Easy Dart Games – 5 Popular Games to Play in the Man Cave

Of course, playing darts isnt limited to pubs.

Or toimprove your darts gameyou could just practice playing a game of darts by yourself.

Everyone gets three darts.

The winner is the person who hits each number, followed by the 25 and then the bull.

Some people also play where if you hit a double 6, your next number would be an 8.

Start with the basic rules first and see how you get on.

you’re able to play it in teams or individually, but you need an opponent.

With cricket, you only use numbers 15,16,17,18,19 and 20, plus the 25 and bull.

So now heres the fun part.

Lets use number 15 as an example.

The game finishes when all the numbers are closed including the bullseye.

The person with the most points wins.

You will require a chalkboard or a pen and paper to keep score.

The image above includes a scoreboard for 501/301 and for cricket.

A variation of this is cutthroat cricket.

The winner is the player with the least amount of points.

Shanghai

Shanghai is an incredibly popular darts game, and with good reason, its great.

As per usual, you get three darts per go.

Each person gets three darts at each number.

For example round 1 (3 darts), everyone aims a number 1.

Round 2, we aim at number 2 (3 darts).

I hit a treble two, single two plus the number 17.

I score 8 points this round and add it to the 1 point scored in the previous round.

You do this until you get to number 20 and the winner is the player with the most points.

There is another to win and thats to throw a Shanghai.

It doesnt matter if you hit a Shanghai on number 1 , 2 or 17.

Hit it and you win the game.

Otherwise, you travel the board, and the person with the highest score wins.

you might determine who goes first whichever way you want.

I usually use the two-dart splash throwing two arts at the same time, and then adding them up.

The person with the highest score goes first.

Each player gets a number off the board (120).

it’s possible for you to do it by drawing lots or simply picking one.

Each player also gets a number of lives, usually between 3 and 5.

The goal is that a player hits his own numbers double three times.

Theres a variety of this game called Blind Killer, where you dont know anyones number but your own.

This way, everyone plays as the Killer, with the winner being the last one remaining.

The goal is to have the lowest score at the end of the last round.

All the rounds, except for the last, count at their value, adding up to the score.