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English Pub Skittles

Game Night
E
PLAYERS
2+, two teams
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
MEASUREMENTS

A skittle alley or lane roughly 21 feet (6.4m) long.

HOW TO PLAY
1

Nine pins are set upright at one end of a narrow alley or table lane.

2

Each player takes a turn throwing or rolling the wooden cheese down the lane to knock down as many pins as possible.

3

Fallen pins are counted and reset before the next player's turn.

4

Some versions allow a second throw per turn to knock down any pins still standing.

5

Players or teams add up their pin counts across several rounds, and the highest total score wins.