Blackout is a drinking game

Drinking game

Drinking games are games which involve the consumption of alcoholic beverages. These games vary widely in scope and complexity, although the purpose of most is to become intoxicated as quickly as possible...

 which mixes beer pong

Beer pong

Beer pong, also known as Beirut, is a drinking game in which players throw a ping pong ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup of beer on the other end. The game typically consists of two two-to-four-player teams and multiple cups set up, in triangle formation, on each side...

 and flip cup

Flip cup

Flip cup is a team-based drinking game.Two teams of an equal number of players stand on opposite sides of a table, facing one another. The players directly facing are opponents. In front of each teammate is a disposable plastic cup filled with a set amount of beer...

with at least 4 players on each of the two teams.

Set up

The game is played on a beer pong table with six disposable cups set up in beer pong fashion at each end of the table, and one cup for flipping for each of the players. The players line up across from each other on either side of the table as in flip cup with the player flipping first at opposite corners of the table.

Game Play

All players fill their flipping cup with the alcoholic beverage of their choice and "match up" with the player opposite them as in flip cup.

When everyone is ready the first players on each team drink all of the content of their cup and then attempt to flip the cup by placing it up-right on the table and tapping the bottom until the cup lands upside down on the table.

After the 1st person on the team flips his cup, the second may begin drinking and flipping his cup. When this cup has been flipped, the third player may begin. This continues until the last person on the team flips his cup.

When the last cup on the team's side has been flipped, the last flipper tosses a ping pong ball at the cups at the opposite end of the table, aiming to sink the ball into one of the cups. If the ball makes it, the round is over, the cup is removed, the players rotate (i.e. the shooter becomes first player, the second becomes the third etc.) and the game starts again.

If the player misses his team starts again with the first player drinking and beginning to flip his cup. There is no break in game play if the shooter misses, hence it is common for players to refill their cups directly after the cup is flipped. Teams continue to play flip cup and shoot the ball until one team sinks the beer pong shot, then they both follow the procedure outlined above.

The game is won when a team and cause all six beer pong cups to be removed from the table.