Ride the Bus is a card-guessing drinking game. To get off the bus you have to call four cards in a row correctly; miss any guess and you drink, then the bus starts over from the first card. This version deals from a shuffled 52-card deck and tracks every stage for you, so no cards are needed.
Some groups play a pyramid round first to decide who has to ride the bus. This version skips straight to the bus itself.
Miss a stage and you drink that many sips — one for stage one, up to four for stage four — then the bus restarts at stage one. Clear all four stages and you're off the bus: hand out four sips to anyone you like.
Swap sips for points: a missed stage costs points equal to its number, and the lowest score after a few rides wins. It works as a sober card game for game nights or road trips — passengers only.
Why is it called Ride the Bus? Once you're on the bus you keep riding — restarting from the first card — until you get four right in a row.
Are aces high or low? Low. An ace counts as 1.
What's the hardest stage? Picking the suit — you have a one-in-four chance.