How To Play Darts?
By: Sally Vilee

The origin of darts goes back to the medieval times when people did not have television or any other modern entertainment means. Then games like darts were a welcome respite from boredom. This game has adorned innumerable common rooms, billiard rooms or activity rooms. Even today it is a regular feature of bars and family game rooms. It is a fun game to play.

The basic rules to the game of darts are the same, whereas the variations have to be picked up and agreed upon between rivals before the game begins. However, you have to give special attention to safety, no matter how you play the game because a dart can cause serious injury with lasting damage.

Generally, two teams or two people play darts. Each player is allowed nine throws before the beginning of the game, for warming up. In order to decide which team or person goes first, everyone gets a turn to play once. The team or person who ends up closest to the bull's eye gets the first turn.

When the actual game begins, a turn consists of three throws. Two sets of darts, distinct from each other are used. The first player throws his set of darts and leaves them in place. And then the second player throws his set of darts. Thus, getting the first turn is important because the second person or team has fewer options.

If your darts fall off of the board less than five seconds after your final throw they do not count. Also, the throw that sticks to another dart or falls off the board receives no score. The darts only have to stay on through one person's turn. So the first person gets to count up the score before the second person throws.

Your score depends on the position where on the board the dart lands. The closer it is to the bull's eye, the higher will be your score. When you look at the target, you notice different wedges and rings intersecting them. In the outermost ring, you gain points according to the number hit. Inside the next ring, that number is doubled and inside the third ring it is tripled. There are two rings for the bull's eye: the outer is worth 25 points and the inner is worth 50 points.

After you know the basics you can get down to the enjoyable variations such as playing Cricket or '301'. You can either be the person who has a 301 score or the person who wants to reduce the other person's 301 down to zero. Points are given according to position on target. Cricket is more complicated and requires a lot of dart practice.

Darts can be a fun way to spend an evening with family or friends. It is an old game with a rich heritage, and it offers opportunity for conversation as well as sport. Knowing how to play and score the game makes it easier for you to enjoy this pastime.

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