The best drinking games keep rapidly evolving as groups of friends, app developers, and board game makers race to find new and inventive ways to make people do hilarious and/or uncomfortable things in the name of having a good time.

These days, a game of simple slap cup and a noisy beer chug boat race just isn’t going to cut it for entertainment. You’ve got to put some mustard on it to really make your night’s entertainment memorable, whether it’s a “quiet” pre-night’s drinking game, bachelorette party, or family get together.

Luckily there’s an amazing array of inventive game choices, some of which make up this list of the 8 best drinking games to play before a night out. Just please make sure you drink responsibly and make good choices!

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1. Cards Against Humanity: Hidden Gems

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“America’s #1 gerbil coffin.”

It’s not a stretch to say the Original Cards Against Humanity could be the most entertaining drinking game of all time. It truly is a “party game for horrible people” that has now extended to countless expansion packs and moments of nostalgia.

I once had to try and keep a straight face while my 70+-year-old dad used the term dick fingers in a sentence and then had to chug a beer for mangling it so horribly. It doesn’t get much better than that for a quality card drinking game, and while there are plenty of different options available, Cards remains my personal favorite.

Buy the base game version for starters, but make sure to grab this Hidden Gems Expansion which has some killer additional cards to keep your bedlam fresh!

2. The Power Hour Tower

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I had a homemade oversized Jenga Block tower at my wedding, and it was a massive hit. This adult version of the classic game could be an even better party game, even at normal size.