Pucker Up

Pucker Up hands you a lap of the table and a choice: go round trying to kiss as many players as you can, or skip someone and pay for it. Every player you don't manage to kiss costs you a drink. There's no minimum, no set number of laps, no romance clause in the small print — just you, the room, and however long it takes before the tally gets called.

At a real table this is the one that gets everyone off their seats. Some players do a fast circuit, cheek-kissing whoever's in reach before anyone's had time to object. Others freeze halfway round, working out whether the person two along is single, someone's partner, or giving off a very clear no. Couples in the group get swept up twice as quick, and whoever tries to hide behind their pint is the one the rest of the table starts pointing at.

The only etiquette that matters: nobody owes you a kiss, and drinking is always the graceful way out for both sides. A turned cheek or a flat "no" just goes on your tab, no argument needed. The players who get through this wedge cleanest treat it as a quick round of cheek kisses rather than a hunt for anything more — dignity and drink both left intact.

It sits in the 2nd Circle, one ring out from the board's busiest zone, so it's not the first thing you'll land on but it's far from a rare one either. By the time it turns up, the group's usually a few rounds in and a lot less precious about personal space than when they first sat down.