

The aim of the game is to score a point by sliding your glass so part of the base hangs over the side of the table, without the glass falling. One of the newer additions to the list of great British drinking games, Bar Curling involves two players going head to head sliding a glass across a table. The more rules, the harder the game becomes and it never takes long for glasses to empty on this one. Rules can be added to make the game harder, such as replacing certain numbers with noises or other words, skipping all multiples of five, and so on. At this point, of course, the loser drinks. The game is lost when someone speaks out of turn or is forced to say the final number, 21. If they say one number, it moves on to the next person two numbers and the direction is reversed three numbers skips a person. They then start by saying one, two or three numbers, counting up chronologically. It starts with one person who “declares” the game of 21 to be going either to their left or to their right. Why mess with a classic? 21 may be the first drinking game that half the UK population ever play and it’s fantastic in its simplicity. For example: “I would like to bet 2 fingers that the next player to head the ball will have an odd number on his shirt, 1:1 odds.” Football X Beer = Drinking Football! 21 A player who makes the bet will offer the number of fingers and odds to other players, one or more of whom can take the bet.

The wagers of these bets consist of “fingers” (place your finger on the side of your glass along the high water mark one finger is the amount of the drink that would need to be consumed to be below that mark). The rules of Drinking Football involve players making “bets” with each other on pretty much any activity during the football game (or soccer game, to some) that they’re watching. Drinking Footballįootball, for many in Britain, is not a sport that needs to be made any more interesting, but there is also no harm in adding some extra excitement to the beautiful game. Maybe you could try a couple of these next time you stop by The Pride of Spitalfields, one of the best pubs in London and a stop on the East End Food Tour. These are five of the best drinking games that the UK has to offer… Now, we’re not claiming that they’re all unique to the UK, although a few certainly originated here. And it’s something that the Brits do as well as anyone in the world. Now we’re not ones to encourage binge drinking, but we’re also not the kind of people to shy away from a good drinking game.
