

So for instance, if a player has double 16 left, and hits a 16, he has double 8 left and if he then hits an 8 he has double 4 left and so on - this is advantageous because no extra darts need to be thrown in order to reduce the score to an even number. So on the last turn, it is not necessary to throw all 3 darts - a player can win with the first or second dart of the turn.īecause a player who misses a targeted double is likely to score the single of that segment, good players attempt to leave themselves with a repeatably bisectable number such as 24 or most ideally 32 - double 16. if a player has 32 to go out and the first dart is a 16, the second is a 15, the player is bust and the score is returned to 32. If a player reduces the score to 1 or goes below zero, the score is bust, that turn ends immediately and the score is returned to what it was at the start of that turn. The objective is to be the first player to reduce the score to exactly zero, the only caveat being that the last dart thrown must land in a double or the bullseye. Bullseye scores 50, the outer ring scores 25 and a dart in the double or treble ring counts double or treble the segment score. The score for each turn is calculated and deducted from the players total. Each player starts with a score of 501 and takes turns to throw 3 darts. The front of the oche should be 2.37m (7 feet, 9 and 1/4 inches) from the front of the board. Players should stand behind a raised horizontal block called the "oche" (pronounced "okky") 38 mm (1 1/2 inches) high, although any mark on the ground will do for casual play. The board is placed so that the middle of the bullseye is 1.73m (5 feet, 8 inches) above the ground. So, for instance, if a dart lands in the segment marked 14 and is within the treble ring, a "treble 14" has been scored.Įach player has 3 darts which are front-weighted, flighted, weapons a few inches long with a sharp point. The segments spread out from this ring broken only by the "treble" ring about half way to the edge and "double" ring which marks the rim of the circle. At the centre is a small black circle called the "bullseye" and, surrounding that, a thin red ring called the 25 ring. It consists of a circle of 20 segments numbered from 1 to 20 in a seemingly random fashion. The pattern on the board is delineated by wire and hue. A good board should be made from vegetable fibre and is called a "bristle board". Torbjörn Axelsson was here Sun Nov 3 15:41:08 1996.By far the most commonly used design of darts board today is the "clock" or "trebles" board and that is the only board that will be considered in these instructions. Any comments may be sent there, the reason there is no mailto link is activeagent.

Without scoring a double with the last dart. Will lose all points scored in that round and the game will continue Players getting a negative score or reaching exactly one Scores a double to reach exactly zero points is the winner. The first player to reach an even score between 2 and Only darts that are still on the board when all darts That is, you do not have to throw allĭarts in a round, though normally you will do it unless you The sum of one round of up to three darts will The black area outside the double ring is considered off theĪll players begin with 301 points, and the aim of the game is to reach (the small red field halfway between the number 20 and bullseye) The highest possible score on a single dart would be triple 20 The inner thin ring is worth three times the nominal score, so The outer thin ring closest to the actual numbers are doubles,Īnd worth double the nominal value of their sector. Worth their nominal value as denoted by the number ring The two larger fields of a sector (green for the 20 sector) are Values for darts hitting the respective fields or sectors. The numbers 1 through 20 placed around the board are nominal The four green fields surround bulls eye are worth 25 points. The red circle in the middle, made of hard wood, is calledīulls eye and worth 50 points. These are the rules as they are applied in the dart club of Nanny.
