Nothing kills a party faster than boredom. That’s where Do or Drink Blackout Tower comes in. This game takes the nail-biting tension of pulling blocks from a tower and cranks it up with drinking challenges that’ll have your friends either doing something ridiculous or reaching for their drinks.
It’s basically Jenga, but when you successfully pull a block, you either do the challenge written on it or take a drink. Knock the tower over? Congrats, you’re chugging whatever’s left in your cup.
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What’s in the Box?
Do or Drink Win or Blackout isn’t complicated. Here’s what you get:
1. The Blocks
54 wooden blocks with different challenges. Some will make you cringe, others will make you laugh, and a few might make you question your life choices.
2. Color-Coded Challenges
- Green: Make your friends do stupid stuff with you
- Red: The wild ones that test your dignity
- Blue: Straight-up drinking challenges
- Yellow: Physical stuff that’ll test your coordination (gets harder as the night goes on)
- Black: The punishment blocks for when you knock everything over
3. Some Basic Instructions
Not that you need them, but they’re there.
How to Play Do or Drink Blackout Tower
Even your drunk friend can figure this out:
1. Stack the Blocks
Make a tower. You know, three blocks per layer, each layer perpendicular to the one below it.
2. Pick Someone to Start
Youngest, oldest, most sober, least sober – whatever works.
3. Take Turns
- Pull out a block from anywhere except the top three layers
- Read the challenge out loud
- Either do what it says or drink
- Put the block on top
4. When Someone Knocks It Over
- They finish their drink
- They draw a “blackout” challenge (the really embarrassing ones)
- Everyone laughs at them while they rebuild the tower
Do or Drink Blackout Tower
Some of these will make you wish you’d just taken the drink instead:
The Embarrassing Stuff
- Hand over your phone and let someone post whatever they want
- Talk in a ridiculous accent until your next turn
- Answer something deeply personal or drink twice
Drinking Challenges
- Start a waterfall drinking chain
- Play a quick round of Never Have I Ever
- Mix an awful shot for someone else using whatever’s available
Physical Challenges
- Pull your block with one hand
- Stand on one foot while it’s your turn
- Try removing a block with your eyes closed
Tips for Playing Do or Drink Blackout Tower
A few pointers to keep the fun going:
1. Basic Setup
- Find a table that doesn’t wobble
- Have drinks ready (including non-alcoholic options)
- Keep snacks around so people don’t get wasted too quickly
2. Read the Room
- New players? Start with the tamer challenges
- Veteran friends? Add your own twisted dares
- Set some boundaries – not everyone’s cool with everything
3. Don’t Be Stupid
- Have water available
- Know when to take a break
- Figure out who’s driving or calling rides before you start
Want more ways to embarrass your friends? Check out our other Do or Drink questions for when you inevitably break the tower and need a new game.
