Christmas Shit Show

White elephant meets beer pong. Sink a cup, flip the card under it, and bank it for the gift exchange. Warm up here before the real thing.

10Balls left
0/6Cups sunk
0Best rack
No cards banked yet
Pull back and release to throw

How the night runs

Each couple brings one gift and plays as a team. Where you finish in the tournament sets when you pick a gift, and the cards you bank decide what you can do about it.

10 couplesOne gift each, one team each.
2 tablesSix-cup racks, with a time limit on every game.
2 games minimumEvery couple plays at least twice in the group round.
Top 4Advance to a single-elimination final.
A card per cupSink it, flip it, bank it. Plenty are blanks and jokes.
Drinking optionalEach game, choose to take the drinks or just play with beer in the cups.

Power cards

Fifty are hidden under cups in the group games: two under every rack, plus ten bonus cards in random racks. Save them for the gift exchange.

Steal

Take a gift another couple is holding.

19 in play

Shield

Block a steal aimed at your gift.

15 in play

Swap

Trade gifts with another couple.

8 in play

Peek

Look inside a wrapped gift before you choose.

8 in play

Details

When
Date to be announced
Where
Address to be announced
Bring
One gift per couple. Gag or nice, no price cap.