Baseball

Baseball is a very simple and fun game that may be played by as many players or teams as wish to play. There is a version of the game that must be played on a special dart board, but we will only be covering the version that is played on a standard English dartboard.

The goal of the game

The goal of the game is to score the most amount of runs each inning, the highest score at the end of the game wins.

Playing the game and the score

The numbers 1 through 9 are written in ascending order on the left side of the scoreboard. All players names are written in batting order across the top of the scoreboard.

Each player in order throws three darts at the number of the current inning. The target is 1's in the first inning, 2's in the second, etc. Each number only counts in that actual inning. For example, if a 4 is hit in the first inning, it does not count. The thin outer "double" ring counts as two runs, the thin inner "triple" ring counts as three runs with the other sections of that number counting as one run. Therefore, the highest attainable score in any one inning is nine.

The score is added immediately to the previous score to quickly see how far ahead or behind your team is. Thus a player who combined 5 runs at the end of the first inning and scores 4 runs in the second inning will record a total of 9 runs on the score sheet in the second inning.

If there is a tie at the end of the ninth inning, extra innings are played with bull's-eyes as the target. The inner bulls eye counts as 2 runs and the outer bulls eye counts as a single run.

Extra innings continue until after all players have thrown for that inning and no tie exists.

Variations

There are a few known variants for the game of Baseball.

• 1 run is added each inning to the less experienced player
• At the end of the 7th inning, the worst player sees his score doubled
• At the end of the 7th inning, players who get no run see their score cut in half
• Or simply use your imagination, make your own rules and have fun!

Have a nice ball game !

Download and print this rules sheet inserted in "Attachments".