Get the party started! A roundup of perfect playing card games for drinking parties
A fun drinking party with everyone together!
If we’re going to make the most of it, it’d be great to have games we can all play together, right?
When you think about that, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a deck of cards.
This time, I’m going to introduce lots of card games—from ones that get big groups pumped up to ones that make a two-person drink really exciting!
I’ve put together a wide range, from classics to lesser-known games.
If you bookmark this article, it might come in handy not just for drinking parties, but in all kinds of situations!
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Get the party going! A roundup of perfect playing card games for drinking parties (21–30)
Fun with cards! Pig’s Tail
Pig’s Tail is a game where you arrange a stack of playing cards in a ring and play.
The name may come from the fact that the ring of cards resembles a pig’s tail.
Pig’s Tail can be enjoyed by three or more players, and since the rules aren’t complicated, it’s easy to play casually.
Players draw one card at a time from the ring and place it in the center.
If you draw a card with the same suit as the top card in the center, you take all the cards from the center.
There are also local rules, such as being allowed to return cards from your hand when a Joker appears.
Mahjong Poker
Mahjong Poker, a game that combines hands from mahjong and poker, is a cerebral card game for two players that you can enjoy at a deliberate pace.
The dealer (oya) receives five cards and the non-dealer (ko) receives four; after the dealer discards one card, the non-dealer draws one and then discards one, and the game proceeds in this rhythm.
Like mahjong, you refine your hand to complete a combination, but the scoring is based on poker hands.
However, you cannot go out with just one pair or two pair, so you need a strategy that targets higher-scoring hands.
Points are assigned according to the completed hand; for example, a straight flush or four of a kind can net a big score all at once.
Reading each other’s intentions and choosing which card to discard is the key that often determines the outcome.
It’s a game packed with the thrill of bluffing and tactical exchanges.
slowpoke
It’s a physical, reflex-testing card game! For example, if you’re playing with four people, prepare four sets of four cards with the same number and three coins.
Sit in a circle and place the coins in the center.
Deal the shuffled cards to everyone as their hands, and the game begins.
Everyone simultaneously passes one card from their hand to the person next to them.
As this repeats, at some point someone will end up with a hand where all the cards are the same number.
As soon as that happens, that player grabs a coin from the center, and the others try to grab a coin as well.
Since there are fewer coins than players by one, one person won’t get a coin.
That person loses.
It’s a tense, exciting showdown!
Mitch
This is a game where players play cards from their hands so that the counts decrease by suit, aiming to have the most cards played in each suit by the designated end timing.
After dealing hands, you take only three Aces that were set aside and put them back into the deck.
Then, in that state, each player draws from the deck on their turn.
When someone draws an Ace from the deck, they set it aside and draw again from the deck; once all Aces have appeared, you compare how many cards have been played in each suit.
The keys to winning are how many cards you can play before all the Aces appear and how much you can minimize your discard pile when you can’t reduce the counts.
Gop
This is a two-player competitive card game where you vie for points.
You use a deck with the Joker and all hearts removed.
Each player holds only spades or clubs, and a draw pile is made from diamonds.
Reveal one card from the diamond pile to the table, then each player plays one card from their hand.
Whoever plays the stronger card than their opponent wins the revealed diamond card as points.
You compete on the final total score.
The fun lies in the mind games of which card to play—keeping track of what your opponent has used and deciding whether the revealed diamond card is worth fighting for.