The next UK general election will take place on Thursday the 8th of June, 2017. The polls will be open from 7am until 10pm; after that, it'll be time to settle down for a night in front of the TV, watching the results come in.

If that sounds like a pretty boring way to spend a Thursday night, why not spice things up with a little bit of booze? We've seen quite a few election night drinking games, but most of them are far too complicated for our tastes. Instead, here are the rules for Beer Pong UK's super-simple, super-fun 2017 General Election Drinking Game:

You Will Need:

• A television
• At least 7 different types of beer (or cider, or whatever else you fancy drinking)

How to Play:

• Ahead of time, assign a different drink to each of the major parties (Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, UKIP, Green, SNP, and Plaid Cymru). You'll want a good working-class lager for Labour, and a posh English ale of some sort for the Tories. Obviously, pick regional brands for the SNP (Deuchars) and Plaid (Brains). We recommend drinking Foster's for the Green Party, as their leader Natalie Bennett is from Australia. You can choose to assign additional drinks to the other parties (Sinn Fein, Respect, etc.) or you could just lump them into an all-purpose 'Miscellaneous/Other' category.
  
  
• Head to your nearest polling station on the 8th of June and cast your vote.

• Switch on your TV at 10pm to watch the BBC's election night programme.
  
  
• Wait until they start announcing the results.
  
  
• Every time a result is announced, take a sip of the drink that corresponds to the winning party. If the successful party has taken that seat from another party, take two sips. For example, if the Lib Dems hang on to the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark, take a sip of your Liberal Democrat drink; if the seat goes to Labour, take two sips of your Labour drink in recognition of their gain.
  
  
• Keep playing through the night until you get tired.

Have fun, and may the best party win! Don't forget to stock up on drinking accessories before you play!

Our name is Maximus Decimus Beerpongius, commander of the thirsty armies of the North, General of the liquor legions, and loyal servant to the true party emperor, Marcus Hooraylius. Okay, let's not keep that up, but what we are presenting to you is a Gladiatorially-good drinking game that is Centurion (also known by the names of hundred's club, century clock, century club, century challenge and chicken of the north).  Centurion is the true test of endurance that requires 100%, and 100 shots!

What You Need:

2.5 litres of low volume beer or cider (alco-pops are another alternative)

1 person or more

1 shot glass per person

Clock/stopwatch

 How to Play:

1. It doesn't get much simpler than Centurion: either keep an eye on the time, or better yet set a stopwatch/timer to 100 minutes counting down, and for every minute that passes everyone playing consumes one shot. There are even online timers you can use that will sound a bell after each minute has passed. After 100 minutes has elapsed everybody playing will have consumed 100 shots - hence the name Centurion.

2. In order to mix the drinking games rules of Centurion up a bit, you can even play a slightly shortened 90-minute version along to a football match - or an 80-minute version along to rugby if you don't much fancy your chances!

If drinking beer in shots isn't really your thing, why not take a look at our beer pong kits instead? Perfect for downing a pint of beer in one go! 

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Listen up all you TV show fans. Have you ever considered that watching TV could be made even more fun by making your favourite shows into TV drinking games? You haven't? Well sit back in your seat, because we're about to take you on a hell of a ride. We understand the internal struggle you feel when you have to choose between a night our or watching your favourite TV program, so we've put this list of TV drinking games together to help you with that terrible decision. Now you can watch your favourite shows and drink at the same time, all in the name of pre-drinks. It's brilliant, I know. So, without further ado, here are our top five TV drinking games: 

TV Drinking Game #1: Game of Thrones 

How to play:

Assign each player a house before the game starts, then whenever their house name is said they must take a drink.

3 sips every time you see a white walker.

Take a shot everytime someone dies.

Every time a character takes a sip of their drink, you take a drink too.

Whenever someone says a swear word take a sip.

Drink for the entirety of each sex scene.

Whenever you see a dragon, make a dragon noise and then drink. Anyone who does not do the noise must take two sips. 

Credit to HBO via GIPHY

TV Drinking Game #2: The Walking Dead

How to play: 

Take a sip whenever you see a zombie. 

Take two sips whenever Daryl aims his crossbow.

If anyone gets trapped in a small space surrounded by zombies take a shot. 

Down your entire drink if a character kills another character. 

Take a shot for every new character that's introduced.

Take a drink whenever the word 'walker' is said. 

Credit to AMC via GIPHY

TV Drinking Game #3: Orange is the New Back

How to play: 

Take a sad sip of your drink every time Healey feels sorry for himself. 

Take a sip every time you are fascinated by Reds double eyeliner. 

Sigh and take a gulp every time Piper thinks she is badass. Make sure you sigh, or you have to take two drinks.

Take two drinks every time 'Crazy Eyes' has crazy eyes. 

Take a shot every time Morello cries. 

Down your drink if another character's back story is more interesting than Pipers.  

Credit to Netflix via GIPHY

TV Drinking Game #4: Planet Earth

How to play: 

Take a drink every time you see time lapse photography.

Take a drink whenever slow motion is used.

Waterfall your drink the entire time a predator is chasing its prey. 

Take a shot every time you are shocked by how brutal nature is.

Finish your drink if you are moved to tears or an animal dies.

Credit to BBC via GIPHY

TV Drinking Game #5: Breaking Bad

How to play: 

Drink every time Jesse says 'Yo' or 'Bitch'.

Take a sip every time someone says/smokes 'meth' or a slang word for meth. 

Gulp your drink every time Walt yells at Jesse. 

Take a shot if someone dies. (Two if they die in a particularly gruesome way)

Take a shot everytime Walt lies. This one is sure to knock you off your feet.  

Credit to AMC via GIPHY

We're can guarantee you will never have a TV viewing experience as fun as when you're playing our Top 5 TV Drinking Games! If you don't have fun, you're not playing properly. Of course, it goes without being said - be sure to drink responsibily and always stop if you feel like you've had enough (no matter how many characters die).  

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Cards Against Humanity - the self-proclaimed "party game for horrible people" - is repulsive, tasteless, lowbrow, and exceptionally un-PC. It's also hilarious, and its simple rules and easy accessibility (not to mention all the headlines) are quickly establishing CAH as the go-to party game of our time.

Still, if you want to make your next game of Cards even MORE fun, we've come up with a few different drinking games that you can play alongside the main event. If there's one thing that makes crass black humour all the funnier, it's alcohol!

Cards Against Humanity Drinking Game (Basic Version)

• At the end of each round, all players take a drink, except for a) the player who read out the last black card, and b) the player who won the last black card.
  
  

Cards Against Humanity Drinking Game (Advanced Version)

Same as the basic version, with the following additional rules:

• Players may, at any time, get rid of any cards they don't want and replace them with new ones from the deck. However, if you choose to do this, you must take 1 sip for every card you exchange.
  
  
• If the Card Czar (i.e. the person who read out the current black card) is torn between two or more answers, they may declare a 'tie'. The Card Czar selects the 2+ white cards that deserve to win; then, the players who submitted those cards must finish their drinks as quickly as possible. The first player to finish their drink wins the black card.
  
  

Cards Against Humanity Drinking Game (Chaotic Version)

Same as the advanced version, with the following additional rules:

• At the end of each round, all players have the option to take an additional drink. If a player opts to pay this penalty, they may nominate another player; the nominated person may not replenish their hand back to 10 cards for the next round. Strategic use of this rule will leave your opponents with too few cards to make any decent jokes.
  
  
• In the event of a 'Play 2' or 'Play 3' black card, players have the following option: once all players have submitted their white cards to the Card Czar (but before any of the cards have been read out), players may opt to take a drink. In return, this player may re-arrange the order of one opponent's cards, thus ruining their clever and hilarious answer.
  
  
• When a black card is awarded at the end of a round, any player may immediately finish their drink in order to steal that black card from the winning player. If two or more people opt to finish their drinks, the first player to finish wins the black card.

Have fun, and if you need any more fun drinking stuff, check out our Best Sellers page!

Photo by Connie Ma

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Sure, watching a movie is fun, but have you ever considered that movie drinking games might be more fun? Combine the best of both worlds and have a movie marathon while also hosting pre-drinks. So, grab the beer, grab the pillows and get ready to watch your favourite films in a way you’ve never seen them before.

The Hangover

For a night of movie drinking games, there’s no better film to start with. Hilarious and light hearted, playing the movie drinking game with the Hangover is a surefire way to get everyone in the party mood.

Rules

Drink when:

• Stu mentions/touches his missing tooth
• Alan copies what Phil is doing
• You see the new Vegas landmark
• Someone gets hurt
• Neon lights are in view

The Lord of The Rings

The Lord of the Rings is on a slightly different note to the hangover, but now you’ve got the laughing out of the way, it’s time to take a trip to middle earth. Remember, this film is almost 3 hours long – so there’s plenty of time to get perfectly merry.

Rules

Drink when:

• Frodo says ‘Sam’ at any point
• You see the ring close up
• Anyone says ‘precious’
• Anyone speaks anything that is not English
• You see the eye of Sauron

The Wolf of Wall Street

If you remember how many intoxicating substances are used in The Wolf of Wall street, we’re sure you’ll agree that this is a perfect film to play the movie drinking game with. However, try to not end up like Jordan trying to get into his car by the end of the film…

Rules

Drink when:

• You see anyone naked
• Anyone snorts something
• Someone says the F word
• You laugh

The Great Gatsby

If you read the great Gatsby in GCSE English, this is a great method of forgetting you ever resented it. The Great Gatsby is a film of incredible wonder, beauty and heartache. You’re sure to need a drink by the end anyway to drown your sorrow  – we’re just helping you get there quicker with the movie drinking game.

Rules

Drink when:

• A new 21^st Century song is played
• Daisy makes things worse
• Lana Del Rey plays
• You see the T. J. Eckleberg sign (the spooky eyes)

Die Hard

It’s time to end on a true classic. Die Hard is perhaps a film you have seen far too many times already, but it’s still great every time, isn’t it? Get ready to see it like you’ve never seen it before, with the grand finale movie drinking game. (That’s if, after the first four films, you can still see)

Rules

Drink when:

• Anyone is killed or injured
• There is an explosion
• John talks to himself
• A walkie-talkie is used
• You are reminded that it is Christmas

And there you have it: our guide to the best night in, being merry and playing movie drinking games. We have, however, worked it out, and altogether these films would take around 11 hours to watch in a row – so, I guess you better get started!

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