Rules for Baseball

Baseball is a very simple and fun game that can be played by as many players or teams as wish to play. While there is a version of the game that must be played on a special dart board, we will only be covering the version that is played on a standard steel tip dart board.

The object is simple, score the most amount of runs each inning and at the end of the game the highest score wins.

Scoring: The numbers 1 through 9 are written in ascending order on the left side of the scoreboard. All players names are written in batting order across the top (batting order can be determined any way you'd like, usually one dart each at the bulls-eye with the closest throwing first and the furthest last). A grid may be drawn around the numbers and the names for easier reading.

Each player, in order, throws three darts at the number of the current inning. The target is 1's in the first inning, 2's in the second, etc. Each number only counts in the that actual inning. For example, if a 4 is hit in the first inning, it does not count. The thin outer "double" ring counts as two runs, the thin inner "triple" ring counts as three runs with the other sections of that number counting as one run. Therefore, the highest attainable score in any one inning is nine.
The number of runs scored is NOT multiplied by any of the inning numbers. For example, in the second inning, two single 2's and a double 2 are scored; that players score would be four for that inning.

Usually a running total is kept with the current inning's score being added to the current total. This way, players can see how far ahead or behind they are and saves alot of time not having to add all nine innings at the end of the game.

If there is a tie at the end of the ninth inning, extra innings are played with bulls-eyes as the target. Extra innings continue with the tied players only until all darts have been thrown for that inning and no tie exists.

An interesting variation that you can add into the game is the '7th inning stretch'. Any player who does not score any runs in the seventh inning has their score cut in half. This puts some pressure on the seventh inning and also gives a player who is far behind a chance to catch up.