War
Bet how many sips you are willing to risk, then flip. Lowest card drinks what they bet.
Play this now2–10 players
What you need
- 2–10 players
- One phone each
- 10 minutes
How to play
- Everyone bets at onceBetween 1 and 5 sips, locked in privately before any card is seen.
- Cards flip togetherEvery player's card is revealed at the same moment.
- Lowest card drinksThe player with the lowest card drinks — the winner's bet, not their own.
Who drinks, and how much
- Lowest card drinks the winning player's bet, so a confident table makes losing expensive.
- Bets are capped between 1 and 5.
Variants and house rules
You drink the winner's bet
This is the twist worth knowing: your own bet is not what you drink. Betting big is a threat aimed at whoever loses, which makes a table of five-sip bets genuinely tense.
Ties
Simultaneous play means ties are common at a big table. Nobody drinks on a tie.
Good to know
- Betting is simultaneous and timed — everyone locks in within 20 seconds, so there is no reading the table.