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Couples Drinking Card Game

15 cards with a rule on each one. No deck required.

15 questions · Free

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Both drink if you have argued this week.

Player 10 sips
Player 20 sips

One phone between the two of you — each of you taps your own row.

About Couples Drinking Card Game

A couples drinking card game normally means buying a deck that gets used twice. These 15 cards do the same job from a phone: each one carries its own rule, so there is nothing to remember and nothing to lose down the back of the sofa.

Sample questions to get you started

  1. 1Both drink if you have argued this week.
  2. 2Drink if you were the one who started it.
  3. 3Give out two sips however you like.
  4. 4Take a sip for every hour you slept under eight.
  5. 5Nominate a rule that lasts until the next card.
  6. 6Drink if you have checked your phone since we started.
  7. 7The other person asks you one question. Answer or drink twice.
  8. 8Both drink if you have been on holiday together this year.
  9. 9Waterfall: both start drinking, and you can only stop when the other does.
  10. 10Drink if you have lied today, however small.
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  1. 11Swap drinks for the next three cards.
  2. 12Everyone who has ever cried at a film drinks.
  3. 13Take a sip for every year we have been together.
  4. 14Name something you have never told me, or drink three.
  5. 15Last card: both finish whatever is left.

Tap the game above to play through all prompts.

How to play Couples Drinking Card Game

  1. Take turns drawing a card by tapping through.
  2. Whatever the card says, applies immediately.
  3. Shuffle so the order is different every time.
  4. Decide how many cards you are drawing before you shuffle, not during.

Why couples love this game

The advantage of cards over a memorised game is that nobody has to be the referee. Each card states its own rule, which means neither of you is inventing forfeits on the spot or arguing about what the rules were.

Tips to make it more fun

  • One glass of water for every card that makes somebody drink twice.
  • Swap the sip for any forfeit — the rules work identically.
  • Play early rather than late.
  • The card that gets the longest pause is the one to revisit sober.

Frequently asked questions

Do we need a real deck of cards?

No. Each card on this page carries its own rule, so there is nothing to buy, nothing to memorise and no arguing about what the rules were.

How long does it take?

Fifteen cards is about twenty minutes at a sensible pace. Agree an end point before you start rather than during.

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