My buddies and I have this weird tradition wherein we get together and randomly play a game we affectionately call D&D&D, or “Dungeons and Dragons and Drunkards.” This weekend, we’re doing it again, and we figured it would be a good idea to turn it into an actual drinking game. The goal of this game is to start playing sober, and then as the module progresses you get more and more wasted. This of course means that the module becomes more and more entertaining, and D&D becomes actually somewhat playable and (dare I say it) fun.
After discussing with some gamers on another forum, here are the rules that I’ve got worked out so far:
- If you roll a 1, you become the Gobber Chugmeister.
- Every time someone rolls a 20, the Gobber Chugmeister takes a drink
- If the Gobber Chugmeister rolls a 1, he takes 1d6 drinks.
- If the Gobber Chugmeister rolls a 20, he gives the title of Gobber Chugmeister to another player/GM of his choice.
- You explode a die*, you have to take a drink
- Every Save you miss, take a drink
- Every Skill you fail, take a drink
- Every time you confirm a critical, your opponent drinks a number of times = the weapon’s crit multiplier.
- Every time you take damage, take a drink according to the die type: d4 = 1 drink, d6 = 2 drinks, d8 = 3 drinks, d10 = 4 drinks, d12 = 5 drinks; multiply the number of drinks times the number of dice rolled. Magic Missiles can be a cheap way to get your opponent drunk.
- If your character drinks, you drink
- When someone quotes Monty Python, Dead Alewives, internet memes, or other such hilarity, ALL take a drink
- If you talk about an old character, take a drink
- If you measure a spell radius, take a drink
- If you purposefully malign another PC, take a drink
- When you gain an experience level, take a shot.
Any other suggestions?
* We started using Exploding Dice in D&D games. This means that every time you roll a die that rolls its max, you reroll it and add it again.
- Nathanael Phillip Cole
July 18th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Good lord, Nathanael.
This is going to rule.
July 18th, 2007 at 11:33 am
I sure as hell hope so. I think I’ve gotten two others to join us.
July 18th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Thinking on some of my horrible dice roll nights in the past, I see the game ending one of two ways:
1) The game is fairly short as people quickly get drunk and the short attention span takes over with the occasional “Ok ok guys, lets get back to the game.” You go through a few turns until another joke/story comes up… Wash, rinse, repeat.
2) The Gobber Chugmeister gets sick and runs from the table to barf. A majority of the people see this and decide that its all a really bad idea and stop playing, but for some reason keep drinking.
July 18th, 2007 at 11:41 am
And I see all of those endings leading to:
3) Fun! (or profit?)
July 18th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
my why not us bulmers cider with this game thats cider with alcoholl 8% vol
July 18th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Bulmer’s Cider? Never heard of this. If we can find it locally, I’m all about it, as I do love me a good cider.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:02 am
this is awesome, im assuming the chug meister gets swapped around as people throw ones (only counting for d12’s and d20’s)?
December 16th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Rule: Mr. Welch
Every time someone successfully performs one of the 1175 things Mr. Welch can not do during a RPG EVERYONE takes a drink.
December 17th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Seems like a waste of perfectly good gaming session if you ask me. Either you going to have a room full of passed out adventurers or an no one in the empty room. As they will all have been carted off to hospital, to have their stomachs pumped.
As for Bulmers Cider, its an Irish Cider that taste like watered down apple juice; that your cat has pissed in. Actually good for American drinkers, think of a sweeter version of Budwieser.
December 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Seeing as some of the people I play with bring ACTUAL medieval weapons to our games. These rules could lead to baaaddd things.
December 18th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I’m a bit amused that this old post is getting traffic. Where’d you guys come from?
December 19th, 2008 at 8:20 am
@Groovy: Stumbleupon has brought me here. And it is excellent so hopefully it will bring others as well.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Here via Stumbling as well. Excellent idea and found just in time for gamenight. This will certainly make it more tolerable that the game was scheduled for a Friday night.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
You absolutely have to post a play report, then, of your game tonight!
December 20th, 2008 at 2:38 am
yes.. stumbleupon.. our internet god, whom we pray to every night till 4am at least when we still must get up at 6:30 for work.. check it out, youll be hooked too
December 21st, 2008 at 10:38 pm
wow that is amazing. i cou8ld see myself getting so tanked. ok i have to go to bed…. awww f#ck it one more stumble.
December 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
i know if me and my friends would play we would be drunk before we got into our first fight we quote monty and tons others lol it sounds crazy for take a drink what were you suggesting
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:17 am
Lmao, if I can ever get some alcohol (dam age limit) i’m totally gonna make us all play like this.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
I want to get a session going just to try this out!
And as an Irishman can I say Azh was far too polite about Bulmers. Horrible stuff. Only drink it if you’ve already decided that a stomach lining is over-rated.
January 11th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
indeed, stumbleupon ftw!
me and my friends have joked about drinking during D&D, but maybe we will actually have to try this now that I’ve stumbled upon some rules to go with it… hehe
nice post, btw
January 12th, 2009 at 10:26 am
StumbleUpon, here, as well. As for the rules, they sound like an amazing way to spend a gaming session once in a while. Also, these rules, I have found, are fun to incorporate into any White Wolf game, as well, as it seems many more die are rolled during combat. Just my 2 copper on the idea…
March 27th, 2009 at 9:07 am
This is brilliant! Jaunting through the net has given me a great way to spend my next DnD session, now I can’t wait to DM again and enforce this!