The Drinking Game Where Only the Wasted Survive
If you’ve ever wanted to stumble through the end of the world with a drink in your hand and a pair of ski goggles strapped to your face, then welcome to Post-Apocalyptic Pub Crawl — the wild party game where Mad Max meets bottomless brunch and nobody gets out sober.
This is more than just a pub crawl. It’s a drunken dystopian challenge, complete with team missions, ridiculous laws, and savage punishments. Whether you’re roaming your own house or dragging your team through local bars, this game turns your night out (or in) into a booze-fuelled survival story.
Perfect for house parties, bar crawls, birthdays, hen/stag dos, or any night where you want to drink like it’s the end of days.
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What You Need
- 4 or more players (works best in teams of 2–5)
- A house with multiple rooms or a route through several bars
- Pre-chosen drinks for each zone (or order drinks when you arrive)
- Props for each zone (optional but fun: goggles, ropes, duct tape, signs)
- A clear set of laws per zone
- Mixer or water to represent “rations”
- A good sense of humour and a loose grip on reality
The Core Idea
You and your fellow survivors must journey through a series of zones (a.k.a. rooms or bars), each with their own law, drink, and challenge. If you break the law, you lose your rations — your mixers, chasers, or water — and have to drink your next drink straight.
The further you go, the weirder it gets.
How to Set It Up
- Create your zones
Each zone is a room or bar stop. Give it a dramatic name and a rule. You’ll need at least three zones to start — more if you want an extended crawl. - Assign drinks to each zone
Each stop must involve a drink — beer, cider, wine, cocktails, or a shot. If you’re in a bar crawl, everyone orders the same drink at each stop. If you’re at home, pre-set drinks in each room. - Establish the law of the land
Each zone has a law players must follow while drinking there. Break the law, and you lose rations (no mixer, no mercy). The laws should be weird, mildly inconvenient, and hilarious under pressure.
Sample Zones
Zone 1: The Gruntlands
- Law: You can only communicate in grunts.
- Drink: Lager or beer.
- Challenge: Order your drink without using words.
Zone 2: The Tethered Wastes
- Law: One arm must be tied to a teammate.
- Drink: A cocktail.
- Challenge: Mix and pour your drinks using only your free hands.
Zone 3: The Blinding Dunes
- Law: Everyone must wear goggles or sunglasses.
- Drink: Tequila shot.
- Challenge: Find the lime slice hidden somewhere in the room.
Zone 4: The Radioactive Core
- Law: No touching your own drink — someone else must hold it to your mouth.
- Drink: Mystery shot (spin a wheel or draw from a hat).
- Challenge: Take the shot while standing on one leg.
Zone 5: Final Zone – The Citadel of Doom
- Law: No speaking at all. Break the silence, drink double.
- Drink: Whatever’s left.
- Challenge: Survive without snorting from laughter.
Ration Rules (Penalties)
You start the game with full rations — that means you can chase your drinks, mix them, or water them down.
Break a law? You lose rations for the next zone. That means no mixer, no water, and you take your drink straight and fast.
Break a second law? Lose rations and take a forfeit (e.g. carry a garden gnome for the rest of the game, crawl between rooms, etc.)
How to Win
There’s no clear winner in the apocalypse — only survivors and legends. But here’s how you can reward your crew:
- Least laws broken: crowned the “Wasteland King/Queen”
- Most dramatic performance: given a fake Oscar and a penalty shot
- First to vomit: banned from being in charge of law enforcement next round
Safety First, Survivors
- Don’t actually tie people up if they’re uncomfortable
- Don’t run through bars yelling about the end times
- Hydrate often (it’s called rations for a reason)
- Know when to tap out — it’s the apocalypse, not a hospital visit
- Play with people you trust — and assign a designated “Commander” to keep things from turning into real chaos
Final Thoughts
Post-Apocalyptic Pub Crawl is one of the best themed drinking games for adults who want to turn a casual night into a dramatic, hilarious, and utterly ridiculous experience. Whether you’re stumbling from kitchen to lounge or bar to bar, you’ll never look at a can of lager or a shot of vodka the same again.
Now go forth, Wasteland Warriors. Drink, grunt, and survive.
