A birthday party needs one thing most parties do not: games that put the birthday person in the middle without making them do all the work. Here are 12 birthday drinking games that do exactly that.
Games about the birthday person
1. Who knows them best
Ask questions about the birthday person: first job, biggest fear, worst haircut year. Wrong answers sip. If everyone gets one wrong, the birthday person does.
2. Birthday roast
Everyone tells a short embarrassing story about the guest of honor. The birthday person picks the best one, and that storyteller hands out five sips.
3. Never Have I Ever, birthday edition
The birthday person asks every question, based on things they have done. Everyone who has not done it sips. Regular rules are in our Never Have I Ever guide.
4. The age game
Count from one to the birthday person’s age around the circle, clapping instead of saying any number with a three in it. Mistakes mean a sip and a restart.
5. Birthday rules
The birthday person makes three rules that last all night. See our 40 funny drinking game rules for ideas.
6. Toast chain
Each guest gives a one sentence toast. Repeat something already said and you sip.
Group classics
7. Kings Cup
The birthday person gets a free pass on the fourth King. Full Kings Cup rules here.
8. Most likely to
Mix regular questions with ones about the next year: most likely to forget this birthday, most likely to give the worst gift.
9. Flip cup
Team birthday against team everyone else. The birthday team gets one do-over.
10. Photo roulette
Everyone shows the oldest photo they have with the birthday person. No photo, sip. Worst photo, the birthday person sips.
11. Gift guess
Before opening each gift, the birthday person guesses who it is from. Wrong guess, they sip. Right guess, the giver does.
12. Card game on a phone
Hand the phone around and let the app name who is up.
Put the birthday person first on the list
Not Another Drinking Game lets you add 2 to 12 players by name, so every card calls someone out. Six modes, four mini games.
Milestone tips
- 21st: go slow. Pick Chill pace and add water rounds.
- 30th: lean into nostalgia questions and old photos.
- 40th and up: roast games win every time.
Play it smart: any drink counts as a sip, nobody has to drink to play, and the birthday person never has to drink more than anyone else.
A gift that costs nothing
Not Another Drinking Game is free to download on Android and works offline.