The rules of the game? Knock the disc down and win a prize-and if that sounds messy, that’s because it was. A go-to pastime was kottabos, which involved throwing shallow wine-filled cups called kylix at a metal disc in the center of a room. And much as mankind has been drawing pictures and telling stories since time immemorial, we’ve also been wise to the joys of this particular pairing since at least the days of the ancient Greeks, according to the magazine History Today.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you combine alcohol and games, you’re in for a good time.
