Chickenshit Rules
Chickenshit is the drinking card game designed to be played in public.
In short, you do challenges for points with complete strangers.
Below are the official rules in case you want to know how to play Chickenshit, or you just want a quick refresher.
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Chickenshit Rules
What do you need to play?
Chickenshit. (on Amazon)
Strangers in the area.
A table or bar for HOME BASE.
Alcoholic drinks. (optional)
Players
2 or more players.
SETUP
Choose a home base where you’ll play the game.
Get drinks for every player. (optional)
Shuffle all of the Chickenshit cards and place the deck face down on the table.
Determine the play order. (clockwise, by birthdate, etc.)
GAMEPLAY
Draw a card.
If it’s a FORTUNE CARD, read it aloud and do as it says.
If it’s an EGG CARD, keep it, and play it at any time as stated on the card.
If it’s a CHALLENGE CARD, you have 3 minutes to complete it with a stranger and make it back to home base. (use a phone timer)
If you accomplish the challenge and make it back to HOME BASE before the time runs out, keep that card.
If you fail a challenge, put that card in the discard pile. (and take a drink if playing with alcohol)
GROUP CHALLENGES
For cards that say GROUP CHALLENGE on them, all the players must compete against one another. The winner of the GROUP CHALLENGE gets to keep that card, or take a random card from an opponent of their choosing and put the GROUP CHALLENGE card into the discard pile. (if playing with alcohol, all the other players must take a drink)
LEGEND CARDS
Some cards say LEGEND on them. These have the same time limits and rules of regular challenge cards, but players can choose not to accept LEGEND CARDS without penalty, put them in the discard pile and draw a new card.
MISCELLANEOUS
No targets can be people you already know.
You can attempt a challenge on as many targets as you want within the 3-minute time limit.
You must make it back to HOME BASE within the time limit to win the card.
After an EGG, FORTUNE or GROUP CHALLENGE is played, the play order always continues from where it left off.
Don’t annoy people, try to be as respectful as possible while playing, and definitely don’t touch people without asking or knowing they’re okay with it.
Winning the Game
Once the last card in the deck has been drawn, tally up all the points each card is worth. Whichever player has the most points wins.
Alternate Game Modes
LEGENDARY MODE
LEGENDARY MODE is an alternate gameplay mode where you can’t tell people you’re playing the game before getting them to help you complete a challenge.
All the other rules are the same as in standard gameplay.
LEGENDARY MODE is perfect for house parties or places where you know the people attending, or if you’re just looking for more of a challenge.
BLITZKRIEG MODE
To play BLITZKRIEG MODE, remove all the FORTUNE, EGG and GROUP CHALLENGE cards from the deck.
Each player draws a card before the game begins. Don’t look at it.
When the game starts, all players do challenges simultaneously in a race to be the first to 10 points.
There are no time limits on challenges.
To skip a challenge, take a drink and put that challenge in the discard pile.
All the other rules remain the same as in standard gameplay.
