Drinking game for Santiago Posteguillo's Africanus Trilogy.
- Take a drink for every sentence that would have left you out of breath if read aloud.
- Take a drink for every time Posteguillo switches from past to Present Tense Narrative.
- Take two if it happens abruptly.
- Take a drink for every Purple Prose-charged emotional scene.
- Take two if the scene involves someone's death.
- Take two if it involves a religious ceremony.
- Take a drink when a new character is introduced.
- Take two if his physical appearance is not described at all.
- Take two if the character amounts to a name thrown in the narration.
- Take three if it is an entire tribe or people instead of a single character.
- Take a drink when a character swears by Hercules.
- Take two if he swears by Castor and Pollux.
- Take two if he swears by Jupiter.
- Take a drink when a character repeats himself, says redundant sentences or repeats himself.
- Take a drink when the narration says "all kinds of throwing weapons".
- Take a drink when the narration calls an elephant's feet "hooves".
- Take a drink when a secondary Roman character makes an awful decision.
- Take a drink when Scipio makes a heroic speech.
- Take a drink when Lelius thinks or talks about wine, food or women.
- Take a drink when Emilia is shown worried.
- Take two if she is worried about Scipio.
- Take a drink when Scipio lusts for Emilia.
- Take a drink when Lucius Aemillius Jr. shows his support for Scipio.
- Take a drink when someone speaks ill about Quintus Fabius Maximus.
- Take a drink when Quintus Fabius Maximus looks severe.
- Take two if he looks ironic.
- Take two if he has a Kick the Dog moment.
- Take two if he is making a speech.
- Take three if the speech is longer than one page.
- Take a drink when Cato is surprised at something Fabius says.
- Take a drink when Fabius Jr. acts as a Living Prop.
- Take a drink when Hannibal looks angry.
- Take two if he is verbally mistreating someone.
- Take three if said someone is Maharbal.
- Take a drink when Maharbal doesn't understand Hannibal's orders.
- Take a drink when Sophonisba acts deliberately sultry.
- Take two if she laughs at her father's face.
- Take a drink when Hasdrubal Gisgo thinks ill of the Barcas.
- Take a drink when Siphax gets arrogant.
- Take a drink when Plautus is threatened with physical harm.
- Take two if he receives said harm.
- Take a drink if Cato looks frustrated.
- Take a drink when Gracchus looks indecisive about his loyalties.
- In the third book, take a drink when the narration gets interrupted by a piece of Scipio's diary containing regrets and jeremiads.
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