It's fun to get drunk and hang out with your buddies. It's a real social atmosphere,'' said Matt Schueller, a UW-Madison senior studying theater. It's very easy to get drunk, she added. The activities combine a competitive spirit with drinking, Schueller insisted. Others called drinking games a way to pass the time when there isn't much else going on.
Drinking games can employ dice, cards, board games and sports.
Popular card games include Cops and Robbers, Golf and Hockey. Most games involve taking numerous gulps of beer with each turn. You drink just a little each time, but you get really drunk,'' Kowal said. He added that people don't realize how much and how quickly they are actually drinking. But some games encourage guzzling.