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0Welcome back to Badjuju! This episode is about a (Completely Unhinged) table game guide to drinking with friends.
Christmas dinners, mixed friend groups, awkward silences, and social exhaustion — we’ve all been there.
Tbf, this episode isn’t really about drinking.
It’s about connection.
About how games give people shared goals, clear rules, turns to speak, and permission to relax.
I share my personal “secret weapon” for surviving (and thriving in) foreign drinking culture: Ring of Fire — a simple card game that somehow turns strangers into friends faster than any deep conversation ever could.
I’ll talk about:
00:32 why table games lower social anxiety and why they’re secretly great for practicing English
04:25 how Ring of Fire works (card by card)
09:04 how to make rules that are chaotic but inclusive
12:04 and a real story of a Christmas night
