The Red Dragon Inn is a drinking game in the form of a board game.  The scenario is that a group of fantasy adventurers just returned from a dungeon or a quest and have some money to spend and steam to blow off.  

There are four characters with asymmetric abilities that show up in their decks.  There is a Wizard of course, a thief, a fighter, and a priestess.  

Gameplay is simplified with player mats.  On the mat you have a space for the player decks, which are different for each character.  Next to that is the discard space, and next to that is the “Drink Me” space, where you store drinks people give you.  The mats also include the turn order and the Fortitude versus Alcohol content chart.

The game is simple!  To win, you just have to avoid two things, being drunk or being broke.  If your fortitude and alcohol content are ever equal, you are drunk and out of the game.  If you are ever out of money, you are kicked out of the bar, which is another way to lose.  

Turn order is simple also.  You start with seven cards, of which many are unique to your character, and others can have the same effect, but will look different in art and description.  First you decide if you want to discard any cards.  Perhaps some are not useful at that moment.  Then you draw until you have seven cards in your hand.  You plan an action card.  Then you buy drinks, which means you take a drink from the drink deck and place one on somebody’s “Drink Me” pile.  Finally, you have to turn over one card on your own “Drink Me” pile to see what the effects are.

In addition to action cards, which could be offensive or defensive, there are “sometimes” cards, and “anytime” cards.  Sometimes cards can be played in response to something else that happens, while anytime cards…pretty obvious!