Instructions: Simple. Watch the show, and whenever a condition is met, take the appropriate number of drinks. The definition of "drink" should be decided before game play starts. Usually, a good mouthful will suffice. Optional rules are included at the end of the list for fun variations on the "standard" game.
Compiler's Note: I would advise taking some time before game play starts to decide which conditions to use and which to ignore. Remember that this list is canonical, so you probably will _not_ want to use them all (especially with a new episode, since you'll spend all your time reading the list, rather than watching). Please send any corrections, suggestions, requests, submissions, flames, etc. to the address listed above.
| Condition | Number of Drinks |
|---|---|
| "Open hailing frequencies" | 1 |
| "Medical emergency" | 1 |
| "Belay that order" | 1 |
| "Energize" | 1 |
| "Hell", "Damn" and other swearing. SEE ALSO: Riker's special swearing rules. | 1 |
| "It's not like anything I've ever seen before" | 1 |
| "Impossible" | 1 |
| "Impossible" while watching the "impossible" | 2 |
| "Shut up, Wesley" | 3 |
| "On screen" | 1 |
| "Understood" | 1 |
| "Set phasers on..." | 1 |
| "Acknowledged" | 1 |
| "Priority One" | 1 |
| "Just a little more time...!" | 1 |
| "Eastern/Western/Southern/Northern Continent" | 2 |
| "The Klingon Home Planet" or other reference without actually giving it a name | 2 |
| "Ensign Ethnic" or "Ensign Buxom" gets a line | 1 |
| A bad fight scene occurs | 1 |
| A bridge officer is seen in casual clothes SEE ALSO: Picard's & Beverly's special clothing rules. | 1 ea. |
| A bridge officer is seen in dress uniform | 1 ea. |
| A Captain's Log entry is made by someone other than Picard | 2 |
| A crewmember drinks (outside of 10 Forward) SEE ALSO: Picard's special drinking rules. | 1 ea. |
| A crewmember straightens his/her uniform SEE ALSO: Picard's special uniform rules. | 1 ea. |
| A desk hologram is seen | 2 |
| A female crewmember has flawless makeup after she's been put through the wringer | 1 |
| A guest appearance is made by someone from TOS | 3 |
| A log entry is made - not by Picard | 2 |
| A log entry is made | 1 |
| A member of the bridge crew looks WAY too pleased with him/herself | 1 |
| A member of the bridge crew takes over a by pushing someone out of the way | 2 |
| A new alien also has differently shaped hands | 1 |
| A new alien doesn't have latex on its forehead | 2 |
| A new alien has latex on its forehead | 1 |
| A new alien ship is revealed | 1 |
| A poker game is shown | 1 |
| A principle character is put on trial | 1 |
| A probe is launched | 1 |
| A shuttlecraft appears unsafe | 1 |
| A shuttlecraft is launched | 2 |
| A sound effect from TOS is heard | 1 |
| A star returns from the dead | Whole Beverage |
| A stardate is mentioned - not in a log entry | 1 |
| A succession of five face closeups with no dialogue | 1 |
| A token alien is shown in the background and has no lines | 1 |
| The token alien is a Vulcan | 2 |
| An "expendable" is killed | 1 ea. |
| An "Old Earth Saying" is brought up | 1 |
| An Old Earth Date is mentioned | 2 |
| Ancient alien technology screws things up | 1 |
| Another Captain or Starfleet Command officer is shown | 1 |
| Bridge command is handed over | 1 |
| Communications malfunction/go out | 1 |
| Communicators are out of range | 2 |
| Communicators don't work | 1 |
| Dialogue in the turbolift | 1 |
| English is spoken by Klingons when they are alone and have no reason to speak English | 2 |
| First names while sexual tension present | 2 |
| Harmonics are changed in shields/phasers/etc. | 1 |
| Holodeck characters become aware of their own ephemerality | 2 |
| Intruder Alert | 3 |
| Klingon is spoken | 1 |
| Mention of dilithium crystals | 1 |
| Nobody leaves the ship, but we still see more than one room of the alien ship/planet/etc | 2 |
| Part of a set is destroyed in a fistfight | 2 |
| Phasers are used for a different function than intended (e.g. overload, power a transporter, etc.) | 1 |
| Picard or Riker order a course change by exact X, Y, and Z coordinates, rather than something like "Set course for Starbase 8" | 3 |
| Readings go off the scale | 1 |
| Red Alert | 2 |
| Security alert or request | 1 |
| Someone adopts a persona (Dixon Hill, Sherlock Holmes, etc.) | 1 ea. |
| Someone alludes to a work/person/event/etc. that hasn't been made/existed/happened yet | 1 |
| Someone brings up the matter/antimatter ratio | 1 |
| Someone changes their pronunciation of a word within the same scene | 1 |
| Someone gives their communicator to a non-crewmember so they can communicate with the Enterprise | 3 |
| Someone implies that 10 Forward is a Happening Place | 1 |
| Someone is referred to by their first name | 1 |
| Someone is seen out of uniform (in civvies) | 2 |
| Someone is transported to somewhere other than a transporter room or sickbay from somewhere other than a transporter room | 2 |
| Someone mentions Jack Crusher | 2 |
| Someone other than Picard preaches the P.D. | 2 |
| Someone places their communicator on something so it can be beamed away or destroyed | 2 |
| Someone preaches about "Humanity's Unique Potential" | 1 |
| Someone preaches the Prime Directive | 1 |
| Someone quotes Shakespeare, etc. (See Picard) | 1 |
| Someone reads a book | 1 |
| Someone receives a shot | 1 |
| Someone receives a shot from a non-medical officer | 2 |
| Someone removes their communicator | 1 |
| Someone requests magnification when it's painfully obvious that it's necessary | 2 |
| Someone requests that an image on the main viewer be magnified | 1 |
| Someone stops the countdown | 2 |
| Someone throws/is hit by/etc. styrofoam props | 1 |
| Someone uses the episode's title in a sentence | 2 |
| Someone wakes up from a nightmare | 1 |
| Someone who normally pronounces "sensors" as "SEN-sers" pronounces it as "SEN-sohrs" | 1 |
| Something escapes the sensors | 1 |
| Something escapes the sensors and they use the word "interference" as an excuse | 2 |
| The auto-destruct sequence is activated | 3 |
| The battle bridge is used | 1 |
| The battle bridge is used with the saucer section still attached | 2 |
| The bridge crew contemplates mutiny | 3 |
| The camera pans > 90 degrees to show how BIG the ship is | 1 |
| The computer makes that "I'm listening" chirp | 1 |
| The Enterprise actually fights (shots must be fired) | 2 |
| The Enterprise avoids a conflict rather than using force | 1 |
| The Enterprise docks at a starbase | 3 |
| The Enterprise encounters an unknown energy form | 1 |
| The Enterprise is boarded by hostiles | 2 |
| The Enterprise is captured in a nebula/cloud | 1 |
| The Enterprise is hurled somewhere by another force (Q, Tin Man, etc.) | 2 |
| The Enterprise is taken over | 1 |
| The holodeck appears in its "natural" state | 2 |
| The matte painting has a moving ground vehicle | 2 |
| The same matte painting of an alien planet is used after each commercial break | 1 |
| The sarcophagus is used in sickbay | 2 |
| The saucer section separates | Whole Beverage |
| The ship/crew is seconds away from disaster | 1 |
| The transporter room can't lock on to someone | 1 |
| The transporter room pulls someone through after their ship explodes | 2 |
| The warp engine light goes really fast | 2 |
| The weapons are rendered useless | 1 |
| There is a countdown | 1 |
| They contact someone via communicator or intercom without activating it | 1 |
| They fade to commercial playing the "ominous horns" | 1 |
| They fade to commercial with a soap-opera-like close up on someone's face | 1 |
| TNG contradicts a fact stated in TOS | 2 |
| Transporter goes down | 1 |
| Transporter Room 3 is used | 1 |
| Yellow Alert | 1 |
| "Captain's Log" | 1 |
| "Captain's Log, Supplemental" | 2 |
| "Come" (in personal quarters) | 2 |
| "Come" | 1 |
| "Engage" | 1 |
| "Make it so" | 1 |
| "Number One" | 1 |
| "Proceed" | 1 |
| "The boy" in reference to Wesley | 1 |
| Accident or attack draws blood | 3 |
| Appears uncomfortable (around women, children) | 1 |
| Calls a meeting in the middle of a crisis | 2 |
| Calls a meeting | 1 |
| Cries | Whole Beverage |
| Demonstrates knowledge of a foreign language | 1 |
| Drinks tea identified as Earl Grey | 4 |
| Drinks tea | 3 |
| Drinks | 2 |
| Has an accident or is attacked | 2 |
| Is called upon to mediate a dispute | 2 |
| Is possessed | 4 |
| Is seen on the bridge out of uniform | 2 |
| Leaves the bridge during a crisis to talk with Dr. Crusher or Guinan | 1 |
| Leaves the ship to lead an away team | 2 |
| Leaves the ship | 1 |
| Makes a speech that saves the day | 1 |
| Quotes Shakespeare, etc. | 2 |
| Requests a Level One Diagnostic | 1 |
| Straightens his uniform before giving a speech | 3 |
| Straightens his uniform | 2 |
| Surrenders | 1 |
| Swears/hurls an insult in a foreign language | 2 |
| Takes a communique from Starfleet in his ready room | 1 |
| Takes the helm in a tricky situation | 3 |
| Talks about death to Dr. Crusher | 1 |
| Tries to avoid Lwuxana Troi | 1 |
| Wears chest-revealing bedwear | 2 |
| "Impressive" | 1 |
| "Admirable" | 1 |
| "Grrrrr" (A simple sneer qualifies) | 1 |
| "I am a Klingon" | 1 |
| "Klingons do NOT..." | 1 |
| "Security Override!" | 2 |
| "Human women are too fragile" | 2 |
| Actually wins a fight | 2 |
| Asks for an explanation of a human term/custom | 1 |
| Fusses about his discommendation | 2 |
| Gets beat up | 1 |
| Has a suggestion shot down offhandedly | 2 |
| Has an understated romantic sequence with Troi | 2 |
| Makes a reference to his sexual prowess | 2 |
| Mentions or participates in some bizarre Klingon ritual | 2 |
| Says something with a tilt of his head/nod | 1 |
| Throws someone in the brig/Arrests someone | 1 |
| Tries to commit suicide | 3 |
| Uses the word "human" in a sense meaning puny, weak, or otherwise not Klingon | 2 |
| "Accessing" | 1 |
| "Fascinating" | 1 |
| "I am an android" | 1 |
| "I cannot feel emotions", etc | 1 |
| "Increase speed" | 1 |
| "Inquiry" | 1 |
| "Intriguing" | 1 |
| Affects a human mannerism (e.g. Sherlock Data) | 2 |
| Brent Spiner breaks character for comic effect | 1 |
| Corrects somebody's grammar | 1 |
| Does that little head twitch | 1 |
| Gets kissed, etc. | 3 |
| Gives a list of synonyms for the term he did not understand | 1 |
| Gives an "approximation" out to several decimal places | 1 |
| Has to have "An Old Earth Saying" explained | 2 |
| Innards are revealed other than his head | 2 |
| Innards are revealed | 1 |
| Is "used" to save the ship, beam down, or hang around infected people because the situation is too dangerous for humans | 3 |
| Is able to interpret/use alien technology in no time | 1 |
| Is cut off during a list of synonyms | 2 |
| Is cut off mid-sentence | 1 |
| Is told that he's more human than he thinks | 2 |
| Stops himself during an inappropriate speech | 2 |
| Uses a contraction | Whole Beverage |
| Uses a new colloquialism | 1 |
| Uses his strength and shows up Worf | 2 |
| Uses his strength | 1 |
| Uses his superior android speed | 1 |
| "Hell" | 2 |
| "What the hell is going on?" | Whole Beverage |
| "Damn" | 2 |
| "You are personally responsible for the Captain's safety" to Worf | 2 |
| "With pleasure, sir" | 1 |
| Acts blatantly like Kirk | 1 |
| Demonstrates knowledge of a foreign language | 1 |
| Gets that annoying smirk on his face | 1 |
| Gets the girl for no apparent reason | 2 |
| Gets the girl | 1 |
| Pronounces a word in a way that does not match his heritage (e.g. charade=shur-AHD) | 2 |
| Stands with his feet more than 2 ft. apart per ' beyond 2' | 1 |
| Swears/hurls an insult in a foreign language | 2 |
| Thrusts his chin out with a smug look | 1 |
| Walks forward as if he's trying to knock an imaginary door down with his forehead | 1 |
| "...lost a lotta good people down there..." | 1 |
| "Maybe not" in response to "Impossible" | 2 |
| "I'm workin' on it!" | 1 |
| Interacts with a woman (real or not) in the holodeck | 2 |
| Is used as a "human tricorder" | 1 |
| Sees with his own eyes (VISORless) | Whole Beverage |
| Tweaks the warp engines/shields/tractor beams | 1 |
| VISOR is taken or knocked off | 1 |
| Wishes he had human vision | 1 |
| "He's dead (pause)" | 1 |
| "He's gone..." | 2 |
| "Nothing yet, but we're working on it" | 1 |
| "This man is dying!" | 3 |
| "This shouldn't be happening" | 1 |
| "This won't hurt a bit" | 1 |
| Appears without her lab coat in sickbay | 2 |
| Appears without her lab coat | 1 |
| Beams directly to sickbay or orders someone to be beamed directly to sickbay | 1 |
| Can't figure out some bizarre medical problem | 1 |
| Diagnoses something really obvious | 1 |
| Is seen in a sweater | 2 |
| Is seen on the bridge for no apparent reason | 1 |
| Loses a patient | 2 |
| Performs major surgery | 2 |
| Shows maternal instinct | 2 |
| Uses one of her ridiculous 24th century medical terms | 1 |
| Uses the word "stumped" in regards to problem | 2 |
| "What do YOU think about that?" or other quote reminiscent of ELIZA | 1 |
| "Are you troubled?" (when they obviously are) | 1 |
| "Mother! Please...!" | 1 |
| Can't shut out all the feelings | 1 |
| Cries | 2 |
| Gives us Betazoid insight into something really obvious | 2 |
| Has some sort of delusion that she and Worf are lovers. | 2 |
| Is hit on | 1 |
| Rolls her eyes | 1 |
| Senses (and lists) more than one emotion | 1 |
| Senses something really shocking | 1 |
| Has a line in a first or second season episode | 1 |
| Disables a weapon during transport | 1 |
| "It's easy!" (or "simple", etc.) | 1 |
| "Wow", "Gee", "Ooh", etc. | 1 |
| Appears to be hitting on someone | 1 |
| Creates some spiffy new science project | 1 |
| Gets that "I'm not just a kid" attitude | 1 |
| Gets that annoying "impish" grin | 1 |
| Has his life threatened and he dies | Party like it's 1999! |
| Has his life threatened | 2 |
| Is seen with a girl (other than when on duty) | 3 |
| Saves the day and nobody thanks him | 2 |
| Saves the day and nobody understands his pseudoscientific babbling | 2 |
| Saves the day | 1 |
| Swallows really hard | 1 |
| Talks back to his mom | 1 |
| "Little One" in reference to Deanna | 1 |
| Is referred to in an episode in which she does not appear | 1 |
| Reads Picard's mind (or pretends to) | 1 |
| Decks someone just to show her strength, etc. | 2 |
| Decks someone | 1 |
| Denise Crosby makes a guest appearance | 1 |
| Gets desire fulfilled | Whole Beverage |
| Shows sexual desire | 3 |
| Suggests that the Enterprise fight, upon meeting another ship, etc. | 1 |
| Calls Data "it" or accuses him of being unable to do something because he's an android | 1 |
| Cuts Picard off | 1 |
| Mispronounces Data's name | 1 |
| Makes someone sigh at the end of a talk | 1 |
| Talks about "her people" | 1 |
"Engage", "Make It So", "Energize", "Accessing", "On Screen" and "Magnify" are shot words - you must take a drink unless you say the exact word _in unison_ with the dialogue. Two drinks if you say the wrong word.
Whenever Riker appears in a scene, the last person to say "Oink Oink" takes a drink.
If Troi "senses" something, everyone must stick a finger down their throats and make gagging sounds - last one to do so takes a drink. (This one could be dangerous in the latter stages of the game.)
At the start of a commercial break, guess who will do the next log entry. Take a drink if you're wrong. If there's no log entry, everyone drinks.
When Data launches into a long explanation, the last person to interrupt with "Thank you, Commander..." takes a drink. Doesn't count if you say it after it's said on the screen.
Whenever Wesley saves the ship, throw something at the TV. Take a drink if you don't hit Wesley.
Before the show, everyone predicts Dr. Crusher's hairstyle. Everyone who is wrong has to take a drink.
Whenever Troi gets a headache, drink until the headache subsides.
Before the show, everyone predicts Guinan's hat style (stop sign or teardrop). Everyone who is wrong has to take a drink.
Whenever Data embarasses himself, drink until somebody stops him.
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