[Army Officer creates Drinking Board Game! Article]

ARMY OFFICER CREATES DRINKING GAME

COLUMBUS, Ga. (Wireless Flash) -- The market for new drinking

games has almost dried up lately but an army officer in

Columbus, Georgia, hopes to quench the thirst of guzzling

gamers.

31-year-old 2nd Lieutenant Steve Vann is one of the

creators of "Bulyah," a new drinking board game that he says

was inspired after he got bored playing beer games like

"Quarters."

Players of Bulyah must travel around a board trying to

collect enough letters to spell "Bulyah" -- but landing on

some squares forces players to do humiliating acts such as

shouting "I'm stupid!" every time they take a drink.

To make sure the game was fun to play, Vann says he

tested the game on boozehounds and discovered that while it

can be fun without being blitzed, "alcohol does improve the

game."

***1/2; www.bulyah.com Also at Spencer's Gifts