17 best Stag Do Drinking Games

1 The Beer Hunter

You'll need: 6 cans of lager.

Rules:

• Two stags must sit either side of a table facing each other.
• Take 6 cans of beer, one of these must be seriously shaken (not stirred), and then all the cans are placed on a table.
• The two players then take it in turns to pick a can, hold it over their heads and pull the tab.
• The loser is the stag that ends up with hop flavoured shampoo.

Extras: The sicker alternative is to prepare hard-boiled eggs which the stags must smash on their heads; however, that version won’t go down well in the local boozer, so best played in a garden or camping.

2 Sir Spin-a-lot

You'll need: A coin, alcohol.

Rules:

• This is a simple drinking challenge.
• The player takes a coin and spins it on a table or bar - he has the time it takes the coin to come to rest to drink a pint.
• If he fails... forfeit!

3 Handicap

Rules:

• Each stag starts drinking using his natural hand. At the start of the next hour, everyone must switch drinking hands - lefties must become righties and vice versa.
• If a stag is then caught using the wrong paw, he must pay a penalty.

4 Jacks

You'll need: A deck of cards.

Rules:

Deal out a pack of cards to all the stags in turn. The four stags that receive the Jacks must each perform the following tasks:

• 1st Jack - Picks a spirit
• 2nd Jack - Adds another
• 3rd Jack - Pays for the new "cocktail"
• 4th Jack - Drinks it

5 Ping Pong Pints

You'll need: A table tennis ball.

Rules:

• One stag will start with the ball.
• If the ball is dropped into your drink when it's unprotected, you have to neck that drink.
• However, the ball is then under your control to get the next unsuspecting stag.

6 Where's Wally

Rules:

• Ask all the lads to stick £20 in the stag kitty, one volunteer is then asked to "guard" the kitty - this will involve him running off and hiding in a random pub while the rest of the stags find him.
• He is allowed to use the kitty funds for his drinking pleasure until he's found.
• Once a volunteer steps forward only then does he get shown his costume (be sure to pick something suitably awful).
• The rest of the lads are now split into teams of 4/5, they are not allowed to carry any cash or plastic and their only hope of getting a drink is to find Wally, who will buy them a drink as soon as they find him.
• The stags can then keep drinking until the last team reaches Wally.
• However, slow teams could arrive to find the kitty well has already been drunk dry.

7 You've Been Shot!

You'll need: Shot glasses, a bottle of clear spirit, water.

Rules:

• Set out the shot glasses on a table (enough for one per stag), fill half the glasses with water and the rest with a clear spirit (gin, vodka, tequila, sambuca, etc.).
• The drinks are arranged on the table, and the stags must slide one towards them at random without lifting them off said table.
• When the ref/best man shouts, "Bang!" all the players must down their drink and see who got shot.

8 Jacob's Ladder

You'll need: A deck of cards.

Rules:

• Lay some of the cards face down on a table in a pyramid formation, 5 on the bottom row, 4 on the next row, 3, 2, 1.
• The player then chooses a card on the bottom row, turns it over and selects a card on the next row.
• He must then predict whether that card's value will be higher or lower.
• He must continue all the way to the top of the pyramid without making a wrong call.
• If he gets a call wrong, he must take a shot and start again at the bottom of the pyramid until he eventually makes a clear round calling every choice correctly.

9 Guess Who

You'll need: Pen and paper, a hat (or an empty pint glass will also do) and some shots.

Rules:

• Each player writes a secret about himself on a piece of paper, folds it up and drops it into the hat or glass.
• The first player picks a secret out of the bag and tries to guess whose secret it is.
• If they guess right, then the person they guessed has to take a shot. If they guess wrong, then they have to down the shot.

10 Stag Do Cocktail

You'll need: A round of drinks and an empty pint glass.

Rules:

• At any moment in time, the best man will hold his drink on top of his head, the rest of the stags must follow suit.
• A small measure of each drink is then poured into a pint glass, the last stag to raise his glass has to drink the stag do cocktail.

11 You Bet

You'll need: A deck of cards, empty glass.

Rules:

• Three stags (with very different drinks) start the game making a stag cocktail by pouring a small amount of their drinks into the pint glass.
• The 'games master'/ref will then shuffle the cards, and turn one face-up on a table.
• The first player then has to place his bet (by adding a little of his own drink to the glass) and call: "red" or "black".
• If he's right, he passes the glass to the next player. If he's wrong, he has to drink what's in the glass.
• Continue until every stag has had a bet and the final glassful has been drunk. Cheers!

12 Pub Trivia

You'll need: A set of board game quiz cards.

Rules:

The best man takes the role of quizmaster as the stags split themselves into even teams.

• Each team member is allocated a number - the quizmaster will then call forward the number 1 of each team and ask a question off a quiz card.
• The players have to shout out the answer the quickest without any help from their team – the player that guesses correctly is safe, and the rest of the number 1s must drink 2 fingers of beer.
• The number 2 players then step forward for their turn. The game continues until the first team scores 7 correct answers.

Extras: Give each team a different buzzer: a bicycle bell, kazoo, hooter, baby's rattle, etc.

13 A Question of Port

You'll need: A bottle of port or two, set of sports quiz questions.

Rules:

• Split the stags into 4 teams.
• The quizmaster will stand beside a table 12 yards from the teams containing three different sized containers filled with port: a thimble, a single shot, a double shot.
• One player from each team will face a sports question – whoever calls out the correct answer is safe, the other three must then sprint to the table and down one of the three drinks.
• Each round continues in the same way.
• The first team to get 10 correct answers are the winners.

Extras: Give each team a different buzzer: a bicycle bell, kazoo, hooter, baby's rattle, etc.

14 Stag Do Darts

You'll need: A dartboard and sets of arrows.

Rules:

• Split the group into two teams.
• One player from each team must throw three darts starting at the number 1
• If they hit number 1, the team is safe.
• If they miss with all three darts, the whole team take a drink.
• A player from the following team then steps up for their throw.
• Take it in turns until you've hit all 20 numbers ('Round the clock' style)
• If any player hits a double or treble, then their team must all take a shot.
• First team round the board wins.

Extras: You could substitute double and triple shots for players that hit doubles or trebles.

15 PIZZA BOX

You'll need: A pizza box, a pen, a coin.

Rules:

• Grab a pizza box
• Write all the guys' names on it and draw circles around each one
• Each stag will then take turns to throw a coin onto the box
• If it lands on someone's name, that person has to drink
• If they miss, they write a new rule where the coin lands and make the circle as big or small as they like
• Repeat until the box is filled

16 beerio kart

You'll need: Beer and Mario Kart.

Rules:

• Go head-to-head in a race on Mario Kart
• Each player must finish a full beer before the end of the race
• However, you can only take a drink when you are stationary

17 photo finish

You'll need: A camera.

Rules:

• One of the stags is armed with a camera
• At any given moment, he can aim his camera somewhere and start counting down from three
• All the other stags must race to get in the shot
• Anyone not in the picture drinks a shot!
• If everyone gets in the shot, the stag with the camera must drink

funny drinking game rule ideas

Need some drinking game rules inspiration? The ‘make a rule’ element of a drinking game has the ability to make a good game the greatest game you’ve ever played.

Here are our Top 5 favourite drinking game rule ideas:

1. Don't Look at Me – For the duration of the game, the rest of the stags will have to avert their eyes from you or pay the ultimate price (… a shot!)
2. Question Talkers – You have to make everything you say sound like a question.
3. Compliment the Groom – Before every drink, you have to give the groom a compliment (no two compliments can be the same).
4. Two-Hand Drinking – An alternative to opposite hand drinking, each stag must grab their vessel with both hands each time!
5. Mum's Name – Everyone must refer to each other by their mum's name.