Red Or Black: The Ultimate Drinking Card Game to Spice Up Your Parties 🎉
Redacted by Adrien Blanc
Looking for a cool game for your next party? Something simple, quick to explain, and guaranteed to turn up the heat in 30 seconds? Forget Uno, let us introduce you to Red Or Black: French students' favorite drinking card game. We even included it in our top 10 drinking games.
You don't need to be sober to understand the rules, but watch out… it might get you drinking fast 😅
⚠️ Warning! Excessive alcohol consumption is dangerous for your health. Please drink responsibly.
What is Red Or Black?
It's a card game where you need to guess what's coming next: the color, the value... or take the risk of calling a "purple". The more you succeed, the more cards you stack. And the more you stack, the more you risk having to drink if you fail. 🔥
What You Need
- A deck of 52 cards (no cards? You can play on your phone by downloading the TOZ app)
- Some alcohol
- Friends ready to laugh (and drink)
How to Play? (It's Easy, Promise)
- The deck is placed down, and players take turns.
- The active player must predict what the next card will be by calling one of these options:
🎯 The Options:
- Red: you bet the card is red (hearts or diamonds)
- Black: you bet on black (spades or clubs)
- Purple: you take a big risk: you want the next two cards to be different colors (red then black or vice versa)
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👉 From your second stacked card, you can also say:
- Higher: you think the next card will be higher than the previous one
- Lower: you think it will be lower
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For each correct guess, you stack the card in front of you and keep playing. The goal: chain as many as you can.
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After 3 correct guesses, you can pass your turn to the next player.
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If you mess up → drink as many sips as cards you've stacked, then discard the cards.
Want an Example?
You start:
- You say "Red" → it's red ✅
- You say "Black" → it's black ✅
- You say "Higher" → it's higher ✅
- You could pass to your friend but you risk trying a "Purple". → red then black ✅
You've chained 5 cards. You're on fire.
But if you fail the 6th... you drink 6 sips 😬
So you pass your turn, your friend fails and drinks the 6 sips 😈
Spicy Variations
- Extra Hard 😈: Need 5 correct guesses to pass your turn.
- Trap Card ☠️: If someone draws the 2 ♠, they have to finish their drink.
- Magic Card 👑: Draw the King ♥ and give out 5 sips.
- Purple Only 🎯: Players can only call "Purple" on their turn (good luck).
Survival Tips (We Know You)
- Drink some water between turns. Your liver will thank you.
- Set a maximum sip limit if playing with hardcore players.
- And as always, don't drive drunk. Get an Uber or crash at a friend's place.
Why You Should Play
- It's quick, fun, and unpredictable
- Works with 2 to 10 players
- Zero setup needed
- Gets everyone in the mood in 3 minutes
So at your next party, pull out a deck of cards, and start a Purple game.
We bet no one will want to stop 😏
How to Play Without Cards?
You can play on your phone by downloading the TOZ app