Vikings
Vikings is a game where everyone has to pay attention at the same time. One player is the Viking, the neighbours row and the rest are the sea. In the Netherlands it's called Vikingen.
What is Vikings?
How to play
There are three roles: Viking, rower and sea. As soon as the Viking points at a new player, everyone switches roles.
- Sit down in a circle with the group.
- Pick 1 player as the first Viking.
- The Viking holds both hands next to their head like horns.
- The players to the left and right of the Viking are the rowers.
- The rowers make a rowing motion and keep saying "row".
- All the other players are the sea.
- The sea makes waves with their hands and keeps saying "whoosh".
- The Viking points their horns at a new player.
- That player becomes the new Viking right away.
- The players next to the new Viking become the rowers right away.
- Everyone else switches back to sea.
- Keep playing until someone reacts too late or makes the wrong move.
When do you drink?
- You drink when you react too late.
- You drink when you play the wrong role.
- You drink when you make the wrong sound.
Extra rules
- Start slow and keep raising the pace.
- In big groups the Viking can only point at someone who sits at least 2 places away.
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