Thumper is a table full of people drumming, a hand sign for every player, and a chain of signs that only breaks when somebody's brain goes blank.
Sit in a circle. Every player invents their own hand sign, then shows it around the table once so everybody has seen it. That single pass is the only time anybody gets to study the signs, which is why Thumper punishes people who show up late.
Once the signs are around, everyone starts drumming the table. The drumming never stops while a round is live.
The first player throws their own sign, then somebody else's. That names the next player.
The player who was named fires back with their own sign, then a new one, and it keeps rolling around the table. Your sign first, then theirs, every single time.
Hesitate, miss your cue, or throw the wrong sign, and you drink. The drumming starts over from the beginning.
The drumming gets faster every round, which is what turns an easy memory game into a hard one. And when someone shouts what's the name of the game?, the whole table thunders back: Thumper.
Nobody wins Thumper. The chain breaks, somebody drinks, the drumming restarts, and the tempo climbs again.
Thumper needs nothing but a table, which makes it the game to reach for when the cups have all gone missing. More printable rules, scorecards and dare decks are in the Party Pack, and the free Party Starter Pack gets you going tonight.
Everyone picks a new sign after each break. It resets the memory advantage of anyone who has been playing all night.
Restart the drumming at the original tempo after a break rather than keeping the speed. It makes for a much longer game.
This game involves alcohol. Please drink responsibly. Intended for adults 21 and older in the United States.
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