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Baron Münchhausen.
The rules:
The game is set in Victorian Era England. How is this a drinking game? Stay with me, and you'll find out. These are merely the rules as they were presented to me when I learned the game, and to the best of my memory.
At the start, you roll to determine what country/region/type of person you are. This is optional, and will probably lead to offensive stereotypical portrayals. At least it has every time I've played.
1. British Isles
2. Yanks
3. French
4. Spanish/Portuguese
5. New Zealand/Australia
6. Africa
7. Middle East
8. India
9. Asia
10. East Europe
Then, each player determines a name for their character, and a title.
To give an example, I was playing this game with Warden Wallaby McKoallason from Australia, Governor George W. Bush of the yanks, Sheik Kust Amir Cer Vice (Customer Service, ha ha ha), Sir Pablo of Brazil, King Mombozo of Africa, Ching Chang Walla Walla Bing Bang of Asia, Senator Victoria Kennedy, General Billy Bob Joe Robert the third, and I, Baroness Patricia O'Furniture, although my friends refer to me as Patty.
At that point, everyone gets out six dollars in single bills, although if the game is being played at home candy makes a good substitute so long as everyone can avoid eating it.
Now to playing the game. One person will chose to go first. They will turn to face the person to their left, and say something along the lines of 'So, Ching Chang Walla Walla Bing Bang, regale us of the time you attempted to dig to the land of the Yanks using nothing but a spoon, only to find that you had arrived in South America instead.'
The more absurd the story, the better, but be sure to leave it open ended enough that they have to fill in a lot of the blanks. Then, as the person is telling the story, other players can interject by tossing a dollar (or a piece of candy) at the person telling the story. They then say something that must be included into the person's story. If the person telling the story can't, they must return the dollar, and give one of their own. If they can, they get to keep it.
For example:
'But, Ching Chang, is it not true that there are no spoons in china?' after he threw his piece of candy. Having good aim, Kust Amir Cer Vice managed to hit him in the head with it. Writing out the response in correct English and not a mangled imitation of a nerd making a bad Chinese accent and using broken english 'That is true, which is why we invaded Korea'. Which earned him another piece of candy, this time more to the groin area. 'But isn't it true that Korea had no spoons either?'
'No, you an idiot,' And having thus insulted Kust Amir, Ching Chang was forced to return the piece of candy, and one additional piece for failing as a story teller, or in patience.
The person that has told a story then turns to the person to their left, and the process is repeated.
After everyone has had a chance to tell a story, and to force story telling on a victim of their own, voting happens. Each person chooses the story they liked the most, states why, and hands their money (or candy) over to that person. It is important to keep the money being voted with and the money received separate. At the end, the person with the most money (or candy) gets drinks for everyone. When this happens at a person's house, they simply get up and get everyone their drink of choice. When played at a public place that serves drink, they pay for a round.
Then the next round beings with the winner prompting the person to their left for a story.
The rules:
The game is set in Victorian Era England. How is this a drinking game? Stay with me, and you'll find out. These are merely the rules as they were presented to me when I learned the game, and to the best of my memory.
At the start, you roll to determine what country/region/type of person you are. This is optional, and will probably lead to offensive stereotypical portrayals. At least it has every time I've played.
1. British Isles
2. Yanks
3. French
4. Spanish/Portuguese
5. New Zealand/Australia
6. Africa
7. Middle East
8. India
9. Asia
10. East Europe
Then, each player determines a name for their character, and a title.
To give an example, I was playing this game with Warden Wallaby McKoallason from Australia, Governor George W. Bush of the yanks, Sheik Kust Amir Cer Vice (Customer Service, ha ha ha), Sir Pablo of Brazil, King Mombozo of Africa, Ching Chang Walla Walla Bing Bang of Asia, Senator Victoria Kennedy, General Billy Bob Joe Robert the third, and I, Baroness Patricia O'Furniture, although my friends refer to me as Patty.
At that point, everyone gets out six dollars in single bills, although if the game is being played at home candy makes a good substitute so long as everyone can avoid eating it.
Now to playing the game. One person will chose to go first. They will turn to face the person to their left, and say something along the lines of 'So, Ching Chang Walla Walla Bing Bang, regale us of the time you attempted to dig to the land of the Yanks using nothing but a spoon, only to find that you had arrived in South America instead.'
The more absurd the story, the better, but be sure to leave it open ended enough that they have to fill in a lot of the blanks. Then, as the person is telling the story, other players can interject by tossing a dollar (or a piece of candy) at the person telling the story. They then say something that must be included into the person's story. If the person telling the story can't, they must return the dollar, and give one of their own. If they can, they get to keep it.
For example:
'But, Ching Chang, is it not true that there are no spoons in china?' after he threw his piece of candy. Having good aim, Kust Amir Cer Vice managed to hit him in the head with it. Writing out the response in correct English and not a mangled imitation of a nerd making a bad Chinese accent and using broken english 'That is true, which is why we invaded Korea'. Which earned him another piece of candy, this time more to the groin area. 'But isn't it true that Korea had no spoons either?'
'No, you an idiot,' And having thus insulted Kust Amir, Ching Chang was forced to return the piece of candy, and one additional piece for failing as a story teller, or in patience.
The person that has told a story then turns to the person to their left, and the process is repeated.
After everyone has had a chance to tell a story, and to force story telling on a victim of their own, voting happens. Each person chooses the story they liked the most, states why, and hands their money (or candy) over to that person. It is important to keep the money being voted with and the money received separate. At the end, the person with the most money (or candy) gets drinks for everyone. When this happens at a person's house, they simply get up and get everyone their drink of choice. When played at a public place that serves drink, they pay for a round.
Then the next round beings with the winner prompting the person to their left for a story.