Quarters
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Quarters is a popular drinking game which involves players bouncing a quarter off a table in an attempt to have the quarter land, usually into a shotglass (or cup) on that table. The game is popular at parties, especially in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, as well as in Germany. It is also played in South Africa, where it is known as coinage.
The player bouncing the quarter is referred to as the "shooter." In some variations the glass is empty and each player has a separate glass to drink from, while in other variations the glass that the shooter is aiming for contains an alcoholic beverage.
The quarter is customarily bounced on the face whether heads or tails. Some games may allow a player to bounce the quarter on the edge, particularly by rolling it down their nose.
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[edit] Gameplay
Each round starts off with a glass filled with beer in the middle of the table and two people on opposite ends of the table having a quarter and a glass. Each player shoots his or her quarter at his/her glass until he makes it in, then the player passes the glass to the player to his left. If the player to his left still has a glass as well, the player taps that glass with his, and the player who has been tapped must drink the glass of beer in the middle of the table, refill it, then make the quarter into his or her glass before she gets tapped again, with play still going around the table.
If a player makes his or her first shot, s/he can choose to pass the glass to any player who does not currently have a glass.
If there are enough people at the table, the group can add more shot glasses and position them equally spaced around the outside of the circle.
An alternative method of gameplay is that one glass is positioned in the center of the table. Participants take turns attempting to bounce the quarter into the glass. If the shooter succeeds, they pass the glass to anyone at the table, and that person must then chug the beverage and catch the quarter in their teeth. Play then passes to the person on the shooter's left. Should the shooter fail to make the shot, they have the option of passing the quarter to the left, or shooting a second time. If the shooter succeeds on his second shot, he passes the glass as usual. If the shooter fails on their second shot, they must drink the beverage. In either case, the person on their left becomes the next shooter.
Any shot where the shooter does not bounce the quarter off of the table at least once counts as a miss.
[edit] Beverages
The most common beverage used is beer, since it makes the continued drinking more filling, while diminishing the shooter's accuracy, thus increasing the difficulty further.
The players must determine beforehand how much is to be consumed each time a player is required to drink. This depends on the variation being played and the appetites of the players.
Numerous variations and special rules are available on the Internet.
[edit] Controversy
Because of the fast nature of the game players can often become intoxocated very rapidly. Due to a speight of incidents the game was banned for this reason by the Dean of Griffin House of the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney.
[edit] See also
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- Moose, another drinking game involving bouncing quarters into an ice tray.
- Chandeliers, a variation of quarters where one central glass is surrounded by one individual glass per player.
- Triple Up, a variation of speed quarters.
[edit] References
- Griscom, Andy. (1994). Beer Games 2, Revised: The Exploitative Sequel. Revised edition. Mustang Publishing. ISBN 0-914457-67-5
- Rosenberg, Scott. (1996) writer, Demme, Ted, Director "Beautiful Girls" Miramax Films.
- Griscom, Andy. (1999). The Complete Book of Beer Drinking Games. Revised Edition. Mustang Publishing. ISBN 0-914457-97-7
- Kheper Games. (2001). Got Liquor? Drinking Game Set. Basic speed quarters rules.
- Samuel Goodwin. (2006).
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