Drink roulette: spin the wheel, do what it says
Drink roulette is a spin the wheel drinking game: each player spins in turn and does whatever the wheel lands on, from taking a sip to starting a new rule or answering a truth. Spin the wheel below, or switch to the names wheel to let it pick who drinks.
Tap Spin. Whatever it lands on happens.
How to play drink roulette
- Pass one phone around the table. Everyone needs a drink, and there should be water on the table.
- Spin on your turn. The pointer at the top decides.
- Do what it lands on. Sips are sips, not full drinks. The card segments deal a real card from the Wrecked deck: a never have I ever, a truth, or a new rule.
- Pass the phone on to the player on your left.
Play for a set number of rounds, or until the drinks run out, whichever comes first.
What is on the wheel
| Segment | What happens |
|---|---|
| Take a sip | The spinner sips. |
| Take 2 sips | The spinner sips twice. |
| Give 2 sips | Hand out two sips to one or two players. |
| Everyone sips | The whole table drinks. |
| Spinner picks | Point at someone; they sip. |
| Never have I ever | Read the card. Anyone who has done it sips. |
| Truth or drink | Answer the question, or drink what the card says. |
| New rule | A rule for the table, until someone spins a new one. Break it and you drink. |
| Water round | Everyone drinks a glass of water. |
| Safe | Nothing happens. |
The cards come from Wrecked’s free modes, the same ones the app deals, with the explicit ones left out for this page.
The “Who drinks?” wheel
Switch the wheel to Who drinks? and type your players’ names, separated by commas. Each spin picks one player to take a sip. Turn on Take each player off the wheel and it works like a fair draw: nobody gets picked twice until everyone has been picked once.
It also works as a picker for anything else: who reads the next card, who starts, who goes to get the pizza.
Russian Roulette, the version in the app
Wrecked has its own roulette. Every five cards the game throws a mid-game event at the table, and one of them is Russian Roulette: the app loads one chamber, goes around the table one player at a time, and whoever sits in the loaded chamber takes the penalty. Pull the trigger to try it.
Mid-game event
Russian Roulette
Each player pulls the trigger. One unlucky player drinks 5. Everyone else walks free.
The full game has 12 events like this, plus King’s Rules that stack, hot seat questions, votes and dares, and a verdict for every player at the end of the night.
Make your own wheel
Playing without a phone? Draw a circle on paper, split it into eight or ten slices, write an action in each and spin a bottle in the middle. Keep the slices small: sips, questions, rules and at least one water slice. Out of ideas for the questions? Our never have I ever generator and truth or dare generator deal real cards.
Keep the wheel friendly
A wheel can land on the same person three times in a row. Anyone can pass a spin, switch to water or sit a round out, and that is fine. Stick to sips, eat something first, and keep the water round on the wheel. Our responsible drinking page has more.
Want something to do between spins? Try drinking bingo, or browse all the drinking games without cards.
Questions people ask
How do you play drink roulette?
Pass one phone around. On your turn, spin the wheel and do what it lands on: take or give sips, answer a truth, play a never have I ever, or start a new rule. Then pass the phone to the next player.
Can the wheel pick who drinks?
Yes. Switch to the Who drinks? wheel, type your players' names separated by commas, and spin. Tick the option to take each player off the wheel once picked, so everyone gets a turn before anyone is picked twice.
Is drink roulette the same as Russian Roulette?
No. Drink roulette is a wheel of actions. Russian Roulette in Wrecked is a mid-game event: the app loads one chamber, goes around the table, and the player in the loaded chamber takes the penalty. You can try it on this page.
Does the wheel use shots?
No. Every segment is in sips, and one segment is a water round for the whole table. Swap sips for points or soft drinks and it works without alcohol too.
Who's gettingwrecked tonight?
Wrecked turns all of this into one game on one phone: 1,800+ cards, rules that stack, chaos every 5 cards and a personal roast for everyone at the end.
