Power Hour, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Music Games · Players: 1+ · You’ll need: Beer; a one-minute playlist; shot glasses

One shot of beer every minute, for sixty minutes. Simple to say, hard to do.

Setup: Each player needs a shot glass and beer to keep refilling it (roughly 6–7 cans over the hour). Queue a power hour playlist, songs that change every 60 seconds, or set a repeating one-minute timer.

How to play:

1. Every time the song changes (every minute), everyone drinks one shot glass of beer, beer only, never liquor.
2. Refill and wait for the next change. That's the entire game.
3. Miss a minute and you're on the honor system to catch up, or bow out gracefully.

Finish all 60 and you've completed a Power Hour. Pace warning: this is about a beer every 9–10 minutes, it sneaks up. Eat first, keep water nearby, and stop if you need to.

Power Hour, Variations

• Wildcard minutes: Mark 3–5 random minutes on the playlist; when one hits, everyone gives a toast, does a dance, or drinks double (pre-agree which).
• DJ rotation: Each player queues 10 of the 60 songs, judge each other freely.
• Half power: 30 minutes, the sensible entry point, and honestly plenty.

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