2 fresh cups.
• 2v2 or 4v4: Scale the armies, 4 cups each for big teams keeps games under 20 minutes.
• Ceasefire re-rack: Each team may call one 10-second ceasefire per game to re-rack all surviving cups.

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