# Never have I ever > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Never_have_I_ever > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Never_have_I_ever.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_have_I_ever > Source revision: 1348320059 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Drinking game For the television series, see [Never Have I Ever (TV series)](/source/Never_Have_I_Ever_(TV_series)). For other uses, see [Never have I ever (disambiguation)](/source/Never_have_I_ever_(disambiguation)). This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Never have I ever" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) "**Never have I ever**", also known as "**I've never..**" or "**ten fingers**", is a [drinking game](/source/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[1] 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.[2] Then the game continues around the circle, and the next person makes a statement.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] [Conversation games](/source/Conversation_games) such as this one can help to build friendships,[3] and players often admit to things that they previously had not. As with [truth or dare](/source/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](/source/Kings_(card_game)).[3] ## See also - *[In vino veritas](/source/In_vino_veritas)* - [List of drinking games](/source/List_of_drinking_games) - [Purity test](/source/Purity_test) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** American Alcohol & Drug Information Foundation. *Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education*: ["Ping-pong, endurance, card, and other types of drinking games: are these games of the same feather?"](http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ping-pong,+endurance,+card,+and+other+types+of+drinking+games:+are+...-a0165912679). June 1, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Kate Prengaman. *The Flat Hat*: ["Ten reasons not to hook up drunk"](http://www.flathatnews.com/content/ten-reasons-not-hook-drunk). March 25, 2007. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-collegian_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-collegian_3-1) Cody Ewers. *The Collegian*: ["Beyond Beer Pong"](http://www.hillsdalecollegian.com/2.11618/beyond-beer-pong-1.1569996) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110304203710/http://www.hillsdalecollegian.com/2.11618/beyond-beer-pong-1.1569996) 2011-03-04 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). 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