Cricket gets interesting when you deal with the points. Keeping score is the really fun part about this game. Needless to say, he died just a few days later. A folk tale dating back to 1844 says that one man actually drew the dart inward instead of blowing it out. In this game, the dart was blown from a pipe at the target. One of the early versions of Darts was a game called Huff and Blow. You keep playing until you score more, or an equal amount of, points as your opponent. When three of a number is hit in any combination, the number is closed, and you should use these symbols to indicate this on the scoreboard.Įach player throws his or her darts, alternating between teams and/or players, to try and close a number. These symbols are written to indicate that the number is closed. Scoring for two is indicated with an X placed next to the number, and scoring for three is indicated with an O next to the number. Scoring for one dart is indicated with a slash “/” next to the number scored. Again, the outer ring counts as two of that number (double) and the inner ring counts for three of that number (triple).
To score, you must throw your dart at any of the game numbers 20 through 15 and bull's-eye. To keep score, you should write the numbers 20 down to 15 and bull's-eye in descending order down the center of the scoreboard. You must hit three of a number in order to close it.
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The object of the game is to close all numbers from 20 down to 15 plus the bull's-eye and wind up with more, or at least as many, points as your opponent. This game requires a little strategy, so it gives an advantage to the more clever player who is perhaps not the strongest player. It is the most common game played in bars across America, so I have to wonder how much studying my brother was actually doing. It was how he and his frat buddies blew off steam during exam time. He said he got pretty good at it by senior year. It was the first Dart game he learned to play. My brother was a big Cricket player in college.