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FAQ's

Basic Rules

  • A game of darts is played between two players or two teams.  Each of these teams can be made up of two people or more.
  • To warm up, each player is allowed nine throws before the game begins.
  • To determine who plays first, each person or team takes his or her turn to throw one dart each.  The team or player whose dart is closest to the bull’s eye is first to begin the game.
  • Each player throws three darts in his or her turn, then the darts are retrieved.
  • If a foot crosses over the line, or a person happens to trip over the oche and releases his dart, the throw counts for no points and may not be re-thrown.
  • Darts must stay on the board for at least five seconds, after a player's final throw, to count.
  • A throw does not score if it sticks into another dart or if it falls off the board.

Scoring in Darts:

The basic method for play and scoring is as follows:

  • In the wedge: the amount posted on the outer ring.
  • The double ring (the outer, narrow ring): twice the number hit.
  • The triple ring (the inner, narrow ring): three times the number hit.
  • Bulls eye (outer bull): twenty-five points.
  • Double bulls eye (inner bull): fifty points.

Popular Games

‘301’

  • Perhaps the most popular game in darts, each side begins with 301 points and throws their darts with the aim of reducing their points to zero.
  • Before points can be reduced, a player must throw a double.
  • At the end of the game a player must throw a double or bull's eye that reduces the final score exactly to zero. Any series of three throws (one turn), that would reduce the score beyond zero, do not count.
  • Each game is considered one leg. The match is won when two out of three games are won.

‘Shanghai’

  • Shanghai is a game of accuracy.
  • Shanghai can be played with a minimum of two players up to any number.
  • The game is played in rounds.
  • Each round has one number that is the target. The first round begins with number one and continues to number seven.
  • Each player throws three darts at the target number and only scores by hitting that number, not any other.
  • This is why accuracy is important as doubles and triples of a target number should be the aim.
  • The winner of Shanghai is the person who has the most points at the end of seven rounds.

OR

  • Another way of winning, is by scoring a Shanghai.  By hitting a triple, a double and single of the number that is in play, the game is automatically over and that person declared the winner.
     

Basic Product Requirements:

  • Darts
  • Flights
  • Dartboard