Tha rules: Everybody gets one character to follow. Other than that, they’re pretty self-explanatory. Watch the show, drink the drinks. You don’t have to be drinking alcohol, but it sure makes things a lot more fun. Lightweights should definitely not pick Rimmer. And remember, close counts, just like in horseshoes, hand grenades and purity tests.

1 drink whenever

• Somebody says the phrase "Red Dwarf"
• A fish appears on the screen
• "Level Nivelo" appears on the screen
• They use technology that is already outdated today
• They meet a hostile entity that wants to kill them
• You find yourself quoting a line
• Someone else quotes a line along with the character
• They send up/parody something from another TV show
• Your character makes a reference you don’t understand (i.e., Kevin Keegan)
• Your character mentions fish (includes kippers, sharks, and the word "fish")
• Your character calls Holly "useless"
• Starbug crashes or collides with something
• You argue about these rules

2 drinks whenever

• Someone points out a continuity error
• Everybody laughs at a joke except for you
• They do any spoofing of Star Trek
• Somebody refers to the 20^th century
• Red Dwarf crashes or collides with something

Finish the glass whenever

• You forget to sing along with the credits
• They make it back to Earth
• Red Dwarf is destroyed

Dave Lister:

1 drink whenever

• He finishes a beer/lager/pint
• He takes his jacket off
• Somebody says "curry" or Lister is seen eating a curry
• Someone jokes about Lister being not or barely human
• He says "Poppadom"
• A reference is made to any of Lister's undergarments/hygiene
• He enters an artificial reality computer game
• He begins to moralize

2 drinks whenever

• He plays his guitar (or threatens to)
• He launches into a story about his past
• He enters an artificial reality computer game to have sex
• His appendix is removed
• He begins to moralize and everybody ignores him

Finish the glass whenever

• Lister bathes
• Lister is killed

1 drink whenever

• Someone insults Rimmer
• Rimmer does something purely out of spite
• An embarrassing fact is exposed about his past
• He mentions a dull hobby or interest (i.e., Hammond Organs, Telegraph poles)
• He complains about being dead
• He mis-quotes a Space Corp Directive
• Ace Rimmer says: "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!"
• Anyone says "What a guy!" about Ace Rimmer

2 drinks whenever

• He launches into a story about his past
• Someone mentions his "H"
• Rimmer blames something on aliens
• Ace Rimmer calls Lister "Skipper"
• Rimmer is killed

Finish the glass whenever

• Rimmer comes back to life
• Rimmer has sex

the Cat:

1 drink whenever

• He mentions an "old cat saying"
• He says something is his favourite pastime (sex, food, sleep, etc.)
• the Cat goes "Aaaooooww!" (y'know what I mean)
• He wants to have sex with something
• the Cat 'smells' something
• He refers to Lister and Rimmer as "monkeys"
• His sense of smell is referred to by another crew member
• He needs to color-coordinate or tailor his outfit

2 drinks whenever

• the Cat turns into Duane Dibbley
• He has a costume change
• the Cat 'smells' something through outer space
• He says his nostril hairs are vibrating
• He talks about how great his butt is

Finish the glass whenever

• the Cat claims to be centre of the universe
• the Cat is killed

1 drink whenever

• He is seen ironing, cooking or doing the laundry
• Kryten's head is described (e.g. "amusingly shaped ice-cube")
• He corrects a Space Corp Directive quoted by Rimmer
• Something is attached or removed from his body
• He mentions an "old android saying"
• He enters a mode, such as "smug mode", "lie mode", etc
• He offers to kill himself
• He is jealous of Kochanski

2 drinks whenever

• Something is attached or removed from his groinal socket
• Holly’s head appears in his stomach
• He says something in binary or hexadecimal

Finish the glass whenever

• Kryten kills someone
• Kryten offers to kill himself and someone takes him up on it

Christine Kochanski:

1 drink whenever

• She complains about being in a parallel universe
• She talks about food
• She wears red
• She complains about Lister's habits
• Lister flirts or makes a pass at her
• Kryten calls her "Ma’am"
• She makes a joke that nobody gets

2 drinks whenever

• Lister flirts or makes a pass at her and is turned down
• She makes Kryten jealous
• She refers to "Her Dave"
• She makes a joke that nobody gets, including you
• Kryten calls her "Ma’am", but it sounds like "Mom"

Finish the glass whenever

• Kochanski flirts or makes a pass at Lister
• Kochanski is killed

1 drink whenever

• He/she has troubles with numbers or counting
• Holly uses a pop culture word, like "Dude" or "Oi!"
• Holly has to explain something to someone
• Someone describes his/her IQ, or lack of
• Holly pulls a prank on someone
• Someone calls Holly "useless"

2 drinks whenever

• Holly has to explain something to someone and is right
• Holly has some kind of costume/disguise/hairpiece
• Holly's head appears on something other than a wall screen (i.e. Lister's watch, Kryten's stomach, etc)
• Holly says "Gordon Bennett"

Finish the glass whenever

• Holly pulls off a practical joke
• Holly is destroyed

Here’s where we answer those questions, in no particular order, that you’ve while watching the show or playing this game, some because you’re not British, some because you’re ignorant, and some because you’re drunk as a skunk. Well, wonder no longer!

Bennett, Gordon: (1841-1918) James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper magnate (whose father, James Gordon Bennett, founded the New York Herald in 1835). Bennett was known for his extravagant and capricious behaviour, and his name has become synonymous with a feeling of exasperation such as he frequently caused in people.

Esperanto is an artificial, logical language incorporating principles/words derived from major European languages. It was devised in 1887 by Polish philologist Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917).

Philology:

1 : the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature.

2 a : LINGUISTICS; especially : historical and comparative linguistics. b : the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history.

Level Nivelo: Red Dwarf is a bilingual ship, with English and Esperanto as the two official languages. "Nivelo" is the Esperanto word for "level". The

signs in the corridors of the ship simply indicate (in both languages) what level you're on.

Sancerre: Dry white wine derived from Sauvignon Blanc.

Barbra Bellini in her lead-lined pod: Very probably a reference to a type of logic puzzle, in which a candidate must attempt to discern the whereabouts or not of some object placed into one of several caskets. The puzzles tell of two Renaissance Florentine casket-makers, Bellini and Cellini. Whenever one made a casket, he inscribed it with some clue to the puzzle -- the catch was that while Bellini's inscription *always* told the truth, and Cellini's inscription *always* lied, the candidate had no way of knowing which casket had been made by which craftsman. The puzzles popularly involved choosing between a gold, a silver and a lead casket -- reflecting the Cat's "What a dilemma!" of Barbra or not in the lead(-lined) pod/casket. So, are we now crying out for an example of this puzzle? Well, there just happens to be one right about here:

Gold casket inscription: The dagger is in this casket. Silver casket inscription: This casket is empty. Lead casket inscription: At most, one of these three caskets was fashioned by Bellini.

The puzzle: Avoid choosing the dagger!

(from the episode "Justice")

Hammond organ: Electric organ invented in America in 1934 by Laurens Hammond (1895-1973).