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The Thumper Drinking Game is a fun little group activity to be played when you have nothing better to do and everyone in your group has a lot of energy. All you have to do is sit in a circle and come up with a hand gesture that you can remember on the fly. Then, try to remember everyone else’s hand gesture on the fly as you start drinking and banging your hands on the floor. If that sounds like fun to you then read the official Thumper GroupDrink rules below.

Setup for the Thumper Drinking Game is simple. Just get a group of friends and make sure that everyone has a drink in hand. Then sit in a circle around a table or on the floor.

1. Each person should choose a hand gesture before the game starts. Examples include:
   - Middle Finger, Thumbs Up, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Live Long and Prosper, etc.
   
2. Everyone then starts drumming their hands on the table
   
3. The beat can be fast or slow. We recommend Drum -1-2- Drum -1-2- Drum -etc.
   
4. Pick someone to go first. This person is the leader.
   
5. The leader says, "What's the name of the game!?"
   
6. Everyone responds with, "THUMPER!"
   
7. The leader says, "Any why do we play the game!?"
   
8. Everyone responds with, "TO GET FUCKED UP!"
   
9. The leader then has to make his hand gesture followed by someone else’s hand gesture
   
10. This player then does their own gesture followed by another person's gesture, etc.
    
11. Whenever anyone screws up and doesn't respond or responds too slowly, they must drink
    
12. The person that messes up is the leader for the next round.
    

Additional rules...

1. The leader can say speed up, or slow motion. This changes the speed of the thump.
   
2. The leader can also say different things for the chant. Extra points for originality.
   

This is one of those games that you can only play for so long before everyone gets bored and you have to go play something else. People who like this game also seem to like Viking. Have fun and please drink responsibly.