For a simple and pleasurable a pastime of throwing darts at a local pub, you might be surprised to realize how expensive some dart boards are. Luckily, constructing your own is hardly an overwhelming task, and can be accomplished with little more than a ruler, some cork, and a bowl of pretzels.

1.Secure a large piece of cork, about 1-1 1/2 inches thick. This is thick enough to hold the darts and protect your wall, but thin enough to be penetrated. It should also measure at least 18 inches wide and long.

2.Trace on your cork a perfect circle, eighteen inches in diameter. Cut out the circle, which is the size of a regulation dartboard. The excess can be used as a backboard to protect your wall.

3.Measure your inner bull's-eye, which is a small circle, half an inch in diameter, in the center of the board. Encircle this circle with an outer bull's-eye, which is 1 1/4 inches in diameter. Color your inner bull's-eye's black, and your outer bull's-eye red.

4.Mark out two larger circles, one 7 7/8 inches in diameter, the other 8 1/2 inches in diameter. The 5/16 of an inch band between these two circles is the triple score ring. Measure two more circles, 13 1/2 inches and 12 7/8 inches in diameter--this band is the double-score ring.

5.The layout of your dartboard complete, divide the board into twenty equal sections like you would cut up a pie. Do not divide the bull's-eye. Assign each section of the pie, including the bull's-eye, a point value - you can either copy a regulation board, or make up your own.

6.To divide the sections of the board from each other, either outline the dividing lines with spider wire (available at dart supply shops), color alternating sections different colors, or both.

7.Hang your dartboard on the wall, so that the center is five feet, eight inches from the ground. Mark a line seven feet, nine inches from the wall: this is where players will stand.

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Along with dozens of storyline missions, "Grand Theft Auto IV" challenges players to obtain a large list of achievements. These achievements range from simple to nearly impossible and are rated according to difficulty on a scale of bronze to gold. You can quickly and easily obtain the bronze-level achievements in the game. You should be able to shoot your way to 180 points during any dart game with a small amount of coordination and good timing.

1.Press "start" to open your map and locate the bar on Morris Street in Dukes. The map indicates this bar with a bull's-eye icon. Travel to the bar by foot, car or taxi.

2.Enter the bar's outdoor seating area through the archway connected to the street. Walk forward into the bar, then make an immediate right once inside.

3.Approach the dart board and press the left trigger on your controller to initiate the game.

4.Aim carefully using the left analog stick. Line up your crosshairs with the smallest innermost rectangle in the "20" point section. This particular strip triples the score, resulting in 60 points per throw.

5.Hit the "A" button to shoot your dart. Repeat this process three times to achieve a score of "180."

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Scoring darts is a relatively straightforward but important task. At best, it is frustrating to the players when you, as a scorer, cannot keep up with their scoring and provide useful and current information. In particular, players need to know how much they have left to score so they can work out their strategy for checking out, which is only achieved when the last dart hits a double. In most formats of the game, if a player exceeds his total, he busts his score (the score of his three darts do not register). So, if a player is on 101, and hits triple 19 (57) and then 20, you must inform him he requires a double 12 (as he has 24 left to score).

1.Program your electronic scoreboard to the format of darts game you wish to play. For example, some matches are played between two opponents from 301 down to a finish, while some team games are competed from up to 1001 down.

2.Add a score after each person has thrown each dart. For example, add 20, 20 and 18 (making 58) if a player throws these scores.

3.Enter the total of the three darts into the scoreboard and allow it to calculate the score. For example, if a player is throwing his first three darts and is scoring from 301 and hits triple 17, 19, 19, then he has scored 89. Enter 89 on the keypad of the scoreboard and it will perform the calculation (301-89=212).

4.Inform players when they are three darts from a finish -- hence run the risk of busting their score -- using a checkout chart, which contains the conventional combination of scores for a player to register a checkout. For example, the highest checkout that can be achieved is 170, which can only be done by hitting triple 20, triple 20, bull's-eye.

5.Work out a player's three-dart average, which is the average amount he scored per three darts thrown. Press the average button on the scoreboard's keypad, which will display a two- or three-digit number, often providing one or two numbers after the decimal place. The highest three-dart average in a Professional Darts Corporation World Darts Championship final was achieved by Phil 'The Power' Taylor in 2009 (110.94).

6.Watch each player throw all three darts before calculating the total scored. Do not try to subtract each dart from the score as it occurs, as this is slower.

7.Subtract a player's three-dart score from his overall total. For example, if a player throws his first three darts scoring from 501 and hits triple 20, triple 20, single 20, then he scored 140, which reduces his total to 361.

8.Inform players when they reach a score that leaves them within three darts of a checkout. For example, if a player reaches any number lower than 171, he is almost certainly on a checkout (169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162 and 159 cannot be checked out in three darts). Always have a checkout table on hand. Consider pinning it up next to your dartboard to make things quick and simple.

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The dartboard itself should be set up with the bulls eye 5 feet 8 inches from the floor. It is a good idea to place some type of board behind and around the dart board. A dartboard surround does this job a treat.

Rememeber the section marked 20 is always centered at the top. The toe line (oche) should be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches from the front of the dartboard. If you are using a raised oche it should be 1 1/2 inches in height and two feet long.