Shuffleboard
A game associated with retirement communities and cruise ships could be mistaken for lacking competitive fire. Don’t make that error.
Equipment
- 4 tongs
- 8 biscuits
Setup
- Play as singles or doubles
- Each team starts with four biscuits
Objective
- Push discs down the court and land them in scoring areas to score points
House Rules
Start
- Singles: Both players are on same end of the court
- Doubles: One player from each team is at each end
- Each team shoots a biscuit; whichever is closer to the far end without going out of bounds goes first
Play
- Teams take turns shooting one biscuit toward the triangle target at opposing end
- Biscuits must start behind the “10 Off” line
- Any biscuit that stops in the “Dead Area” between the lines in the center of the court must be removed
- When all biscuits have been played, that is the end of the Frame
- Teams calculate points and alternate sides after each Frame
Scoring
- Biscuits must not be touching any lines in order to be counted
- The team with the most points at the end of 8 Frames wins
Points
- Any biscuit inside a scoring area marked 7, 8 or 10 gains that number of points for the team that shot it
- Any biscuit inside the 10 Off areas at the bottom loses 10 points for the team that shot it