{{Short description|Drinking game}} {{For|the television series|Never Have I Ever (TV series)}} {{Other uses}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2024}} {{Use American English|date=October 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}

"'''Never have I ever'''", also known as "'''I've never..'''" or "'''ten fingers'''", is a [[drinking game]] in which players take turns asking other players about things they have not done. Other players who have done this thing respond by taking a drink. A version that requires no drinking, usually played by children and underage adolescents, has players counting scores on their fingers instead.

== Rules == The verbal game<ref>American Alcohol & Drug Information Foundation. ''Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education'': [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ping-pong,+endurance,+card,+and+other+types+of+drinking+games:+are+...-a0165912679 "Ping-pong, endurance, card, and other types of drinking games: are these games of the same feather?"]. June 1, 2007.</ref> starts with all players forming a circle. The first player starts by saying a simple statement about something they have never done before starting with "Never have I ever". Anyone who at some point in their life has done the action that the first player says must drink.<ref>Kate Prengaman. ''The Flat Hat'': [http://www.flathatnews.com/content/ten-reasons-not-hook-drunk "Ten reasons not to hook up drunk"]. March 25, 2007.</ref> Then the game continues around the circle, and the next person makes a statement.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

An additional rule says that if no one takes a drink, then the one who said the particular "Never have I ever..." statement must take a drink. This rule often forces the players to strategize more and makes for fewer disposable or pointless statements.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

A further variation holds that whenever only one person is drinking, that person must give a detailed account of why they are drinking.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

[[File:Ten Fingers.jpg|thumb|In the variation known as "ten fingers", players keep count on their hands rather than drinking.]] Another variety of this game known as "ten fingers" (or sometimes five) involves players raising their fingers at the start of the game, and putting one down whenever something they have ever done is mentioned.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Versions of the game are available on cards or online with pre-written statements which players must admit to have done or not.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

[[Conversation games]] such as this one can help to build friendships,<ref name="collegian" /> and players often admit to things that they previously had not. As with [[truth or dare]], the game is often sexual in nature. In some variations, the game may be incorporated into other drinking games, such as [[Kings (card game)|kings]].<ref name="collegian">Cody Ewers. ''The Collegian'': [http://www.hillsdalecollegian.com/2.11618/beyond-beer-pong-1.1569996 "Beyond Beer Pong"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304203710/http://www.hillsdalecollegian.com/2.11618/beyond-beer-pong-1.1569996 |date=2011-03-04 }}. February 28, 2008.</ref>

== See also == * ''[[In vino veritas]]'' * [[List of drinking games]] * [[Purity test]]

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