Drinking Culture:
Scientific literature categorizes communities based on their attitude toward alcoholic beverages. Austria falls into a category with a determined drinking culture where many daily life occasions are closely linked to alcohol consumption. Considering the local drinking habits and cultural aspects is essential in choosing packaging for card drinking games to establish an authentic connection.
• Alcohol-Prohibitive Cultures: These include Islamic countries and communities where a general alcohol ban is in place, allowing alcohol only for medicinal purposes.
• Alcohol-Exceptional Cultures: Cultures that permit alcohol consumption only on clearly defined, rare occasions and in limited quantities. The Jewish culture falls into this category.
• Alcohol-Permissive Cultures: These cultures allow alcohol consumption on specific occasions. There is a distinction between cultures where alcohol is a daily beverage, for example, consumed with meals in smaller quantities (such as Spain, Italy, Greece, and France), and cultures where alcohol is primarily consumed on weekends and during festivities, often in larger quantities, as seen in Scandinavia.
• Alcohol-Determined Cultures: In these cultures, many everyday events are closely linked to alcohol consumption, such as birthdays, weddings, baptisms, funerals, corporate events, etc. Moderate drunkenness is accepted within certain limits. Wagner includes Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands in this category.
• Alcohol-Excessive Cultures: These cultures consider alcohol consumption as a norm, and the state of intoxication is viewed as a sign of masculinity, strength, generosity, etc. Predominantly, high-proof alcoholic beverages are consumed. Wagner associates many Slavic countries with this category.
Drinking Games and Their History:
Drinking games have a rich history, dating back to ancient Greece with games like Kottabos. From Renaissance-era drinking ships to modern games like Beer Pong, diverse types of games offer various packaging design possibilities based on their randomness, skill requirements, or truth-or-dare elements.
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Card drinking games are consistently popular, requiring minimal accessories. Most card games traditionally come in flip-top packaging.
Examples of card drinking games:
You Laugh You Drink: A game designed for those who struggle to maintain a serious face. The card set features humorous prompts that induce laughter and drinking actions. When it’s your turn, follow the card’s instructions without holding back. Can you keep a straight face when someone performs emotional breakdown dance moves or suddenly engages in parkour around you? The package includes one card set in flip-top packaging.
You Laugh You Drink – Party Game
- Cards Against Humanity: Each player receives ten white cards. The player who last relieved themselves becomes the „Card Czar“ and starts by drawing a black card, reading its contents. All other players choose the card from their ten that they find most fitting (politically incorrect, inappropriate, gross, offensive, or simply super funny) and submit it covertly to the Card Czar. The Czar reads all selected variations and decides the winner for that round. Simple, right? Even easy to follow when not completely sober. Cards Against Humanity is perfect for a fun evening with friends, family, and/or alcohol.
- Most Likely To: Featuring 220 funny and outrageous questions, this game is for those who don’t take themselves too seriously. With four card categories—Dirty Secrets, Wild Times, Bad Person, and Cringe—players tap into unspoken truths. The simple rules involve pointing out who in the room is most likely to do or experience what the card describes. From Christmas and birthday parties to New Year’s, graduations, bachelorette parties, and festivals, these cards are a must for any lively event.
Most Likely To – Extreme Party Card Game
Packaging for card drinking games varies, including rectangular boxes, robust metal tins, transparent plastic containers, fabric bags, or cylindrical tubes. Some games combine other items like drinking glasses, dice, or accessories, offering a complete package. The choice of packaging often aligns with the game concept, style, and aesthetic preferences of the target audience. It is crucial that the packaging not only serves its functional purpose but also reflects the theme and character of the card drinking game.
