Flip Cup rules
Flip Cup is a team relay game. Players race one by one to drink from a cup, flip it upside down from the table edge, and pass the turn to the next teammate.
How do you set up Flip Cup?
Split into two teams and line up on opposite sides of a table. Each player gets a cup with a small amount of drink. Teams should have the same number of players when possible.
How do turns work?
The first players start at the same time. A player drinks, places the cup on the table edge, and flicks it until it lands upside down. Only then can the next teammate start.
What are the basic Flip Cup rules?
- Split the group into two teams and line them up along the table.
- Each player has one cup with a small amount of drink.
- The first pair starts together.
- A player finishes their cup, places it on the table edge, and flips it upside down.
- The next teammate starts only after the previous cup lands correctly.
- The first team to finish the whole line wins.
How do you win?
The first team to finish every cup flip wins the round. If team sizes are uneven, one player can go twice or the smaller team can choose a substitute rule before starting.
What house rules help Flip Cup?
Agree whether a cup must land fully upside down, whether players can reset a bad cup position, and whether both teams start at the exact same time. For big groups, play best of three so one unlucky flip does not end the game immediately.
How does Party Cards compare?
Flip Cup is fast and physical, but it needs cups, space, and teams. Party Cards works when the group wants a lower-setup party game that still creates quick reactions.
Play without setting up teams
Party Cards starts from your phone and adapts the prompts as your group plays.
