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Darts: Rules of the Game

By: Sally Vilee The origin of darts goes back to the medieval times when people did not have television or any other modern entertainment means. Then games like darts were a welcome respite from boredom. This game has adorned innumerable common rooms, billiard rooms or activity rooms. Even today it is a regular feature of bars and family game rooms. It is a fun game to play.

The basic rules to the game of darts are the same, whereas the variations have to be picked up and agreed upon between rivals before the game begins. However, you have to give special attention to safety, no matter how you play the game because a dart can cause serious injury with lasting damage.

Dart is essentially a two party game where the party can vary with you choice and need. It can be an individual or a team. Each of the two parties get nine warm up throws before the game begins. After the warm up every one gets a chance to throw the dart to determine who will get the first chance to play. The party that ends up closest to the bull's eye gets the first chance.

A turn, once the game begins, consists of three throws. There are usually two sets of darts, distinct from each other, which are used. The first set is thrown and left in place while the second set is thrown by the antagonist. This illustrates why first turn is important: the second person or team has fewer options.

Darts that fall off of the board less than five seconds after the person's final throw do not count. A throw that sticks to another dart or falls off the board receives no score. It is important to note that the darts only have to stay on through one person's turn. So the first person does get to count up the score before the second person or team member throws.

Scoring usually works according to where on the board the dart lands. The closer to the bull's eye, the higher the score. When looking at the target, one notices different wedges and rings cross-secting them. In the very outer ring, points are awarded according to the number hit. Inside the next ring, that number is doubled and then tripled inside the third ring. There are two rings for the bull's eye: the outer is worth 25 points and the inner is worth 50 points.

After you know the basics you can get down to the enjoyable variations such as playing Cricket or '301'. You can either be the person who has a 301 score or the person who wants to reduce the other person's 301 down to zero. Points are given according to position on target. Cricket is more complicated and requires a lot of dart practice.

Darts is an old game with rich heritage. It is a fun game to spend time with friends and family since you can play and at the same time converse. The game gets more enjoyable if you know the rules and scoring method well.

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