h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This ones great for those intellectual drinkers amongst us. Set up a game of chess as normal but instead of using pieces, use shot glasses filled with tequila or another spirit. You can actually get shot glasses with chess pieces already engraved on them it you intend to play regularly. The rules are exactly the same as chess, when a piece is taken that player knocks back the shot.

Another variation is shot draughts.

Daughts is easier and also quicker to finish a game.

And puts you in the mood for another

I'd lose on purpose

You wouldn't get very drunk then, your opponent would be knocking back the shots.

Yeah but it would be much more interesting - trying to lose to someone getting more and more lathered would be a greater challenge than a straight win

Shot Checkers is good drinking enthusiasts who aren't bright enough to play chess.

Shotglass Chess is produced and marketed by a company called Hotbox. It retails currently at around £80. This includes all the different shots for all the different pieces. What would normally be black, become the darker drinks (chery brandy and other such dark liquers) and the whites become the clear spirits. The pieces are different sorts of shot glasses as well.