DART GAME BASICS

Dart game basics are easy to understand and follow as the game of darts is simple and amusing. Normally played in places like pubs, it can be played by a single player, with a partner, or in a team. Probably the only game of its kind, along with cards.

Every player has to throw sets of 3 projectiles each onto a board kept at a fixed distance. Points are scored as per the landing point of the projectile. The standard game is 301 (pronounced as ‘3-Oh-1’) in which the game begins with this figure from which scored points are deducted till one player reaches zero. This last point must be won by scoring a double. See below for more details on dart game basics.

THE STANDARD DART BOARD

 

THE SCORING SYSTEM

All of us are familiar with the dartboard, but perhaps do not know the scoring system. The system is as follows:

Each player throws 3 darts at a time.

If you hit:

Double bull – red most inner circle – 50 points

Bull’s eye – green circle in the center – 25 points

Red/green inner ring – 3 times the number of the patch outside. Called ‘triple.’

Red/green outer ring – 2 times the number of the patch outside. Called ‘double.’

Other areas on the wedge – the outside number for that patch.

To score triples and doubles, your dart must land on the red/green ring itself – the narrow band - and not over or underneath it.

There are more than a hundred games with their own specific rules for play. These are described in the Games section

The maximum points that can be scored in 3 throws are 180: when all three land on the triple ring area of number 20, i.e., the inner ring patch covered by the number 20. The minimum point is 1.

Scoring a double: In many games, a player must score a double - land the dart on the outer red-green ring - to win the game. Also called 'doubling out'.