Jemba Rules

Yo, I’m Ethan and these are the Jemba rules! Link to heading

Click a letter in the table to go to related rules.


A	B	C	D	F
G	H	I	K	L
M	N	O	P	Q
R	S	T	V	W
Y	U	Z

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Name	Rule
Alcoholic	The person who pulled this piece must finish a glass of water before their next turn
Android	Those with an android phone drink once
Andy	All players vote on the most sober player, and they must take one drink
Anton	Any player taller than the picker must drink
Apple	Those with an apple phone drink once
Automatic	Those who drive an automatic vehicle must drink once

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Name	Rule
Babysitters	Anyone who has a client facing job
Bipolar	The picker must swap seats with another player, thereby changing the order of the game. The next person will be the person after the pickers new location
Bye Bye	The person who pulled this piece needs to drink three times and say “bye bye” after every drink

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Name	Rule
Cans	Anyone drinking from a can drink twice
Castaway	The picker chooses an item to bring with them if they got stranded on an island. The group votes on if it’s passable or not (open to interpretation). If not, picker drinks 3 times
Catcall	The picker must ask a question to the group, and everyone playing gets to vote on who they think it relates to the most (E.g. who is the most drunk?). If the picker does not come up with a question, they must drink three times
Catch Up	The player who arrived last to the party must drink once
Centre Place	The person who pulled this piece cannot take an edge piece for the remainder of the game
Chaos	Until it is the pickers next turn, all players must take a piece with each hand simultaneously
Cheap Skate	The person who pulled this gets to take a sip of someone else’s drink
Chef	Those who cooked a meal tonight drink once
Chinese Whispers	Play chinese whispers, where the message passed along is a players name. Whoever’s name the last person hears, must drink
Cj’S Rule	The player who pulled this must play the remainder of the game from the floor
Class Clown	Badly describe another player’s job with the rest of the group voting on who it is. If they guess correctly the picker drinks, otherwise everyone else drinks
Classy	The players all get to vote on who they believe is the best dressed. This person must drink
Clothes Swap	The person who pulled this piece must swap one item of clothing with the person to their right or the picker can drink four times
Communism	Everyone but the player must drink once
Community	Create a king’s cup for the person who knocks over the tower to finish. This is instead of them needing to finish their own drink
Comp Sci	Anyone who studied computer science drinks once
Construction Zone	Balance this brick on your head until you complete your next turn. If it falls drink three times
Couch Potato	Every player who did not cook tonight must drink once

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Name	Rule
Democracy	Vote as a group on someone to drink four times
Do Over	Put the piece back from the place you took it from and pick another piece in the same turn
Double Or Nothing	Take another piece from the same layer or drink three times
Double Play	Whoever pulled this piece chooses another player to drink double whatever the picker drinks for the remainder of the game
Dr Seuss	The picker must make a two line poem, where one of the rhyming words is the player’s name. If they fail, drink twice
Drink 1	You must drink once
Drink 2	You must drink twice
Drink 3	You must drink three times
Drivers Ed	Players without their full license must drink

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Name	Rule
Finish	The person who pulled this must complete their drink before it is their turn again
Freshest	The person who most recently opened a beverage drinks once

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Name	Rule
Gambler	The picker tells the previous player if they think the next player will choose an outside or inside piece (in confidence). If they are wrong, the picker drinks. If they are correct, the next player drinks on top of their new piece
Glasses	Anyone drinking from a glass vessel drink twice
Govt Employee	Anyone who can’t work from home must drink once
Grandad	Players older than the picker must drink

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Name	Rule
Hand Switch	You must play the remainder of the game using the other hand than the one you used to pull this piece
Heaven	Last to put their hand in the air drink once (Bonus sip if you don’t say the name of the piece out loud)
Home Owners	Players who own a home drink once
Homesick	Anyone who has not traveled outside Oceania drink once
Hosts	It’s a pain having to store nearly empty bottles. Party hosts should make cocktails from said nearly empty bottles before their next turn

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Name	Rule
Impression	Do an impression of one of the players in the game while the rest of the group votes on who it is. If they guess correctly the picker drinks, otherwise everyone else drinks
Incognito	Put this piece back where you picked it from and pick it again next turn. If you fail this, drink three times
Insomniac	Drink once for every hour you have been at the party
Inventory	Every player must now take one extra piece per turn for the remainder of the game
Irish Boy	Drink five times

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Name	Rule
Katy	Any player in the game who is shorter than the picker must drink
Kayak	The picker chooses someone to play in Rock, Paper, Scissors. The loser must drink double every time the other drinks for the rest of the game

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Name	Rule
Land Mine	The picker must take the two nearest adjacent pieces on the same level as this one. If only one adjacent piece exists, take that
Lava Land	The floor is lava for every player until it is the pickers turn again

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Name	Rule
Make A Rule	The person who pulled this piece gets to make a rule that every other player will follow until this piece is pulled again
Man Of God	Take a full layer of the tower within three turns of pulling this piece or finish your drink
Managers	Anyone who manages others drink once
Manual	All players who drive a manual vehicle must drink once

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Name	Rule
Name Genie	The picker take a sip for every player who they cannot name
No U	Hold this piece to use as a get out of jail free card for any effects another player tries to put on you, and they will instead take your task

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Name	Rule
O.E	Anyone who has traveled outside Oceania drink once
Odds On	Picker and next player guess a number out of ten at the same time. If they guess the same everyone else drinks else they drink
On The Dole	Anyone has not worked overtime in the past two months, drink twice
One Tap	Picker takes a shot
Opposite Gender	Anyone who does not identify as the pickers gender drinks once
Outliers	The picker only picks the outside pieces of the tower for the remainder of the game

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Name	Rule
Peer Pressure	You must drink once for every player in the game

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Name	Rule
Quiz Time	The picker asks a question, first person to get the correct answer may give two drinks out to the other players

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Name	Rule
Renters	All players currently renting drink once
Reverse	Swap the direction the game is going
Running Man	The picker must get to the nearest intersection and back before their next turn

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Name	Rule
Same Gender	Anyone who identifies as the pickers gender drinks once
Santa	The picker is Santa, grab every other player a new drink from the fridge/their boxes
Scar Story	The picker must tell the story of a scar. If they refuse to, or have told the story before, they must drink twice
Shareholder Value	Anyone who has worked overtime this year without getting paid for it
Sharing Is Caring	You have three drinks to give to the crowd. You can split up the distribution how you please
Shortest	Shortest player in the game drinks once
Single	Those who are not in a committed relationship must drink
Skip Turn	Skip the next players turn
Sneaky Blinders	The pickers wears an alcohol box on their head until the game ends or someone else pulls this piece
Socialite	Everyone votes on the most extroverted person playing. The person chosen must drink twice
South Paw	The picker must take a piece after every subsequent player goes, until the beginning of their next turn
Strip	The picker must remove one article of clothing or drink three times
Studious	Anyone currently studying towards something drinks once (Professional certs included)
Stumper	The person who pulled this piece must use a word in a sentence no one else knows the meaning to. If someone knows then the picker drinks three times

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Name	Rule
Taken	Those who are in a committed relationship must take a drink
Tallest	Tallest player in the game drinks once
Team Work	The picker takes the next players turn too
Thumb Master	Nothin. Its a free pass y’all
Toast	Make a toast and then everyone drinks once
Touchy	The picker must take the first piece they touch on every subsequent turn
Tribal Council	Everyone in the game votes on one person to finish their drink
Try Hards	First visitor to arrive a the party drinks three times

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Name	Rule
Visitation Rights	All those visiting the address the party is hosted at drink twice

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Name	Rule
Waterfall	The player after the picker stops drinking when the picker stops drink, and the following player stops when they stop etc.
Wearing Black	Anyone wearing black drink once
Wearing Blue	Anyone wearing blue drink once
Wearing Red	Anyone wearing red drink once
Wearing White	Anyone wearing white drink once
Wonder Twins	The person who pulled this piece gets to choose another person to drink whenever they do for the remainder of the game
Woozy	The pickers must guess the number of players currently playing; without checking; and drink the number of player’s they were off by

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Name	Rule
Younger	Everyone younger than the person who pulled this piece must drink once

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Name	Rule
Uber	All players with a full licence must drink once

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Name	Rule
Zoomer	The group votes on the worst player with technology, who then must drink

Rules source can be found here.