Jabberwocky Drinking Game

Grab some whiskey (or your booze of choice) and set yourself up with The Jabberwocky. Be prepared to read. This is a vocal drinking game. This game is best played with an audience. Feel free to exclude rules if you feel they are too much to handle, unreasonable, or just too alcoholic. 

Out loud, begin reading The Jabberwocky. Read the poem with heart, with fear, with whatever emotion you feel compelled to expel the words with. The game will be that much more enjoyable if participants let themselves be engulfed in the poetry they are drinking with. Especially this poem, for it is action packed and chock full of nonsensical words and tongue twisters! 

Drink every time...

• ...A nonsensical adjective is used.
• Some would say Lewis Carroll was a master of nonsensical language, for he used it often in his literary works. The two words manxome and outgrabe are both words from the poem 'Jabberwocky' unrecognized by the Oxford English Dictionary, but only one of the two is used as an adjective.
• ...A new beast is introduced
• There are many things to beware that are introduced in this poem, both by the character 'H/he' and the narrator. Procuring an exact number, while being entirely speculative, would be a fruitless effort filled with regret and resulting in minor public outrage.
• ...You mess up reading The Jabberwocky
•  That moment when you go to say 'whiffling' and out slips 'waffles', take a drink.
• ...There is a death
• Spoiler alert: someone dies. Guess who.

The Raven Drinking Game

Grab a bottle of wine (or your booze of choice) and set yourself up with The Raven

This game is best played on a midnight dreary. 

Feel free to exclude rules if you feel they are too much to handle, unreasonable, or just too alcoholic. 

Be prepared to read. This is a vocal drinking game.

Out loud, begin reading The Raven. Read the poem with heart, with fear, with whatever emotion you feel compelled to expel the words with. The game will be that much more enjoyable if participants let themselves be engulfed in the poetry they are drinking with. 

Drink every time...

• ...Poe ends a sentence with the word "door"
• Edgar Allan Poe used the word "door" 14 times in the poem "The Raven". Another recurring formation of letters is "more", which are the last four letters of every stanza. 
• ...A new emotion is introduced
• The narrator of the poem goes through a range of emotions. You should be able to hear this shift in the way the poem is being read. 
• ...You mess up reading The Raven
•  Messing up includes both the mispronunciation of words and botching the rhythm. 
• ...The Raven is Quoth
• For every line of the Raven's, take a drink. 
• ...There is an unfamiliar word
• If the group has to look up the word, everyone takes two drinks.
• If you knew the word prior to the group looking it up, only take one drink
• ...Poe writes of heaven or hell
• Angels, demons, the pearly gates, the third circle. If it pertains to Heaven or Hell, drink.

Image by Shannon Gaspich (source)

Please drink responsibly, have fun, and enjoy!

Shakespeare's Sonnets Drinking Game

Grab a bottle of wine (or your booze of choice) and set yourself up with Shakespeare's Sonnets.  

This game will be most enjoyable when played with others. 

Feel free to exclude rules if you feel they are too much to handle, unreasonable, or just`too alcoholic. 

Be prepared to read. This is a vocal drinking game.

Out loud, begin reading one of Shakespeare's sonnets to your company. The process of reading the poems aloud in proper iambic pentameter and with gusto is crucial to the game / the game's fun level. Read with heart, as Shakespeare intended, and let your consumption match your spoken vigor.

Drink every time...

• ...Shakespeare uses a contraction
• Shakespeare has been coined as the inventor of the contraction. In homage to this fact, drink every time he uses one in his works.
• ...Shakespeare uses a nonsensical word
• Often in his works, Shakespeare will butcher the English Language to properly rhyme. Every time he does so, take a drink.
• ...You mess up reading the Sonnet
• This will, of course, begin to happen more frequently as the game progresses. Messing up includes both the mispronunciation of words and botching the iambic pentameter. 
• ...A Sonnet is completed
• In celebration to have had completed reading the Sonnet aloud, take a hearty drink. 
• ...For every innuendo 
• It's no secret fact that Shakespeare often wrote about his love. Drink every time his love goes beyond the emotion and his work treads into more lewd grounds. This drink should be accompanied by a "Hah!" or a "Hear Here!" to exemplify the nature of which you are drinking to.
• ...Shakespeare writes of nature
• Be it flowers, forests, seas, or the sky itself, if he writes of it, you drink to it.

Twelfth Night

Please drink responsibly, have fun, and enjoy!

Commandments of Consumption

 1. If you can’t do it sober you can’t do it drunk.
Some examples include flying, being invincible, and walking on the walls.

2. Contrary to popular belief, Alcohol does not act as a voice amplifier. This will be remembered.

3. Running is an accelerated motion, two words that if not understood while inebriated should not be acted upon. No running.

4. Sober people know what they are talking about. Give up your keys, don't even think about driving.

5. No more means no more, no amount of acting like a spy or a ninja will get you any closer to another sip, so stop trying. Begging won't work either.

6. When in public, clothing is not optional, clothing is mandatory.

7. The floor is not the most clean, or comfortable, place to sleep. Crash on a couch.

8. Think happy thoughts, nobody likes a crier and aren't you supposed to be having fun? 

9. If someone pisses you off, don’t fight them; you couldn't hit a brick wall right now so it’s not even worth the humiliation.

10. Don’t puke on shoes, furniture, or anywhere besides a toilet or lawn. If you have consumed too much alcohol, call 911. Alcohol is not worth your life, or your friends brand new leather couch.




Thank you for drinking responsibly.