"Padron e sotta"(Master and servant) is a southern italian, card based, drinking game. In every game the one who gets the higher score is the Padron, the second higher score is the Sotta.
The Padron has to make invitation and the Sotta has to accept or decline, making some
people drink and some others no, forming in this way teams.
Padron - "A glass of
beer to
Aldo and two to Stefano"
Sotta - "No"
Padron - "A glass to you and one to Aldo"
Sotta - "Yes"
The game ends when everyone has drank at least a glass (usually of
beer, wine back in the old days when
people were made of steel), or when
the number of rounds prearranged is reached. A round ends when everyone has been the dealer.
The
person who hasn't drank for the whole game is called "Urm" and will be mocked for the rest of the evening. (for the rest of his life if the game was really competitive)