Technological advancements have made game playing easier. For instance, when playing darts with a soft-tip board, the board electronically keeps score and counts bounce-outs, whereas traditional steel-tip boards do not. However, you should experience darts the old fashioned way, and you should pick up the game with relative ease by checking out the following important rules.

Darts Basics

If the steel-tip board is not set up, hang it exactly 68 inches from the ground. When throwing, stand 7 feet, 9 1/4 inches from the board's face; establish the toe line at the front of the oche, which should measure 1.5 inches tall and 2 feet in length. The board has 20 sections randomly numbered 1 to 20, with "20" centered at the top, and the red 25 ring surrounds the bull's-eye.

Before starting your one-on-one or team game, each player gets nine warm-up throws. Have one player from each team throw a dart; whichever team gets closest to the bull's-eye goes first. Keep score by hand on score sheets or a scoreboard.

Throw three darts during your turn and remove them from the board after scoring. If your foot crosses over the toe line or if you trip over the oche and release your dart, you get no points and lose that throw.

Darts Scoring

To score, your dart must stay on the board for at least five seconds. If your dart sticks to another dart, falls off the board or bounces off the "spider" (the dividing wires that resemble a spider's web), it does not count.

If your dart lands in the wedge, you receive the points shown on the outer ring; if it lands in the outer, narrow double ring, you receive twice the amount shown. If your dart lands on the inner, narrow triple ring, you receive three times the amount shown; if your dart hits the outer bull's-eye, you receive 25 points; and if it hits the inner double bull's-eye, you receive 50 points.

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If you're competitive, think about mastering this game in the family room den before braving the scene at the local watering hole. Here's how to play darts instructions

Instructions

1.Hang the dartboard so that the center is 5 feet 8 inches from the floor.
        
2.Mark the throwing line, called the 'oche' (rhymes with 'hockey'), with nonskid tape. The line should be 7 feet, 9 1 /4 inches from the face of the dartboard (not the wall), according to the World Darts Federation.
        
3.Make sure the tape mark lies so that the front edge is the actual line. In other words, a player may step on the tape, but not past it.
        
4.Give each player or team three darts, and determine who throws first by having each player or team representative throw one dart. The player or team whose dart is closest to the center, or bull's-eye, gets to go first.
        
5.Warm up, as competitive dart players do, by alternating throws until each person has thrown nine darts.
        
6.Once the game begins, take your turn by throwing your three darts.
        
7.Add up the score. Each part of the board has a number, and that is the dart's score.
        
8.Count a dart that misses the board completely as a throw. The score for that dart is zero.
        
9.Remove your darts and allow the other player to throw.
        
10.Alternate until the game is over. There are numerous dart games, including the simple one in which players throw five sets, and whoever has the highest score wins.

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