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The Circle of Death drinking game is a great game to play if you have a group of people, a deck of cards, and some drinks. Simply spread the deck of cards face down on the table in the shape of a circle. Moving clockwise, each player draws a card from the pile and follows the rules below.

Setup to play the Circle of Death drinking game is simple:
- Get a deck of cards and some drinks
- Spread the deck of cards face down in a circle on the table
- Follow the drinking game rules below:

1. Game play moves clockwise, one player at a time
   
2. The first person to go picks a card from the pile and turns it over
   
3. The second person then picks another card from the pile
   
4. If the cards are different suits, place both in the discard pile
   
5. If the cards are the same suit, both players are gonna drink…
   (add up the face value of the cards and drink for that many seconds)
   
6. Now the third person draws a card. If the first two didn’t match, the game starts over. If the first two matched then this card is compared to those two
   
7. If the card is the same suit as the first three, add up the face value of the cards and all three players drink for that many seconds.
   
8. Game repeats in this fashion until all cards in the circle are gone
   

An additional rule you can add is whoever breaks the circle by drawing a card has to take a drink. You’ll want to play this game with as many people as possible to disperse the drinks as much as possible. Please drink responsibly.