How to play

Sober
As A Judge

Real cases · your verdict · wrong = drink

You are the bench. Every case gets a verdict — guilty or not — and when the court overrules you, you drink.

Upheld, you’re clear · overruled, you drink

Drink
How a session runs
  1. Open the bench

    Start a game and you’re the Chief Justice. Share the four-letter room code; the rest of the bench votes from their phones.

  2. Set the length

    Quick (5 cases), Standard (10 cases), or Marathon (the full docket).

  3. Hear the case

    The charge and the facts land — names, citation and outcome held back. Argue it out with the bench.

  4. Cast your verdict

    Everyone taps Guilty or Not Guilty and locks in. No changing your mind once it’s in.

  5. Bang the gavel

    The court finds the defendant — the real ruling, the reasoning, and the case citation, revealed at last.

  6. Pour accordingly

    Everyone who called it wrong owes sips. Read the court right and you’re clear. Next case.

What a wrong call costs
Easy
1sip
Medium
2sips
Hard
3sips

The harder the case, the more it stings to miss. Drinks Ordered keeps a running count of every sip owed.

Tipping the scales
🛡

Shield

Three verdicts right in a row earns a shield. It soaks up your next wrong call — walk away dry.

Sentence

Only Judge who got it right? You get to hand 2 sips to whichever guilty conscience you choose.

🥂

Cheers & overruled

The whole bench right is a flawless bench — cheers all round. The whole bench wrong is overruled — everyone drinks.

Contempt

Miss two in a row and you’re held in contempt of court — no penalty but the shame of it.

The Chief Justice’s powers

Recess

Call a timed health break — 5, 10 or 15 minutes. Every bench sees the same countdown, and court resumes automatically when it runs out (or the moment you tap Resume).

Adjourn

Ended up somewhere better to be? Adjourn court for the day closes the docket early and goes straight to the awards — no need to finish every case.

Last call — the awards
Most Impervious
The driest Judge
Fewest drinks ordered when the gavel falls
Most Thirsty
The heaviest tab
Most drinks ordered when the gavel falls
The concession stand

Beyond the base docket, themed Case Packs unlock more collections — held to the same standard, real cases with real citations. Buy once; it unlocks for your whole bench.

House rules
Enter the courtroom →

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