Never Have I Ever

"Never Have I Ever", also known as "I've Never…" or "Ten Fingers", is a drinking game. Rules: The verbal game is started with the players getting into a circle. Then, the first player says a simple statement starting with "Never have I ever". Anyone who has done what the first player has not must drink. Play then continues around the circle, and the next person makes a statement. An additional rule – uncommon, but beneficial to the game –is that if there is no one taking a drink, then the one who said the particular "I have never…" must take a drink. This rule often forces the players to strategize more and makes for less disposable/pointless suggestions. A further variation holds that whenever only one person is drinking, that person must give a detailed account of why they are drinking. Another variation of this game involves putting up five or ten fingers, putting one down whenever something mentioned has been done. Those who end up putting down all of their fingers must take several successive drinks. Games such as this one "reveal interesting things about the participants and help build friendships", according to one American college student. 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. In popular culture: The game has been portrayed in many television shows and films including Lost, The Walking Dead, American Pie, 90210, American Reunion, Beerfest, Being Erica, The Boat That Rocked, Big Brother, Degrassi: The Next Generation, the Ellen DeGeneres Show, ER, Family Guy, Frasier, Game of Thrones, Gossip Girl, Greek, Hell's Kitchen, How I Met Your Mother, The L Word, Lost, Loving Annabelle, The Lying Game, Private Radio, My Mad Fat Diary, One Tree Hill, Outsourced, The Real World: Las Vegas (2011), Skins, Survivor, The Vampire Diaries, Veronica Mars, Awkward, the Bollywood movie, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and in the 2015 horror film Unfriended. This game is also demonstrated in the song "Ten Fingers" by San Francisco hip hop artist and poet, George Watsky. In 2015 Under the Gun Theater, a Chicago based theater company, created an interactive comedy show based on party the game. This was in response to the closing of their show based on Cards Against Humanity.