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Drinking Game - Ride the Bus on Windows Pc

Developed By: Tom Hogenkamp

License: Free

Rating: 4,8/5 - 416 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 2.0
Size 7.3 MB
Release Date December 21, 23
Category Card Games

Game Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (3)]

What's New:
Support for Android 13 [see more]

Description from Developer:
Riding the bus is a popular drinking/card game and is being played in multiple rounds. In the first four rounds, all players obtain a single playing card from the deck of cards aft... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Drinking Game - Ride the Bus and play on Windows PC. Drinking Game - Ride the Bus is free Card game, developed by Tom Hogenkamp. Latest version of Drinking Game - Ride the Bus is 2.0, was released on 2023-12-21 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50,000. Overall rating of Drinking Game - Ride the Bus is 4,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 416 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 316 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Drinking Game - Ride the Bus on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Drinking Game - Ride the Bus on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Drinking Game - Ride the Bus on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play Drinking Game - Ride the Bus using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Drinking Game - Ride the Bus" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Drinking Game - Ride the Bus on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Drinking Game - Ride the Bus" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

Discussion

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Riding the bus is a popular drinking/card game and is being played in multiple rounds. In the first four rounds, all players obtain a single playing card from the deck of cards after answering a question about this card. This means that after playing the first four rounds, each player contains a total of four cards. In the fifth round, a pyramid of cards is being build. In this round, players can lay down their cards on the pyramid. The player with the most cards left at the end of this round is playing the sixth and final round, named Ride the Bus. In the following, all rounds are being explained in more detail.

1. Red or Black?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card has a red or black color. If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

2. Higher or Lower?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card has a lower or higher value compared to its first card, with two being the lowest value and Ace being the highest value. If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

3. Between or Outside?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card lies between or outside the range of its first two cards. For example, if the first two cards of the player are six and ten, eight would be "Between", while five would be "Outside". If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

4. Do you have the Suit?
In this game, all players must guess whether the card is from the same suit (spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs) as one of its first three cards. If the player gives a wrong answer, the player must drink.

5. The Pyramid
In this game, a pyramid of cards is being build. The pyramid exists of four layers, where the bottom layer contains four cards, the second layer three cards, etc. One by one, the cards of the pyramid are turned around, starting at the bottom layer of the pyramid. If a player contains a card with the same value as the turned around card on the pyramid, the player may distribute drinks to fellow players. The number of drinks that a player may distribute, depends on the layer of the pyramid. The higher the layer of the pyramid, the more drinks that may be distributed.

The player with the most cards left at the end of this game, is riding the bus. In case of a tie, the lowest card of these players decides who is riding the bus.

6. Ride the Bus
This game is being played by the loser of the last round. In this game, a new full deck of cards is being used (52 cards). The game exists of five stages, where each stage contains a single card from the deck of cards. The game starts at stage one. The player must guess whether the next card from the deck of cards is higher or lower than the card at the stage. For all stages holds, if the player guesses correctly, the player moves to the next stage, otherwise, the player will move back to the first stage. The card at the current stage will be replaced by the new card from the deck of cards.

The player must drink if a wrong answer is given. The number of drinks depends on the stage. At the first stage, the player must drink once, at the second stage, the player must drink twice, etc.

The game ends when the player provides a correct answers in all stages. Also, if the deck of cards is empty, the game ends.
Support for Android 13
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.