Quarters, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Skill & Coordination Games · Players: 2+ · You’ll need: 1 quarter; glass; table; drinks

The original coin game: bounce a quarter off the table into a glass.

Setup: A sturdy table, a short glass in the middle, and one quarter. Everyone has a drink.

How to bounce: Hold the quarter flat between thumb and finger, then strike it edge-first down onto the table a few inches in front of the glass so it pops up into the air. Aim the hop into the glass. It takes a few tries to calibrate, that's normal.

How to play:

1. On your turn, take one bounce shot.
2. Make it: pick anyone to take a sip, and shoot again. Make three in a row and you also get to invent a rule everyone must follow (breaking a rule = drink).
3. Miss: the quarter passes to the player on your left.

Play until arms or livers give out, there's no formal end.

Quarters, Variations

• Grid of glasses: Arrange 6 glasses, each assigned a different penalty or power (drink 2, make a rule, choose a mate), whichever you sink applies.
• Challenge coin: After a make, the drinker may attempt their own bounce; sinking it bounces the drink back doubled.
• Two-coin chaos: Two quarters live at once from opposite sides of the table, essentially Speed Quarters lite.

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