Adam Leonard and I invented a wonderful drinking game with Lord of the Rings. There are three tiers to this game, so watch out:
Tier One - Will get you pretty bombed and is hilarious in itself
- Drink whenever there is sexual tension between two characters
- Twice if it doesn't include Frodo
The beauty of this one is it's simplicity and ability to pervert entire conversations. When Aragorn says 'You have my sword' someone raises a glass and everyone ughs and they all drink. The conversation between Boromir and Frodo is a veritable goldmine for this one, especially since Boromir starts it off with 'There are other paths we can take…'
Tier Two – Attempt ONLY with light beer or dilute cocktails. Assign different rules to different people in the group. Have one person be 'it's mine' another 'my own' and another 'my precious' et cetera. Adam and I drained 30 oz of soda in the first hour of Fellowship following all of the rules, so doing so isn't suggested
- Drink once whenever there's a shot of just Frodo's hand and the ring.
- Take a Gulp whenever the scene with Isealdor shows up
- Take a sip whenever someone utters "It's mine", "my own" or "my precious"
- Take a drink whenever a good guy does or says something stupid
-Twice if it's not Pippin - Drink whenever Gandalf says something cryptic
- Take a drink whenever a good guy gets hurt
-Twice if it's not Frodo - Take a drink everytime someone whines or complains
-Twice if it's not Frodo, Boromir, or Faramir - Gulp whenever the eye appears
- Take a drink whenever greed is brought up
-Twice if it's not about humans - Drink whenever a villain other than Sauron or Saruman speaks
- Gulp whenever the ring is not allowed to stay somewhere
- Take a drink every time Merry states the obvious
-Twice if it's for the benefit of Pippin
Tier Three - The really obscure things. I'm not going to list all of them, but here are some good rules.
Whenever you make a Rocky Horror joke at the screen, you are judged. If it's good everyone else takes a drink. If it's bad, you have to take a drink for everyone that didn't like it.
Whenever an epic speech is made, everyone must cheer in a single breath. Those who lose have to waterfall until all cheers are finished.
Whenever a panoramic shot is made, the person who has drank the most may say 'Visit Scenic New Zealand'. That person can hand out a drink to someone else. If he fucks up saying it, he must take a drink.
Whenever Legolas misses, the person who has drank the least must finish his drink.
June 23, 2006 at 10:01 pm
I would like to point out that my sophmore year, I was the only one who played it correctly that night. Because that game DESTROYS you.
June 23, 2006 at 10:25 pm
You were drinking pure coconut rum, a 20% alcohol mixed drink. I don’ think the game should be played with anything stronger than 4 or 5%, thus the disclaimer at the beginning. Playing with 10% or more strong of a drink makes it ‘Lord of the Alcohol Poisoning’ which always sounds like a fun game but rarely is.
June 24, 2006 at 2:29 am
Yeah unless you’re Mark…
September 25, 2009 at 6:40 am
I did this with just pure Bacardi Superior with my friends on a Lord of the Rings, extended version binge
Needless to say I don’t know who I hooked up with, or really what happened during the movie (i could’ve sworn it was different THIS time.)
Great game though