Ring of Fire Rules

The official rules for the classic British party card game. These are the pub-tested, legendary Ring of Fire instructions—just open the deck, lay out the cards, and start the fun.
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How to Play Ring of Fire

Ace: Slap Your Face – The last person to slap themselves in the face must drink
Two: Fuck You – Choose someone to down their drink
Three: Toilet Card – You cannot leave the table without this card, use it at any time
Four: Fuck Me – Down all of your own drink
Five: High Five – Last one with their hand in the air drinks
Six: Make a Fix – This is your chance to make up any game rule you want, anything, and everyone must obey! Don’t let it go to your head
Seven: Categories – Pick a category, each person in the circle has to name one thing relating to your chosen category, keep going until someone messes up, they drink
Eight: Pick a Mate – Choose a friend. They now have to drink whenever you do, for the rest of the game. Cheers Mate
Nine: Bust a Rhyme – Pick a word, each player has to rhyme with that word, keeping going around the circle until you mess up
Ten: Waterfall – A Mexican wave drinking. The card holder starts, players can only start and stop drinking once the person before them has
Jack: Thumb Master – At any point the Thumbmaster can place their thumb on their face or the table’s edge. Everyone must copy, the last one to catch on drinks
Queen: Question Master – Ignore all questions from this card holder on pain of… drinking. Their objective is to catch you out. The title passes to the next player who picks a Queen.
King: King’s Cup – All players add to a central dirty pint, the player who picks the 4th King is the recipient of the King’s Cup.