Cardboard-opoly

Looking to spice up your party life? Do you have a basic understanding of how the popular board game, Monopoly works? Do you have some cardboard? What about some markers and some random bottle caps lying around?

Have you even thought about playing Cardboard-opoly with your awesome drinking buddies?

Cardboard-opoly works much like The Cardboard Game Richie and I described in a previous post only this time, we are adding elements of Monopoly to it!

It is very simple!

First, you start with a large piece of cardboard and draw a large rectangle in the middle. Next, you create a bunch of squares along the perimeter of the rectangle. At each corner, please add “Go” for one, “Jail” for another, “Free Parking”, and then “Go to Jail” as is shown here.

In true Cardboard Game fashion, the empty spaces are filled in with rules thought up by the players. When they roll the dice and land on a space, they may create their own rule for that space. In my opinion, it becomes more fun once the spaces are filled with rules.

Much like Monopoly, this game does not end immediately. Rather, it has the luxury of ending whenever the players agree upon doing something else. But once the spaces are filled, the game can still be brought out for other parties on other days.

If you happen to have a deck of cards on hand, do you also recall that Monopoly has four railroad stations available for players to possess?

This is totally optional (though I like it has an idea anyways), but have a game of “Kings” play in the middle of the board. You do so by drawing (or writing) a symbol representing the game, “Kings”. On here, I drew four crowns.

Whenever a player lands on a crown, that player must flip over a card from a deck in the middle of the board. Whatever card gets flipped, that card’s rule in kings applies to the present game.

The deck of cards can also be used for additional rules such as “Flip a card and drink for however many seconds it equals” or possibly a quick round of “Up-And-Down the River”.

The possibilities are endless when it comes to creating your own set of rules!

But as always, please drink responsibly and always respect someone’s wishes if they do not want to participate in the game or do a rule. You should always be drinking with your friends and friends are respectful of one another.

Oddka: A Strange Time

I was playing the Cardboard Game the other night, and we found a new rule emerging from the pack.

In a moment of frugality, a friend had purchased a 750ml bottle of Oddka for $5. The flavor? Freshly Cut Grass.

I was curious. Not enthused but curious. So I took a shot; It tasted like grass alright, but it also had a bit of dirt in it (flavor-wise, there wasn’t actually dirt in it. I hope). Not awful, but it was unusual.

There’s a lot of “standard” rules in most drinking games where the challenge is to drink something absolutely unappetizing. The “death cup”; players pour a bit of each of their drink into one cup, the “victim” drinks it all at once. The occasional “drink this condiment”, or the insane (and slightly dangerous) “drink this Everclear”. Oh my, that’s a sure way to trigger some nausea. And nausea is a sure-fire way to kill the vibe.

But Oddka, despite my initial bafflement, proved to be a palatable spirit. There’s a lot of fun in seeing someone try a shot, cringe a bit, but have no ill-effects. I’m hoping I can track down some of their more approachable flavors. They’ve got Apple Pie, Original, Wasabi, Popcorn, and Electricity. Wasabi in particular interests me, and Electricity might be a strange time.

Oddka allows for a fun “novelty” beverage that adds a dash of fun to many a gathering.

SBISD will likely chime in the other Oddka flavors as we encounter them.

As always, have fun, stay safe and drink responsibly.