Rob Barrett

Doodle Pong

Posted on July 22, 2009 at 4:51pm

After a mis-tweet by @thedoodlebar earlier today, here are the rules to my newly invented game of Doodle Pong.

1. The umpire writes a selection of words or phrases on scraps of paper and places them in cups at one end of the ping pong table, like in Beer Pong.
2. Two teams of two players are selected to play. From the opposite end of the table to the cups, Player 1 from Team 1 bounces the ball on the table in an attempt to land it in a cup.
3. If the ball does not land in a cup, play passes to Player 1 in Team 2.
4. If it does land in a cup, Player 1 must read the phrase on the scrap of paper. He then has 1 minute to draw the word/phrase. If Player 2 (of the same team) guesses the phrase in that time, Team 1 scores a point. Play then passes to Team 2 after the umpire has replaced the phrase with a new one.
5. Each time a Team has an attempt at landing the ball in a cup, the throwing Player must alternate.
6. If a Team scores 5 points, and is clear of the opposing Team’s score by 2 or more points, then they win the match.
7. If a Team reaches 5 points but isn’t 2 points clear, then play continues until either Team’s score exceeds their opponent’s by 2.

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