1. Get a bunch of friends together.
2. Get a case of beer.
3. Turn on The X-Files, the Fox Network television phenomenon that is sweeping the nation.
4. Drink whenever the following occurs:

Working the case

• A location streamer ie: ''Greensboro, North Carolina'' appears on the screen.
• A figure appears in shadow and then walks into light.
• An envelope is shoved under a door.
• The lights go out, grow dim, or flicker menacingly.
• A flashlight beam is seen.
• (Advanced Rule:) Take one drink for EACH flashlight beam seen.

  Freaky stuff

• A spaceship/blinding light is sighted.
• Somebody experiences missing time.
• Someone is killed by a monster.
• Any character who was killed re-appears. Includes hallucinations, flashbacks and shape-shifting aliens.
• The hit team drives up to kill Mulder.
• The Lone Gunmen (aka The Three Nerds) make fun of Mulder's theories.
• Because of a government coverup all evidence of the case vanishes.

  Catch phrases

• Anybody says ''Skinner wants to see you in his office.''
• Anybody says ''Freeze, Federal officer!''
• Anybody asks ''Why should I trust you?''

  The dynamic duo

• Fox or Scully show their badges.
• Fox or Scully pull their guns.
• Anybody tells Fox or Scully that they must end the investigation now or at a preset time.
• Fox or Scully's communication with the outside world is cut off.
• Fox or Scully call for a quarantine of the investigation site.
• (Bonus Drink:) Fox or Scully become infected with a weird disease or life-form.
• Fox, Scully or Skinner point guns at each other.

  Agent Fox Mulder

• Fox talks about weird stuff just like this case.
• (Bonus Drink:) Fox talks about a case on a previous show.
• Fox tells Scully about a similar weird phenomenon that exists elsewhere in nature.
• (Bonus Drink:) Scully says he's full of it.
• Fox calls for Mr. X with his desk-lamp and a masking tape X.
• Fox wakes up on the couch in his living room.
• Fox makes/recieves a call with his celluar phone.
• Fox loses his temper.
• Fox whines about his missing sister.

  Agent Dana Scully

• Scully conducts an autopsy.
• Scully calms Fox down.
• Scully asks why the FBI is handling this case.
• Scully has a flashback to her disappearance.
• Scully's cancer is mentioned.

  Assistant Director Skinner

• Skinner shuts down, suspends or reactivates the X-Files.
• Skinner is seen outside of his office.

  Cancer Man

• Cancer Man appears. (Because he's so cool.)
• Cancer Man lights a cigarette.
• (Bonus Drink:) Cancer Man uses a match and not a lighter.
• Cancer Man crushes out a cigarette.

  Mr. X (also Deep Throat)

• Mr. X tells Mulder ''Your investigation is getting you nowhere.''
• Mr. X warns Mulder that he is dealing with ruthless and powerful people.
• Mr. X gives Mulder an envelope.

Finish (chug) a beer whenever the following occurs:

• An X-File takes place in a state you lived in.
• Any recurring character gets shot.
• An alien or alien-hybrid creature is glimpsed (dead ones count).
• An X-File ends in an arrest.

Special thanks to George Sterling, Scott Burgess and Greg Jenkins for their additions to the list.