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We’ve turned the game of Scattergories into a drinking game by requiring the losing teams to drink each round based on point totals. You will need the official game of Scattergories to play, along with the additional rules below.

Drinking Rules:
Setup and play the game of Scattergories like you normally would. If you need a refresher on how to play, see the overview below.

1. After each round the winning team (with the most points) does not have to drink
   
2. Losing teams take one drink for each additional point that the winning team had over their point total. For example, if the winning team scored 9, and a losing team scored 4, the losing team would drink 5.
   
3. The team with the lowest point total from the previous round is automatic beer bitch for the next round.
   
4. If a team wins twice in a row, they can make a rule for the next round.
   

More drinking rules for this game can be added for your enjoyment. Here is a quick overview of the Scattergories game.
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Scattergories Overview:
The game is played in sets of 3 rounds.

1. Each player takes a folder with a pad of paper and 3 category cards. Each sheet in the pad has three columns of 12 blank lines. In addition, each card has 4 lists of 12 unique categories, for a total of 12 lists and 144 categories. All players must agree on the list to use.
   
2. One player rolls a 20-sided letter die to determine the first letter used. The timer is set for up to three minutes.
   
3. One player starts the timer. In the time allotted, each player must attempt to think of and write down, in the first column on the pad, a word or term that fits each of the 12 categories and starts with the rolled letter. Any number of words in the answer is allowed, as long as the first word starts with the correct letter. For example, with a category of "vegetable" and a letter of "C", words such as "cucumber", "carrot" and "cauliflower" are acceptable, but "broccoli" is not (wrong initial letter), nor is "citrus" (wrong category). Alliteration is encouraged.
   
4. All players stop writing when the timer is finished. Following the list, each player, in turn, reads their answer for each category. Players score zero points for an answer that duplicates another answer in that round, and one point for an answer no other player has given. Acceptable answers using alliteration score one point for each word using the letter.
   
5. For example, in the "C-vegetable" example, if players A, B, and C answered "cucumber", "cucumber", and "cauliflower" , respectively, players A and B would score nothing, and C would score 1 point. Adjectives may not represent the letter to be used. For instance, "crunchy carrot" would only receive one point, for carrot. Similarly, "crunchy onion" is unacceptable.