Beer Checkers is a two-player drinking game, played on a standard checkerboard (or chess board) , using cups of beer in place of the regular checker pieces (or draughts).

Equipment

Checkerboard (waterproof, preferably), 24 cups (2-6 ounce), beer (at least one six-pack.)

Setup the board as you would a normal checkerboard, 12 cups to a side. Fill the all the cups half-full of beer. Note: the cups need to be different to distinguish the players' pieces, or use light-beer and dark-beer.

Play

See standard checker rules: English draughts

English draughts

English draughts or checkers , also called American checkers or straight checkers or in Israel damka, is a form of draughts board game. Unlike international draughts, it is played on an eight by eight squared board with twelve pieces on each side...

, when a piece reaches the king's row, it is designated as a king by filling the cup full. When a piece is jumped by an opposing player, the owner of the piece must drink the beer from the jumped piece.

Strategy

The game is won by a player when the other play cannot move their piece, either because all the remaining pieces are blocked, or because the player has no remaining pieces. The losing player must drink all remaining beers on the board.

This game has been extremely popular at many colleges, see http://www.barmeister.com/cgi-bin/game.view.pl?game=39 for info on Michigan Tech.

Also known as: shotglass checkers, shot glass checkers, beercheckers, and as a variation of shotglass chess.