Drinking Game - Ride the Bus

Riding the bus is a popular drinking/card game and is being played in multiple rounds. In the first four rounds, all players obtain a single playing card from the deck of cards after answering a question about this card. This means that after playing the first four rounds, each player contains a total of four cards. In the fifth round, a pyramid of cards is being build. In this round, players can lay down their cards on the pyramid. The player with the most cards left at the end of this round is playing the sixth and final round, named Ride the Bus. In the following, all rounds are being explained in more detail.

1. Red or Black?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card has a red or black color. If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

2. Higher or Lower?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card has a lower or higher value compared to its first card, with two being the lowest value and Ace being the highest value. If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

3. Between or Outside?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card lies between or outside the range of its first two cards. For example, if the first two cards of the player are six and ten, eight would be "Between", while five would be "Outside". If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

4. Do you have the Suit?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card is from the same suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs) as one of its first three cards. If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

5. The Pyramid
In this game, a pyramid of cards is being build. The pyramid exists of four layers, where the bottom layer contains four cards, the second layer three cards, etc. One by one, the cards of the pyramid are turned around, starting at the bottom layer of the pyramid. If a player contains a card with the same value as the turned around card on the pyramid, the player may distribute drinks to fellow players. The number of drinks that a player may distribute, depends on the layer of the pyramid. The higher the layer of the pyramid, the more drinks that may be distributed.

The player with the most cards left at the end of this game, is riding the bus. In case of a tie, the lowest card of these players decides who is riding the bus.

6. Ride the Bus
This game is being played by the loser of the last round. In this game, a new full deck of cards is being used (52 cards). The game exists of five stages, where each stage contains a single card from the deck of cards. The game starts at stage one. The player must guess whether the next card from the deck of cards is higher or lower than the card at the stage. For all stages holds, if the player guesses correctly, the player moves to the next stage, otherwise, the player will move back to the first stage. The card at the current stage will be replaced by the new card from the deck of cards.

The player must drink if a wrong answer is given. The number of drinks depends on the stage. At the first stage, the player must drink once, at the second stage, the player must drink twice, etc.

The game ends when the player provides a correct answers in all stages. Also, if the deck of cards is empty, the game ends.