{"id":3981,"date":"2021-04-27T14:17:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsplayadrinkinggame.com\/?p=3981"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:08:51","slug":"free-pong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letsplayadrinkinggame.com\/party-games\/free-pong\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Pong: An Innovative New Way To Play Beer Pong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beer pong is a great drinking game, as long as you have a big table, lots of space, and floors you don\u2019t mind getting messy. But it\u2019s not the ideal game if you\u2019re trying to play in a confined space. If you\u2019ve ever tried playing beer pong in an apartment (or even worse – a college dorm room!) you know that it\u2019s pretty much a no-go. But don\u2019t fret – there\u2019s a new game on the market that\u2019s making pong accessible to everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s called Free Pong<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free Pong is vertical beer pong. It\u2019s a ready-made kit that sturdily mounts to the wall and allows you to play pong in whatever space you have available. As their tagline says, you can get \u201call of the thrills with none of the spills.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve tested out Free Pong, and we love it. We really think there are a bunch of people out there who might even prefer it. You can play it in an apartment, over carpet, or even in a bedroom (lookin\u2019 at you, college kids). <\/p>\n\n\n

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Advantages of Free Pong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. You don\u2019t need as much space. This game basically lets you play beer pong without a table. All you need is a 2\u2019x2\u2019 space on a wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Less spillage. It\u2019s easy to knock a cup off a table, but with Free Pong, the cups are mounted to the wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. It\u2019s stylish. The wooden board that comes with the game is cut with intricate designs. Once you put away the cups and metal rings, it honestly looks like wall d\u00e9cor. Might as well leave it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Do You Set Up Free Pong?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Free Pong kit comes with a wooden board you mount to the wall with Command Strips. You then insert the 6 curved metal cup holders into the pre-cut slits. From there, you just set your solo cups into the holders, and you\u2019re ready to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with beer pong, you can choose to actually put beer in the cups or not. (Some people don\u2019t, because of the whole \u201cball bounces on ground then goes in beer\u201d thing. It is kinda gross. Try not to think about it.) With regular beer pong, if you decide to play without beer in the cups, you\u2019ve got to put water in them instead to weigh them down. But with Free Pong, that\u2019s not really necessary. The metal rings will hold them in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re done with the game, all you really have to do is put away the metal rings and cups, which don\u2019t take up a lot of space. <\/p>\n\n\n

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How Do You Play Free Pong?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The basic rules are similar to beer pong. (If you need a refresher on beer pong rules, you can see a full guide here<\/a><\/span>.) The goal is to sink more cups than your opponents do. The big difference here is that instead of your cups sitting in a triangle shape flat on a table, you\u2019re shooting at a pyramid of cups on the wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can play 1v1 or 2v2. In Free Pong, you and your opponent(s) will shoot at the same board. There are 6 cups, so the first to sink 4 wins. When you make the ball in a cup, your opponent will take it off the wall, drink the beer (if you\u2019re playing with beer), and set it aside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is a tie (i.e. each team gets 3 of the 6 cups), you re-rack 3 cups, and the first to get 2 of the 3 wins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want the game to feel a little more like traditional beer pong, you can set up two Free Pong boards next to each other. That way you each must sink the usual 6 cups to win. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The same rules you know and love from beer pong can also apply to Free Pong. Remember to take house rules into consideration, but here are a few examples from beer pong that you can adapt to this new game:<\/p>\n\n\n\n