“Vietpong is a wildly unbalanced game where imperialism meets alcoholism, and the only thing bouncing more than strategy is the ball.”
Objective
Team USA is trying to eliminate all of Team Vietnam’s cups.
Team Vietnam is just trying to survive and make America drink itself into defeat.
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What you need
All you need is:
Some cups (plastic cups work well, but you can use glasses or mugs to make the game more difficult!
A ping-pong ball (tennis balls aren’t going to work too well and will make for a pretty boring game!)
Alcohol… and lots of it
A group of people ready to get wrecked.
Setup
Team USA
- 10 cups in the standard beer pong triangle.
- Each filled to normal pong levels (about 1/4 to 1/3 full).
- Cups stay fixed. No movement. No negotiation. Just doomed patriotism.
Team Vietnam
- 10 cups, filled all the way to the top.
- Can place them anywhere on their side of the table. Corners, edges, under chairs—you name it.
- Vietnam can reposition their cups after every turn. Yes, that includes hiding behind other cups or stacking them like some jungle warfare Picasso.
Core Rule: Ball Must Bounce
Every shot must bounce at least once before entering a cup.
No bounce = no glory = no cup.
This applies to both teams. You’re in the mud now, soldier.
How to Play
USA goes first—naturally.
- Teams alternate turns, 2 shots per round.
- The bounce is your lifeline, your tactic, and your curse.
When a Cup is Hit
If USA sinks a Vietnam cup:
- That cup is removed from the table.
- Vietnam must chug the full cup—no sipping, no tears.
- One down. Nine jungle traps to go.
If Vietnam sinks a USA cup:
- USA drinks it.
- Refills it.
- Places it right back in the triangle.
- They get an additional shot that turn only, hitting back with more firepower.
- That’s right—Vietnam doesn’t eliminate cups. They wear USA down with endless drinking. Attrition at its finest.
How to Win
- USA wins by eliminating all 10 of Vietnam’s cups.
- Vietnam wins when USA gives up, throws up, blacks out, or quotes Apocalypse Now unironically.
There’s no score. Only shame.
Optional House Rules (For Real Degenerates)
Napalm Mode
If USA lands two cups in one round, Vietnam has to down a shot of spirits on top of the two hit cups. Burn it all down.
Tunnel Rat
Once per game, Vietnam can hide one cup under the table for a single turn. If it gets hit (yes, they can still aim there), it counts as two cups.
Draft Dodger
If a player refuses to drink their punishment, they must play the next round shirtless—or pantsless. Their choice. Freedom costs something.
Vietpong
This isn’t just a drinking game. It’s an allegory. A lesson. A fever dream.
USA walks in with clean cups, clean rules, and inflated confidence. Vietnam rewrites the terrain.
By round four, someone’s accusing the cups of moving (they are), someone’s doing tactical crawls under the table, and everyone’s learning a little something about overcommitment and hangovers.
It’s chaos. It’s asymmetric.
It’s Viet Pong.
Get ready for war soldier!