I Started Playing Darts And I Like It

[HillStreet]

My wife and I recently visited our son and DIL in Utah. We started playing darts and we discovered it痴 a cool game. Our son taught us the scoring and what was needed to close out the game. Anybody else play? I don稚 know why I never had interest before.

 

[Stimw]

I used to play at a friend's bar in Cincinnati years ago. (when I wasn't shoveling snow!)
The game we played was either 201 or 301 ???
Had to double, Triple or Bullseye to start and end.
With every dart thrown my friend could tell you the exact numbers you needed to go out!
If you get really involved you can buy darts of different weights by grams.
Still have my darts somewhere. ??

 

[Steppenwolfe]

English board or American board?

 

[flyerdan]

Yep, 301, 501 and rotation were the primary games. I even wrote a little scorekeeping program for the C-64 back in the day.

 

[HillStreet]

English board or American board?

The board is a winnau? Has a British dart association label. Hmmmm, didn’t know it made a difference—- it sure doesn’t to me anyway.

 

[MossRoad]

My wife and I and many of our friends played in 301 bar leagues for many years when we dated and after we got married until we had kids. We found darts of the correct weights and balance for us and stuck with them. Maybe went through 4-5 sets each until we got comfortable.

I feel pretty comfortable saying we were pretty darn good at it, too. :laughing:

But smoke-filled bars and copious amounts of beer do not go hand-in-hand with wanting to have babies, so we gave up the league play. Still had a board in our basement for friends and the occasional party.

It's a good game and can really doesn't cost that much. Cheaper than bowling, that's for sure!!!! :laughing:

 

[HillStreet]

Yeah Moss,

I have to say that it causes you to seek better methods and concentrate. We play cricket but that is all I know right now. It is fun. I haven’t bowled in 30 years, no idea what that costs but I may remember $1.25.

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah Moss,

I have to say that it causes you to seek better methods and concentrate. We play cricket but that is all I know right now. It is fun. I haven’t bowled in 30 years, no idea what that costs but I may remember $1.25.

Bowling made me humble.... my wife has kicked my rear-end for about 30 years....

In my defense, she took bowling lessons as a kid for years and years, I never bowled till we started dating, and she won't share any tips! :laughing: