Beirut Drinking Game
Buzz Level
Supplies
Medium
Supplies
2 Ping Pong Balls
20 Plastic Cups
Large Table (Ping Pong Table Size)
Beer
20 Plastic Cups
Large Table (Ping Pong Table Size)
Beer
Summary
The Drinking Game Beirut, also known as Beer Pong without Paddles, is played by tossing a ping pong ball across the table and into your opponent’s cups. When you make a shot, your opponent must chug the contents from the cup and remove it from the table. The object is to be the first team or player to make the ping pong ball into all of your opponent’s cups. Read the official rules and instructions below.
Rules
Most people new to the game don’t realize that the official version of Beer Pong required ping pong paddles and a net in the center of the table. This version, however, does not… and it is quickly becoming the much more popular version.
Setup:
Rules of the game:
Obviously with a game this popular there are several additional rules that can be added, and other variations of the game. Here are some of those additional rules that we’ve played by:
We always put an extra cup on the table filled with water so that we can wash off the ping pong balls after each toss, since they usually end up on the floor.
Setup:
- Setup either 6 or 10 cups on each side of the table in bowling pin fashion.
- The point of the pyramid should lead towards your opponent.
- Fill each cup about ¼ of the way full of beer
- Teams are either 1 on 1, or 2 on 2.
Rules of the game:
- Each team gets to toss 2 ping pong balls across the table
- If you sink a shot in your opponent’s cup, they’ll have to drink the contents once your team’s turn is over.
- If your partner also lands in the same cup, your opponents will have to drink 3 cups.
- Cups are removed from the table once the contents have been consumed
- Game play goes back and forth between the two teams
- The first team to sink a shot in all of their opponents cups wins the game.
- The losing team must finish the rest of the beers that the winning team has left over.
Obviously with a game this popular there are several additional rules that can be added, and other variations of the game. Here are some of those additional rules that we’ve played by:
- If you and your partner both make shots in different cups, you opponents have to drink the contents and remove the cups, but you get to go again.
- Whenever there are an exact number of cups to form a pyramid, the cups are re-racked into the pyramid shape.
We always put an extra cup on the table filled with water so that we can wash off the ping pong balls after each toss, since they usually end up on the floor.