Boat Race Drinking Game is more than a game of skill. The speed with which a participant drinks is important in this game. Also known as a beer on the table drinking game, the game is usually between two teams of equal numbers. The rules of the game are can be alternated depending on the people playing it. Nonetheless the rules will always involve a team drinking in succession and the objective is always to be the first team to finish.

The Boat Race "Drinking Game" has certain rules which include determining the number of male or female players as well as drinkers, the container that is to be used in the drinking, and the kind of drink to be consumed during the game. There are also rules that must be followed as far as punishment is concerned especially when the alcohol is spilled. This is a game that is very common in many universities and college campuses.

Basically in the Boat Race Drinking Game, two teams will race to complete a certain alcoholic drink and the team that consumes their alcohol the fastest wins. Each player will have a cup or mug that has to be equal for every player and team and each player will have one chair regardless of which team they are on. There will be beer or a mixed drink of choice and the players are divided into two even teams. Their chairs are then aligned in rows side by side.

The first participants are sited in the front rows and the second participants are placed right behind them, the third behind the second and the fourth behind the third and so forth. All the participants are given a full beer and they pour all the beer on their cups or mugs. The race begins when the first players on opposite sides drink their beers as fast as they can. When they finish, they turn their cups or mugs upside down and balance them on their heads.

During the Boat Race Drinking Game, if the players do not finish the beer on their cups or mugs, they will be a spill on their heads and this will result in a fine. The next player in line can go when the first player has balanced the cup or mug on their head and so forth. This game ends when one team is the first to have all their players balance their empty mugs or cups on their heads. Two rules must be observed. The first is that your team mates cannot start drinking until the player ahead of you has balanced their cup on their heads. Secondly, the players must be sitting down when drinking their beer. The first team to place their last glass on the table emerges the winner.

Boat Race Drinking Game is very popular with many university students and competitions are always held very intensely between different year levels, faculties as well as different universities. An alternative version of this drinking game can be played with each player having two glasses of beers. The race thus goes down the line and returns and the turn around players have to drink two beers in a row.