To start the game, every player shotguns a beer at the same time. Keep doing this until the teams are even. Whoever has the same number is on the same team. If you want to play the game in teams to make it more competitive, have every player hold up a number between 1 and 5 on their forehead at the same time. Make sure one space is within reaching distance of the castle. Arrange the furniture in each zone in a circle, and make sure the spaces are close enough for players to jump from one space to the next. The important thing is that players have something to stand on since the floor in this game is lava. If you don’t have furniture, you can use pillows, blankets, or even sheets of paper. Imagine the 4 zones extend all the way out into the room, and fill each zone with 5 pieces of furniture that players can stand on. The bottle is the king of the castle, the beers are the pawns, and the spaces between the lines of pawns are the 4 zones.
Put a bottle of liquor in the center of the castle and arrange 4 lines containing at least 5 beers each branching off of the liquor bottle. Start by placing a small stand or table in the center of a wide-open room. To play True American, the drinking and obstacle course game from the tv show New Girl, you’ll need 4 or more players, furniture to stand on, a bottle of liquor, and a lot of cans of beer.
