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Pub crawl games and bar crawl bingo

The easiest pub crawl game is bar crawl bingo: everyone gets a card of things that might happen tonight, like someone orders the wrong drink or the bartender knows a name. Tick them off as they happen, and the first person with a full row, column or diagonal shouts bingo.

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Every card is shuffled, so no two people get the same one. Print several at once and hand them out at the first bar.

Make a card on your phone with the generator on this page, or print a different card for every person in the group. Below you'll find 40 challenges and a set of funny rules for the rest of the night.

Players
2 to 20
Bingo squares
60
Challenges
40
Cards
Phone or print

Bar crawl bingo: how to play

  1. Make the cardsUse the generator at the top of the page. A 4 by 4 card plays in one night, 5 by 5 takes longer and has a free square in the middle.
  2. Hand them outEveryone plays on their own phone, or you print one card per person at home. Every card is shuffled differently.
  3. Tick off squaresWhen something on your card happens, tap it or cross it out. It counts if you saw it happen, not if you made it happen.
  4. Shout bingoThe first person with a full row, column or diagonal wins the round. Decide the prize before you start: picking the next bar is a good one.

These are the squares the generator picks from. Switch groups on and off above the card to change the mix.

Bar crawl classics

20
  1. Someone orders the wrong drink
  2. A toast to someone who isn't here
  3. Someone loses their card
  4. A group photo goes wrong
  5. Someone says just one more
  6. The bar is out of something
  7. Someone sings along loudly
  8. A drink gets spilled
  9. Someone gasps at the time
  10. We get lost between bars
  11. Someone says honestly a lot
  12. A round of water for everyone
  13. Someone takes their shoes off
  14. A friend joins late
  15. Someone leaves and comes back
  16. A deep conversation in the queue
  17. The same story twice
  18. The group chat explodes
  19. Someone says I'm not drunk
  20. A dance move nobody asked for

Bartenders and strangers

20
  1. The bartender knows a name
  2. A stranger joins the group photo
  3. Someone gets a free drink
  4. A stranger asks the occasion
  5. Someone is mistaken for staff
  6. Another crawl group
  7. A stranger sings with us
  8. An outfit compliment
  9. The DJ plays a request
  10. A dog in the bar
  11. Someone meets an old friend
  12. A bartender does a trick
  13. A table gives us their seats
  14. A stranger buys a round
  15. Someone gets a phone number
  16. A street musician on the way
  17. Someone hugs a bouncer
  18. A birthday in the same bar
  19. Someone is asked for ID
  20. A chatty taxi driver

Group chaos

20
  1. Someone says bye, then stays
  2. Two people in the same outfit
  3. Someone's phone dies
  4. An argument about the next bar
  5. Someone orders food, no kitchen
  6. A speech nobody planned
  7. Someone calls their mum
  8. Somebody does a cartwheel
  9. A secret is revealed
  10. Let's do this every week
  11. Someone falls asleep in a booth
  12. A selfie with the bartender
  13. Someone pays for the wrong tab
  14. The group splits in two
  15. Someone texts their ex
  16. Someone knows a shortcut
  17. A plan to start a band
  18. Someone hugs everyone
  19. A bar with only one toilet
  20. Someone wins at darts or pool

Bonus square

Snap the glass, prove the square

Ticked a bingo square and nobody believes you? Snap your glass in Dronk. The app cuts it out like a sticker, prints a polaroid with the time and pins it on the map, so the whole crawl is there the next day as proof.

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The instant camera in Dronk snapping a glass of beer
The glass printed as a polaroid with the time

40 pub crawl challenges

Draw one challenge per bar, give them out as secret missions at the start, or let the person who arrives last pick for the group. None of them need anyone to drink more.

At the bar

14
  1. Order your drink in an accent and keep it up until it arrives
  2. Get the bartender to recommend a drink, and order it
  3. Learn one fact about the bar and tell it at the next one
  4. Toast with a stranger and learn their name
  5. Order for someone else without asking what they want
  6. Find something in the bar that matches your outfit
  7. Get a stranger to teach you a handshake
  8. Start a round of applause for the bartender
  9. Take a photo that looks like an album cover
  10. Find out the oldest thing in the bar
  11. Make up a cocktail name and order it, explaining what's in it
  12. Get everyone in the group into one booth
  13. Ask the DJ or bartender for the song of the night
  14. Count how many people in the bar wear glasses

Between bars

10
  1. Walk to the next bar holding hands in a chain
  2. Get a high five from five strangers
  3. Take a photo with a street sign that has a name in the group
  4. Find a stranger with the same birthday month
  5. Sing a chorus together before entering the next bar
  6. Walk the whole way without saying the word bar
  7. Find someone else in a costume
  8. Have a stranger rate the group's outfits out of ten
  9. Everyone says what they'd order at the next bar, nobody can repeat
  10. Find the cheapest takeaway on the route

Secret missions

16
  1. Get someone in the group to say your name three times
  2. Make someone order a drink you chose
  3. Start a toast to something ridiculous
  4. Get the group to move tables
  5. Make someone laugh at a terrible joke
  6. Get a stranger to take the group photo
  7. Convince someone you've been here before
  8. Steer the conversation to your favourite film
  9. Get someone to swap seats with you
  10. Make everyone check the time at once
  11. Get someone to say I love this place
  12. Have someone ask you for advice
  13. Get the group to agree on a team name
  14. Make someone order water without asking them directly
  15. Get a stranger to wave at the group
  16. Get someone to tell their most embarrassing story

Bingo square: someone gets lost

With Dronk, nobody stays lost for long. Snap your glass and you show up on the map for the friends you pick, so the group sees which bar everyone is in and can send a come over. Only while you're out, and incognito is one tap away.

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The Dronk map with friends and their glasses tonight

Funny pub crawl rules

Pick five rules before the first bar. Breaking one costs a forfeit that the group chooses, like singing the next chorus, wearing a silly hat for one bar or buying the crisps. Keep forfeits about fun, not about drinking more.

  • No saying the word drink. Call it something else all night.
  • No pointing. Use your elbow.
  • Left hand only, all night.
  • Every new bar starts with a group toast to something random.
  • Nobody can say no. Say maybe or let me think about it instead.
  • If someone checks their phone, they owe the group a compliment.
  • No first names. Everyone gets a nickname at the first bar.
  • The last person through the door holds it for the whole group.
  • Every bar, someone new is the leader and picks the next stop.
  • Matching shoe laces or socks. Forget them and you wear a sign.

More games for the crawl

  • Pub golf: every bar is a hole with a drink and a par. Free scorecard on the page.
  • The imposter game: one person doesn't know the secret word. Great for a corner table.
  • The Bomb: say a word in the category before the phone explodes.
  • Most Likely To: everyone points at once. Perfect between rounds.

Questions people ask

What are good games for a pub crawl?

Bar crawl bingo, pub golf and secret missions are the three that work best, because they keep going between bars without anyone needing cards or a table.

How do you play bar crawl bingo?

Everyone gets a bingo card of things that might happen tonight. Tick them off when they happen. The first full row, column or diagonal wins.

What are some fun challenges for a pub crawl?

Order in an accent, toast with a stranger and learn their name, take an album cover photo, or get the bartender to recommend a drink. There are 40 on this page.

What are some funny rules for a pub crawl?

Left hand only, no pointing, no saying the word drink, and everyone gets a nickname at the first bar. Forfeits should be silly, not more drinks.

Can I print bar crawl bingo cards?

Yes. Make a card above, choose how many to print and press Print cards. Every card is shuffled, so nobody gets the same one.

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