Waterfall, Drinking Game Rules

Category: Card Games · Players: 3+ · You’ll need: Drinks only

A group chugging chain, nobody can stop until the person before them stops.

Setup: Sit in a circle, everyone with a drink. Pick a leader for the first round.

How to play:

1. On "go," everyone starts drinking at the same time.
2. The leader may stop whenever they like.
3. Once the leader stops, the person to their left may stop, but not before. Then the next person, and so on around the circle.
4. The last person in the chain gets the longest drink. That's the game.

Rotate the leader each round. (Waterfall is also the Ace card action in King's Cup.)

Waterfall, Variations

• Double waterfall: Run the chain both directions from the leader at once, the person opposite gets crushed.
• Reverse waterfall: The last person may stop first, and the stop travels backward to the leader.
• Timed start: The leader must drink for a minimum count (e.g. 5 seconds) before stopping, guaranteeing pain downstream.

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