How to Play Ring of Fire (aka King's Cup, Circle of Death)

Ring of Fire Rules

Here are the official rules on how to play Ring of Fire, or as it is also known, King’s Cup and Circle of Death.

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Ring of Fire Official Rules:

1. First to set up the game, clear off a table and set a cup in the middle with the deck of cards placed around the cup in a circle.
2. Now get a group of friends to gather around the table, each person having a cup/bottle of alcohol to themselves.
3. Before you start the game you must know what each card stands for:
   A- waterfall- meaning everyone must keep drinking until the person who picked the card stops, so who knows how long you will be going for!
   2- is for you- you can choose someone to drink
   3- is for me- you must drink
   4- is whore- all girls drink
   5- thumb master- when you put your thumb on the table everyone must follow and whomever is last must drink. you are the thumb master till someone else picks a five.
   6- is dicks- all guys drink
   7- is heaven- point your finger in the sky, whoever is last must drink
   8- is mate- choose someone to drink with you
   9- rhyme- pick a word such a dog and the person next to you must rhyme with dog, like log, and it goes to the next person and the next, in a circle, until someone messes up and he or she will have to drink
   10- categories- pick a category such a football and you go in a circle and everyone has to say a word that fits with football such as: touchdown, field goal, USC. Whoever messes up, drinks.
   Jack- make a rule- you can make up any rule that everyone has to follow, such as you can only drink with your right hand. Everyone (including you) must follow this rule for the whole entire game and if you disobey you must drink.
   Queen- Questions- Go around in a circle and you have to keep asking questions to each other. Doesn’t matter what the question is, as long as its a question. Whoever messes up and does not say a question, drinks.
   King- pour!- you must pour a little of your drink into the cup that is in the middle of the table. Whomever picks up the LAST king must drink the whole cup, which could be filled with different drinks, so who knows how bad it could taste!
4. Now that you know the rules. One person starts off by picking up a card, and whatever the card may be, follow the rule. Go in a circle and keep picking a card till the last King is picked!