Connections / Memory Drinking Game, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Card Games · Players: 2+ · You’ll need: 52-card deck; drinks

The children's memory game Concentration, weaponized. Find pairs; misses cost sips.

Setup: Shuffle a full deck and lay all 52 cards face-down in a grid (4 rows of 13 works).

How to play:

1. On your turn, flip any two cards so everyone can see them.
2. Same rank (e.g. two 8s): it's a pair, keep both cards, hand out 2 sips, and take another turn.
3. No match: drink 1 sip and turn both cards face-down again in the same spots. Turn passes left.
4. Watch every flip, remembering where cards are is how you win.

When the grid is cleared, whoever collected the fewest pairs finishes their drink.

Connections / Memory Drinking Game, Variations

• Color match bonus: Pairs of the same rank and color (two red 8s) hand out double.
• Half deck: Use 26 cards (one of each rank per color) for a faster game with fewer misses.
• Sabotage: After a successful pair, you may swap the positions of any two face-down cards.

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