my take on True American - with tweaks.
Arrange cans of beer (at least 4 per person playing) around a bottle of liquor or wine of your choice. This arrangement is called The Castle. The cans are Pawns and the liquor/wine is the King.
Decide on four (4) zones and arrange platforms in patterns throughout the zones. Don’t make them too easy or too hard, you must follow these paths back and forth of The Castle.
Decide which zone to throw the empty cans. Use a container/box for a basket. Remember, cans do not have to go in, but they must be thrown in the general direction upon completion of the Pawn.
Someone on your team drinks the last of The King.
One person counts backwards from 3 to 0. On 0 place your hand on your forehead displaying a number from 1 – 5 with your fingers.
People with the same amount of fingers displayed are on you team.
You CANNOT touch the floor at any point during the game – it is now lava.
You may only drink after chants* or a question** answered correctly on your part.
Once you finish your Pawn, throw it into or in the general direction of the pre-decided zone with the container before moving for any reason.
Since the name of the game is True American this is also the theme. Knowledge of American history, geography, presidents, sports and the English language is power.
To start the game, one player chants “1, 2, 3, 4, FDR” and shot-guns a Pawn. All other players must jump on a piece of furniture and yell back “JFK” – the floor is now lava.
Players will take turns making up and asking questions** related to the theme.
Game play goes in rounds, starting with the oldest player and working down in age disregarding teams.
You must know the answer to ask the question … unless you’re good a bluffing. Go ahead, try it out. Just remember, you can be challenged by an opposing team.
---Majority rules in the challenge vote.
---If you are challenged or you make a challenge, and the vote goes against you, you and your entire team moves back one space.
---IPhones are allowed if they are already in your pocket.
If you cannot think of a question you have two options: start a chant* (but you can’t do this twice in a row) or pass (and move backwards one space).
If you answer a question correctly and first, you drink.
If a question has not been posed or you’re waiting on someone to finish a drink or crawl back around, anyone may start one the following chants:
Count out 1, 2, 3 and hold your hand to your forehead to display a number between 1 – 5 (like when picking teams). If your number is alone, you may drink and move forward one space. This can only be done once in a round of questions. This is the ONLY way to move forward once space WITHOUT finishing your Pawn.
Chant out loudly, “JFK” and anyone who wants to reply “FDR” and chug the rest of their Pawn may participate.
If you cannot think of a question to ask during regular game play, you can chant out two (2) objects on your turn for other players to link together, related to the theme of course.
Example: Georgia and South Carolina. Answers could be: both on the coast, SEC teams, etc.
Players who come up with an original answer may drink.
If you start a chant, you must drink.
You finish your Pawn (legally/by any of the ways listed previously)
Make your way to The Castle
Take a swig from The King
Get another Pawn – remember to remove cans in a circular fashion so The King is never exposed on one side
Make your way back to your space
If you’ve done this WITHOUT touching the lava, you may move forward one space closer to The Castle
Reasons you would have to move backwards:
You reach The King and The Castle is empty, but you have still have a Pawn left in your hand. Consequence: You must move back to the beginning of the zone you started in.
You fall into the lava. Consequence: You must move back to the beginning of the zone you are standing in and shot-gun a Pawn.
You move or drink out of turn. Consequence: You must move back one space.
You can’t think of a question or chant. Consequence: You must move back one space.
You do not always have to move in a linear path.
Plan Pawn consumption and movements with your whole team.
You may occupy the same space as another player, but cannot alter it to make it larger or smaller to cause them to fall into the lava.
Lying or “bluffing” is acceptable.
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