Official Rules of "POWER DREIDEL!"
SETUP:
-Form a circle with
3 or more
people, taking turns, clockwise.
-The
game requires
2 dreidels. 1 main dreidel & 1 bonus dreidel.
-
Set aside a large cup as the community chalice & fill with 1 drink of beer at the beginning of the
game.
-Set one
shot of liquor beside community chalice.
HOW TO PLAY:
-Spin main dreidel. If it lands on...
Gimmel: Take 1 drink.
Hay: Pour 1 drink of your beverage into community chalice.
Nun: Give 1 drink to person of choice.
Shin: Drink all contents of community chalice
...OR risk it & spin the BONUS DREIDEL!
-The bonus dreidel allows a person who spun Shin a chance to avoid drinking the community chalice.
-Spin the bonus dreidel. If it lands on...
Nun: Choose someone else to drink community chalice.
Shin: Drink all contents of community chalice AND the
shot of liquor.
Gimmel/Hay: Drink the community chalice.
-Any
time the community chalice and/or
shot is emptied, refill with a respective drink of beer and
shot.
ADVANCED RULES (optional)
-When someone spins the bonus dreidel, form a circle, do a Hasidic style
dance, and loudly chant "BO-NUS DREI-DEL, BO-NUS DREI-DEL, BO-NUS DREI-DEL!"
-All participants vary drink types to make community chalice less desirable.
-Specify a designated bonus dreidel guardian who is the official caretaker of the bonus dreidel.
