No-equipment drinking games are what you play when nobody brought cards, cups, dice, coins, or the ability to plan ahead. You still need people and drinks, but the game itself can run on questions, phrases, counting, or one simple rule.
This hub covers the CollegeWares games that need little to no gear.
BEST NO-EQUIPMENT DRINKING GAMES
- Never Have I Ever — best question game
- Categories — best quick verbal game
- Buffalo — best ongoing rule game
- Fuzzy Duck — best phrase game
- Cheers to the Governor — best counting game
- Spin or Drink — best if you can use a bottle or phone spinner
Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever is the classic question game where players drink if they have done the thing named by the prompt.
Categories
Categories asks players to name items in a category until someone repeats, hesitates, or runs out of ideas.
Buffalo
Buffalo is an ongoing wrong-hand rule. Get caught drinking with the wrong hand and you take the penalty.
Fuzzy Duck
Fuzzy Duck is a verbal phrase game where players pass similar-sounding words around the circle until someone messes it up.
Cheers to the Governor
Cheers to the Governor has players count to 21 while adding custom rules that make the next round harder.
Spin or Drink
Spin or Drink technically needs a bottle, phone spinner, or wheel, but it is still one of the easiest almost-no-equipment games for a group.
Which No-Equipment Drinking Game Should You Play?
For a social game, play Never Have I Ever. For something faster, pick Categories or Fuzzy Duck. For a game that runs in the background all night, Buffalo is the easiest.
For more easy options, browse party drinking games, group drinking games, or the full drinking games library.
