Before you head out to any of the hundreds of events that we list, we imagine you’ll probably be consuming some alcohol. Ingesting alcohol can be boring, tedious, a chore - but apart from filling up an I.V. bag and getting stuck in, you pretty much have to drink it.

So, reminiscent of our childhood years where our parents would fly aeroplanes of broccoli into our stupid faces, in our adult years we play games with our booze, this time flying our own aeroplanes into our now much, much, stupider faces.

The only issue with drinking games is that, when you’re on the sauce two or three times a week, they become staler than a Channel Four bake off. So, in the interest of keeping things fresh, we’ve compiled some easy to play drinking games that you might not have to played to death. Enjoy:

#1 Straight Face

Everybody writes a sentence on a slip of paper. One at a time, each player takes a slip from the middle and reads it aloud. If they cannot read it without keeping a straight face, they drink. Get creative.

#2 Most Likely

Everyone sits in a circle and takes it in turns to pitch a ‘most likely’ question. For instance, ‘who would be most likely to beat Vladimir Putin in a fight to the death?’ or ‘who would be most likely to be pass out at pre-drinks’.

On the count of three, everyone points to their most likely pick. You take a drink for every person pointing at you. This is a reputation-based game, so you should be able to predict how well you'll fare. Finally, because we know how lazy you all are, here is a website that will come up with all the questions for you. 

#3 Minesweeper

Create a grid of shots, however large you like, and fill 70% of them with water and 30% with a clear spirit of your choice. Just like stepping on a landmine, once you’ve touched a shot, there’s no turning back.

For maximum fun: pretend you got the opposite shot to what you drank, very difficult to pull off but will ensure a tactical victory.

#4 Power Hour

This is not so much a game as it is an emergency procedure. You’ve only got an hour left until you’ve got to leave for the club and you’re stone cold sober. Solution? Drink a shot of beer every minute for 60 minutes. If someone gives up, they’re like, a loser, or whatever.

#5 Snap

Okay, so everyone knows this one, but it’s potential as a drinking game is vastly underrated. The game gets particularly spicy when you add in rules such as: everyone starts with their snapping hand behind their back, if you falsely snap you must remove an item of clothing, and if you do not attempt a snap all game then you are sent to a labour camp in Swindon.

Bonus: Wheat bread

We do not recommend you play this drinking game, but we stumbled across it whilst researching the article and just had to share it with the world. On the plus side though, no mates required.