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RULES OF THE GAME

This game is played, indoors or out-of-doors, on a very smooth surface called a “court”. The standard size of the court is twelve feet wide by twenty-four feet long, although the actual size of the court may vary depending on the application and the surroundings.

An outdoor permanent court may be made of concrete or treated lumber, covered with a PVC playing surface. An indoor or portable court may be made of plywood or five-quarter decking over two-by-two framing covered with the same PVC surface, or other materials.

A court is surrounded by a rail and bumper, similar to that found on a Billiards table. The court will have corner pockets and side pockets located as on a billiards table, and of the appropriate size and design to capture and contain a disc.

The finished court, ready for play, bears a very close resemblance to a giant Billiards table, but located at ground level.

The objects with which the game is played are discs of high impact material approximately six inches in diameter and one inch thick. The “cue” disc is plain white and is used, as in Billiards, to strike the other colored and numbered discs and move each one to the “pockets” that surround the court. The “cue” disc is moved by pushing it with a cue stick as in Shuffleboard.

is played with from six to sixteen colored and numbered discs; colors, numbers and markings as in Billiards. The discs are “racked” using a triangular or diamond rack as in Billiards, with the racked discs located in the center of one half of the court. The first shot, or “break”, is taken from the center of the opposite end of the court.

play is governed by the basic rules of Pool or Billiards, depending on the choice of a game by the players. Minor variations to the standard rules are as follows:

  1. Players are permitted to walk on the court to facilitate a shot, including the “break”.
  2. If a disc enters a pocket, then rebounds out of the pocket, it still counts as a “pocketed” disc.
  3. A disc that crosses the lip of the pocket and rotates out of the horizontal plane to touch the bottom of the pocket, a “leaner”, is counted as a “pocketed” disc.
  4. Pocketed discs may be removed from the pocket during play and placed on the rail near the pocket.
  5. After a “scratch” of the cue disc, the cue disc may be placed anywhere on the court, but in no position closer than half the length of the cue stick (30 inches) to any other disc.
  6. The cue disc that comes to rest close to the rail may be moved perpendicularly away from the rail any distance up to or equal to the span of the forks of the cue stick to facilitate the use of the cue stick in taking the next shot. Such a move and distance is at the option of the player preparing to make the shot. Such movement of the cue disc may be limited by the location or position of an object disc on the court.

For complete rules and play of the game of Billiards, see Billiards: The Official Rules & Record Book, Billiard Congress of America (BCA), Colorado Springs, CO.

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