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Drinking Games
Who
knows when
the combination of drink and game began? Alcohol as you know,
has been around since the dawn of time and games as far as we
know date back just as far.
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ancient game called Mancala dates back to
3000 BC, Asia invented paper in 950 BC transferring the game
of dominoes to cards, and Egyptians, Romans, and Asians alike
rolled Knucklebones (pre-modern dice from the ankle bones
of hoofed animals). |
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In 1982, a Tang Dynasty vessel used for drinking games was
unearthed in Dantu County, Jiangsu Province. It has a tortoise-shaped
pedestal and a barrel containing 50 gilded silver counters.
Each counter is inscribed with a quotation from The
Analects of Confucius, and an instruction
to drink, persuade others to drink,
punish or let go. It was used by men when they
got together to drink, in order to determine the style of
drinking, who should drink, and how much would be drunk in
one game. |
| Tavern
and pub paintings, frescos, and ancient scrolls
have shown us that games were very much part of the drinking
atmosphere. Here to the right is a painting on a Roman
wall where two men are playing a game in a tavern. |
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In
the 1300’s the very first known Puzzle Jug was
created in France.
A Puzzle Jug was a trick jug designed to pour the contents
over the unsuspecting drinker. To get the jug to pour out only
one hole and into the drinker’s mouth the drinker to figure
it out. Many wagers were placed on the alehouse’s Puzzle
Jug. Many had sayings inscribed on them like; Gentlemen now
try your skill, I’ll hold you Sixpence if you will, that
you don’t dink unless you spill. The jugs were very popular
all the way to the 1700’s.
Ancient Drinking Games
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modern times
however, the term Drinking
Game fills our head with images of fresh faced college
students looking for an entertaining way to get drunk fast.
There’s literally thousands of drinking games involving,
cards, dice, TV shows, memory, luck, coordination, board games,
coins, and more. |
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Modern Drinking Games
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