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Civil War is a variation on standard Beirut invented in the basement of Brooks and perfected in the Greylock Quad which involves larger teams, faster action and a significantly more intense consumption of beer.

In Civil War, two teams consisting of four player line up on either side of a larger sized table, with a diamond shaped rack of four cups in front of each player with about a beer and a half distributed in the rack. Before the first game, a coin is tossed to determine who has the advantage at the beginning of the match. The team with the advantage receives three ping pong balls and the other team receives one. After a dramatic countdown and the shouting of "CIVIL WAR!" by all players, each team attempts to throw their ping pong balls into the racks of the other team. There are no turns. Each team shoots the balls as fast or as slow as they choose. If a ball is made, the owner of that cup is out of the game until he or she finishes the beer in that cup. When all four of a player's cups have been made, they are out of the game or "dead". The team who eliminates all their opponents first wins and has the advantage at the beginning of the next game.

The out and out, brother against brother, glory to the victor, action of civil war has lead to several specialized techniques and terminologies unique to the game:

The invention of new rules, terms, and variations is encouraged. Be warned that partaking in a night of Civil War is no small undertaking. You will need at least 2 hours and 3 thirty racks of bad beer. You will consume much more beer than you thought possible. Just like any Civil War you will find brother pitted against brother and resentment, anger, and drunken bro-fights caused by beers thrown into faces are inevitable. You may very well hate your friends after several intense games of Civil War.