Dart Game Encyclopedia
Showing 23 of 163 dart game variants with rules, scoring, and strategy
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Yorkshire 501
501 on a Yorkshire board — no treble ring, no outer bull. Maximum per dart is 40 (double 20). A purer test of doubles accuracy.
Yorkshire Cricket
Cricket on a Yorkshire board. No treble shortcuts means closing numbers takes pure accuracy.
Manchester Log-End Game
Played on a tiny 10-inch jet-black board. Hit 1-20 in order, at least one double, re-hit that double, finish on bull. Extremely challenging.
London Fives 505
Played on a 12-segment board numbered only in multiples of 5 (5/10/15/20) with extremely narrow doubles and trebles.
Ipswich Fives 505
Same layout as London Fives but with wider beds, making it slightly more accessible.
Kent Doubles
Yorkshire-style board brought to Kent by migrating miners. No trebles ring.
Preston Game
Played on a clay or plasticine board. Race twice around the board, then finish with two double-20s.
Lincoln Board Game
Yorkshire-type board that is entirely black. Standard formats: pairs 701, singles 501, team 1501.
Irish Black
Yorkshire layout on an entirely black surface made from elm or poplar wood. Traditional Irish variant.
Grimsby Board Game
Played on a board with 28 scoring sections. One of the rarest regional boards — exact rules largely lost to history.
Tonbridge Trebles
Outer ring is trebles, doubles in tiny triangular beds. No conventional trebles ring. Unique regional design.
Hampshire Board Game
Standard size with standard wires but no treble ring and no outer bull. Hampshire/Basingstoke regional variant.
Norfolk Board Game
10-inch elm board that required regular soaking to prevent drying. Used until the 1940s.
Burton Board Game
Yorkshire-like board with two unique 1-inch-square boxes. Only one surviving example known. Extremely rare.
Bath Board Game
Log-end board from elm or poplar. Earliest documented use circa 1906. Historic regional variant.
American Darts
Played on a basswood board with treble on outer edge and double inside. Handmade darts with turkey feathers. Traditional in Eastern PA/NJ/DE.
Dartball
Played on a 4-foot board with a baseball diamond layout. Church league staple since the 1920s, primarily Midwestern USA.
Javelot
Traditional Picardy (France) game using foot-long steel-tipped darts thrown underarm at a target.
Flechettes
French version of darts using concentric scoring rings instead of numbered segments.
Vogelpik
Traditional Belgian/Dutch game played on a 7-inch straw board with birchwood darts. Name means 'bird peck.'
Tikanheitto
Finnish dart game played on a 34cm board with concentric rings scored 1-10. Popular at Midsummer celebrations.
Casino 301
French casino-inspired game. Score between 31-40, with the closest to 31 winning.
Aces
Tennis-style service game. Bullseye counts as an ace. Complex scoring system mirrors tennis matches.