Kingsen
Kingsen is a Dutch card game where every card comes with a task. You take turns drawing a card from the circle. And you try not to be the one who draws the last king.
Kingsen is the Dutch version of Ring of Fire, also known as Kings Cup. The idea is the same, but most cards have their own Dutch rules.
What is Kingsen?
How to play
- Take the jokers out of the deck.
- Put a glass in the middle.
- Lay all the cards face down in a circle around the glass.
- Everyone takes turns drawing a card.
- Do the task that goes with the card right away.
- Put the kings on or next to the glass.
- Whoever draws the fourth king drinks what is in the glass.
What every card means
- 2: Hand out sips. Pick one person who has to take a sip.
- 3: Drink yourself. Take a sip yourself.
- 4: Pick a category. Pick a category. It can be anything. Beer brands, car brands and so on. Whoever can't think of anything or names something that was already said, drinks.
- 5: Thumbs. Put your thumb on the table (you decide when). Everyone follows. The last one to put their thumb down drinks.
- 6: Drinking buddy. Pick one player who drinks with you every time you have to drink.
- 7: Times table of 7. Take turns counting up from 1. You can't say multiples of 7 (7, 14, 21) or numbers with a 7 in them (7, 17, 27). Made a mistake? You drink.
- 8: Make a rule. Make up a rule for the whole game. Whoever breaks the rule drinks. For example: always drink with your left hand.
- 9: Drop a rule. Cancel a rule that was made with card 8.
- 10: Quizmaster. You are the quizmaster. Nobody can answer your questions. Whoever does it anyway, drinks. Only one quizmaster at a time.
- Jack: Point. Everyone raises their hand. Count down from 5 and everyone points at the person who has to drink. The one with the most votes drinks.
- Queen: Rise of the queen. At any moment you can raise your hand and shout "Rise of the queen". Everyone follows. The last one to do it drinks.
- King: Pour in. Add something to the glass (something drinkable).
- Ace: Reverse. The game turns around. Everyone now goes the other way.
When do you drink?
- You drink when your card says so.
- You drink when you break an active rule.
- You drink when you break the circle of cards.
- Whoever draws the fourth king empties the glass.
Extra rules
- Agree beforehand whether breaking the circle means emptying the glass right away.
- With every king the player can add something to the glass. Agree on which drinks are allowed.
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