The Landmines drinking game is a coin based drinking game. Learn how to play Landmines drinking game. The basic principle of Landmines is to spin a quarter, take a drink and try to catch it upright between two fingers. The catch? Players are rewarded for taking larger drinks, but in turn take on the risk on the quarter losing its spin and falling over. The Landmines drinking game gets its name from the empty cans placed on the table, which act as ‘landmines’ because they disrupt the spin of the quarter.
This drinking game has a lot of chugging it, for a slower paced quarter game try Spinners which uses similar principles.
Players: 4+
Gear
- Bottled or canned beverages (Beer, coolers, etc).
- Table and chairs (circle table works best).
- One quarter
Setup
Clear the table so nothing is on it. Sit around the table and place an alcoholic beverage in front of you or in your lap.
Landmines Drinking Game Rules
- Choose a player to go first.
- First player must declare which hand they will be using to play with (IE: chose left or right). This is the only hand in play for this round but can change hands next time.
- Player Takes the quarter and spins it
- While quarter is spinning the player must use their same hand to pick up their drink, take a sip , place the drink back down. Now with the same hand they must try and stop the quarter between two fingers.
- If the quarter is successfully stopped then the turn is over and the player will pass the quarter to the next person to their left.
- If the quarter fell over before the player can stop it, they must start the process all over again. Keep repeating until they get it right.
- As players finish their drink they will create “landmines”.
- Players can save landmines until they wish to use them. While a person is drinking you may slam your beer can or “landmine” onto the coin and make them go again.
- This landmine will now stay on the table.
Landmines on the table will create a maze that the coins will bounce through. These cans will make it more difficult to reach for coins to stop, and will also knock more coins down, causing more turns to be repeated.
(Note: the larger the drink you take the faster you will receive a Landmine).
This game has players chugging a lot of beer in a short period time. If you begin to feel too intoxicated cut yourself off. Do not drink and drive.
