Horseshoes - A dart game for two players
This game is played much like a standard game of horseshoes, but rather than using horseshoes and stakes in the ground, the equipment is six darts and a dartboard.
Goal: Be the first player to score ten points without going over.
Gameplay: Points are scored by throwing your darts at various targets on a standard dartboard. Players alternate throws after every dart. Player 1 throws a dart, then player 2 throws a dart, then player 1 again. After six darts have been thrown (three by each player), the points are tallied for that round and the next round starts. The player who shot second in the previous round (and also last), shoots first in this round.
Scoring:
One point - Dark-colored field inside the treble ring
Two points - Outer bulls-eye
Three Points - Inner bulls-eye
Darts that miss the board completely, hit the border of the board, the double ring, the fields between the double and treble ring, the treble ring and darts that land in light-colored fields inside the treble ring all score zero points.
A player must tally more points than their opponent in order to score any points in a round. The number of points scored by this player is equal to the difference of the points tallied.
Winning the game:
The first player to score exactly ten points wins the game. If a players score becomes higher than ten, that player is penalized. First the difference between their score and ten is found. That value is then subtracted from ten and that is their new score.
Example gameplay:
This game of Horse-shoes is between Jordan and Steve. They have decided that Steve will shoot first.
Round 1
Steve throws his first dart and it lands in a one point area (black field inside treble ring). Jordan then throws his first dart and hits a non-scoring field. Steve’s current tally is 1 and Jordan’s is 0. It’s Steve’s turn again. Steve throws his second dart and misses the board completely. Jordan does the same. The tally stays the same as 1-0. Steve’s third and final throw for this sound lands in another one point-field. Jordan’s throw also lands in a one-point field. The tally becomes 2 for Steve and 1 for Jordan and the round
is over. It’s now time to find the score for this round. Steve tallied more points this round, so he subtracts Jordan’s tally from his own, and the difference is added to Steves total score. In this case 2 - 1 = 1, so the
total score becomes Steve: 1, Jordan: 0.
Round 2
Since Jordan shot last in the previous round, he now shoots first. Jordan tosses his first dart and opens the round with an inner bulls-eye, tallying three. Steve throws his dart and tallies 1. They both tally zero for their next two shots. At the end, the tally for this round stands at 3 for Jordan and 1 for Steve. Jordan tallied higher and adds 2 to his total score (3-1=2). The game is now set at Steve: 1, Jordan: 2.
Jordan and Steve play some more until the scores are set at 9 for Jordan and 8 for Steve. Steve is up first. Steve misses. Jordan shoots and hits the inner bulls-eye. His tally is 3. Steve and Jordan miss their next two shots. At the end of the round, Jordan has tallied 3 and Steve, 0. Jordan then adds 3 to his total, bring him to a score of 12. This is over 10, so he subtracts 10 from 12 (12-10=2) and then subtracts that from 10 (10-2=8). Jordan’s score is now 8 and they are tied. In the next round, Steve tallies 4 with an inner bulls-eye and a black field and Jordan tallies 2 with an outer bulls-eye. Steve tallied higher, does the required calculation (4-2=2), adds 2 to his total, bringing him to 10 and wins the game.
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