Play Bar Games, Not Mind Games

Of course flirting your way to free drinks always comes with a certain satisfactory ego boost, but when you’re feeling competitive or even unattractive, head towards the nearest dart board.

I recently left my bubble of well known bars and headed into uncharted drinking territory in another state. My first strike against me. As we entered the bar we noticed there were two female bartenders slinging drinks. Strike two. Another glance around revealed there was no guys suitable for long term flirting anywhere in this bar. I should have been done for, but there is one card a girl must always keep up the sleeve of her low cut attention grabbing shirt: the bar game.

The majority of bars will have a dart board on one of their walls, and if you’re lucky, house darts. Other bars prefer video games. Your winning hand to a free drink lies here.

Know your basic dart game. Google cricket. Learn it, practice and you shall receive. If there is a group of guys at the dart board, grab one of your girl friends and ask to play a doubles game. Most likely you’ll score points for being brave enough to approach the guys first. Darts will get you talking to each other, making new friends, and hopefully scoring a drink or two along the way. Just be willing to pay up at the end if you lose too badly.

Video games are tricky to find action on, but knowing your games can keep your winning streak going. Many bars have male dominate games, like Golden Tee or Buck Hunter. Animated moving things always confuse me when I’m drunk so I try to stay away from those. However, naked photo hunt always gets a crowd randy, especially if you’re playing the babe category. Guys can’t resist coming over to oogle goodies and touching on screen boobs. Eventually it’ll get you talking, him picturing your face on the birthday suite clad babes, and the free drinks will be rolling in.

Always bring your game face and always know your games.