Binhead is the name for a game which has been played in a variety of venues over many years. It has also been given a variety of names such as 'drop the dime' 'suspense' and 'the rizla game'. The version of the game which has been given the name, Binhead, is a cannabis smoking game. However, the game has been played in many a pub as a drinking game where the forfeit is often to buy the next round though being made to drink a preordained beverage of some kind is also used.

The smoking game

Binhead is a game that combines stamina, dexterity, cannabis, mental focus, and forfeits born of psychotropic inspiration. It is played by various groups of people across the UK as well enclaves in Canada, Australia, Ireland, and possibly beyond.
First you prepare a number of spliffs [joints etc], then obtain a pint glass [or other appropiate vessel]. Stick some rolling papers together to form a piece big enough to cover the glass [the thinner the papers the better, due to less burning and smoke]. Finally the piece is fastened over the top of the pint glass with a hair band or rubber band, and a five pence piece or similar sized coin placed on top and in the centre, creating what is known as the Bin.
The players then take it in turns to make a single burn with the spliff, which is passed around until the coin in the middle falls into the glass, whoever's burn resulted in the fall is the loser and does the pre-agreed upon forfeit [generally chosen for its potential hilarity] to the satisfaction of all players.

Alternate Versions

Numero-head [where the Bin is divided up into an enumerated grid and a dice is rolled to see where the burn should be placed, also known as "Grid-head"]

Dice-head [where a dice (D6 or D10 are customary) is rolled to see how many burns are to be made upon receiving the spliff each time]

Turn table-head [played on a slowly revolving record turn-table]

Spliff-head [where a dice is rolled only once for each spliff to see how many burns are to be made each time with said spliff]

Inceaso-head [where the number of burns increases with each round/spliff/person (or Fibonacci sequence)]

Technicolour-head [where the Bin is colour coded (in any pattern desired), with a colour for each player and each player only burns in their colour-zone(s), if a player burns away all their colour on the bin without losing they are "out" and can watch the rest of the game with no fear of a forfeit]

Strand-garden [using 'old rules', no edge burns allowed only individual burns each time, thus creating a "strand garden"]

Zen-head or Gnosis-head [where the Bin is in fact a mental construct and each burn, and all it's ramifications are carefully contemplated by all, in full, before another burn is made]

Total darkness-head [where the game is played in total darkness with only the light of the end of the spliff to burn with]

3 second rule-head [where each player may take no longer than 3 seconds to make their burn]

Mystery-head [where only the current Emperor actually knows what kind of binhead is being played]

Traditions of Binhead

It is also customary to randomly select, via book, net, or any other medium, 2 deities [1 male and 1 female] from any pantheon to be your "favourite gods", and symbolic patrons for the game. "RIGHT TO THE GODS".

The full Binsraad [the irreverently adopted name of the central group of players, taken from Frank Herbert's Landsraad of the Dune universe] also meets once a year in the Binhead Tournament. The winner of which is the Emperor of the Known Binverse for a period of one year. The next Tournament is scheduled be in October 2007.

List of Emperors/Empresses

[first is current, and names are assumed]

Empress HANORIUS I [OGHMIA]

Emperor LUCIANUS I [MAGNUS]

Emperor GINGARIUS I [SCRAGUS]

Empress KRONULUS I [MIKRON]

Notes

"Grafs" are what many Binhead players call spliffs, due to at times their resembling the great Graf Zeppelins of times gone by.

The "vibro" is a specialized Binhead form of personal assault, reserved for those that drop out of a game, or are just perceived to deserve it at the time. It involves the grasping of the victim's head and then rapid vibration, resulting in extreme messing up of the victim's hair and the vibrating of their brain & skull.

The websites http://www.geocities.com/playbinhead/ & http://community.livejournal.com/binhead/profile have been online for 5 to 6 years and were created by a group of friends in Manchester, U.K. after they played this game and thoroughly enjoyed it. These sites were created to help show how much fun could be had playing the game, the range of forfits and ideas they had come up with over the years.

There is video evidence of this game being played and referred to as binhead on the video sharing website www.youtube.com. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=224TJM6m_UE for a game of Binhead being played. Also a search for Binhead will reveal many videos of the game and many videos of the forfeits from losses in said games.

Related Sites

1. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Binhead<br/>
2. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=binhead<br/>
3. http://www.geocities.com/playbinhead/<br/>
4. http://wordweb.info/3/lookupframe.pl?BINHEAD<br/>
5. http://community.livejournal.com/binhead/<br/>
6. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=binhead&search_sort=&search_category=0&page=1<br/>
7. http://www.webtender.com/handbook/games/dropthedime.game