Early Edition the TV series Drinking Game
by David Riches (samsimeon@hotmail.com) and friends
Each point represents a sip or bite. Play with a bunch of friends either by anticpation of an action or choosing a character. Use either a favorite beverage or loose fit snack that can be easily measured. I have seen beer, cola, and smarties (m & m's for you yanks). Use either a on-time broadcast or video-tape. Whomever finishes first is either the winner or loser depending on what you agree upon before you start.
| 1 | Paper lands | 1 point |
| 2 | Cat meows | 1 point |
| 3 | Cat uses paper | 2 points |
| 4 | Cat jumps up on something | 1 point |
| 5 | Gary feeds the cat | 2 points |
| 6 | Gary isn't up washed and dressed when the paper arrives | 1 point |
| 7 | Gary is fully prepared for the paper when it arrives | 2 points |
| 8 | Someone steals the paper from the step before Gary gets it | 4 points |
| 9 | Someone (other than Gary or Chuck) glances at the paper | 4 points |
| 9.5 | ...and capitalizes on it | 5 points |
| 10 | Gary finds something about himself in the paper | 2 points |
| 11 | It's in the obituary column | 4 points |
| 12 | If it's Chuck or Marissa in the obits | 5 points |
| 13 | The paper turns into a weekly | 9 points |
| 14 | Something extra besides the paper (& cat) shows up | 3 points |
| 15 | font size="2" face="Arial">Phone rings when paper lands | 1 point |
| 16 | Phone rings right after the paper lands | 1 point |
| 17 | Chuck asks for money | 1 point |
| 18 | Chuck asks for help from paper for bet | 1 point |
| 19 | Gary helps Chuck with bet | 3 points |
| 20 | Chuck places a bet | 1 point |
| 21 | Chuck does it without help and wins | 3 points |
| 22 | Chuck becomes part of the situation | 2 points |
| 23 | Chuck is the situation | 3 points |
| 24 | Gary becomes apart of the situation | 2 points |
| 25 | It wasn't susposed to happen | 3 points |
| 26 | Gary fails to change the headline in the paper | 5 points |
| 27 | Gary says "I just know" | 2 points |
| 28 | Someone believes it without any more convincing | 3 points |
| 29 | Gary tells someone about the paper | 3 points |
| 30 | They don't believe it | 1 point |
| 31 | They do believe it | 2 points |
| 32 | They don't believe at first but become believers later | 3 points |
| 33 | Chuck says "Yeah," cynically | 1 point |
| 34 | Marissa says "Maybe," as if it's a rhetorical question | 1 point |
| 35 | Chuck doesn't seem to be bothered by not going into the office | 1 point |
| 36 | Gary gets a real job | 2 points |
| 37 | Chuck finally loses his job | 3 points |
| 38 | Marissa realizes she has a job | 3 points |
| 39 | Marissa's dog does something on the paper | 2 points |
| 40 | The Cat is called by name | 2 points |
| 41 | The Dog is called by name | 2 points |
| 42 | The papers day is a major character's birthday | 2 points |
| 43 | It matters to the story | 3 points |
| 44 | It's an actors birthday instead | 1 point |
| 45 | There is an inside joke in the paper | 2 points |
| 46 | You're the only one to know this | 4 points |
| 47 | The paper changes before it's time | 2 points |
| 48 | We actually see the paper change | 3 points |
| 49 | All the news in the paper is happy | 3 points |
| 50 | Gary tries to change it anyways | 4 points |
| 51 | Gary finds something more about the origins of the paper | 2 points |
| 52 | Chuck or Marissa finds out first | 4 points |
| 53 | The Cat is involved in the story in a major way | 3 points |
| 54 | The Dog is involved in the story in a major way | 3 points |
| 55 | Either the Cat or the Dog more than Chuck or Marissa | 4 points |
| 56 | The story of Gary and his paper gets out | 2 points |
| 57 | It's front page news | 4 points |
| 58 | Gary gets a date | 2 points |
| 59 | The paper helped him get it | 3 points |
| 60 | It's Marissa as his date | 4 points |
| 61 | He scores a homerun ;) | 5 points |
| 62 | It's Chuck as his date | 9 points |
| 63 | The paper cures Marissa's blindness | 9 points |
| 64 | Continuity error (IE mid November, mention of a baseball game) | 2 points |
| 65 | We find out more about Chuck's family | 2 points |
| 66 | We find more about Marissa's background | 2 points |
| 67 | We find out more about Gary's history | 3 points |
| 68 | The Doorman fills in some blanks | 1 point |
| 69 | Gary has to dig for that info | 1 point |
| 70 | Someone snide to Gary is a part of his daily revelation | 1 point |
| 71 | Someone snide to Chuck is part of his daily revelation | 1 point |
| 72 | Marissa is snide and it becomes ironic later on | 1 point |
| 73 | Someone mentions this as too much of a coincidence | 1 point |
| 74 | Explain to someone this is not Strange Luck or Sliders or QL | 1 point |
| 75 | The daily forecast has real world connections | 2 points |
| 76 | Traffic is a problem for the story | 1 point |
| 77 | The paper hires Gary | 3 points |
| 78 | We get nude shots of Gary (IE other than opening shower scene) | 2 points |
| 79 | We get nude shots of Chuck or Marissa (skimpy bikini counts) | 3 points |
| 80 | One story ends and we see another begin before the show ends | 2 points |
| 81 | It actually leads into the next weeks episode | 3 points |
| 82 | The bartender catches on to Gary and the paper | 3 points |
| 83 | Gary gets a bill for the papers | 4 points |
| 84 | Gary has to research an event | 1 point |
| 85 | He does it with Chuck or Marissa | 2 points |
| 86 | He does it without Chuck or Marissa | 3 points |
| 87 | Gary falls for an April Fool's day edition of the paper | 1 point |
| 88 | The daily event requires leaving town | 2 points |
| 89 | Someone knows of the paper from Aloisous | 2 points |
| 90 | Lucius helped out our cast in the past | 4 points |
| 91 | Gary finds a personal addressed to himself | 2 points |
| 92 | It's from Gary | 3 points |
| 93 | Gary affects the weather forecast (IE carries umbrella) | 1 point |
| 94 | Gary uses the paper for shopping specials | 1 point |
| 95 | Gary cashes in | 2 points |
| 96 | Someone other than Gary benefits | 1 point |
| 97 | Only Gary benefits | 3 points |
| 98 | Gary has a sick day | 2 points |