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Official Rules

Ace Card
Waterfall: All players start to drink. The person who draws the card can stop first and it goes clockwise around them. You must continue to drink until the person to your right stops.
 
King Card
King's Cup: The 4th King drawn must drink the center cup. The first 3 King's may add drinks to the center cups as well as make a rule.
 
Queen Card
Categories: The person who draws the cards picks a category then it goes around clockwise until someone takes more than 5 seconds or repeats one already said.
Example 1: Category is States (New York, Ohio, Florida, etc.)
Example 2: Category is Brands of Beer (Bud, Molson, Corona, etc.)
 
Jack Card
Rhyme: The person who draws the cards picks an initial word to rhyme with. It then goes around clockwise until someone takes more then 5 seconds or repeates a word already said. The initial word MUST rhyme with English words.
Example: Initial word is "Lime" > time > mine, climb, etc.
 
10
Social: Everyone clinks glasses and then drinks for 5 seconds.
 
Red 9
Red 9 (♥ ♦): The person who draws the card must drink for 9 seconds.
 
Black 9
Black 9 (♣ ♠): The person who draws the card can hand out 9 seconds worth of drinking to other players and/or add some of their drink to the center King's Cup.
 
Red 8
Red 8 (♥ ♦): The person who draws the card must drink for 8 seconds.
 
Black 8
Black 8 (♣ ♠)): The person who draws the card can hand out 8 seconds worth of drinking to other players and/or add some of their drink to the center King's Cup.
 
 

History

The game of King's Cup is also known by many other names such as Circle of Death, Kings, and Ring of Fire. Alternate sets for the rules can also be found here.