Sympatic the Chucker shoots straight (Darts - General)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Darts - General
Date:	21/03/09 (61 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fun pub game

Disadvantages: Little appeal to viewers

I have to be honest as far as a spectator sport goes darts has to be one of the more boring sports to watch, admittedly apart from the ocal pub league that a former boyfreind used to play in I have no actual experience of watching darts live but the sight of the crowd at either the Lakeside Tavern or the othr major events leaves me with absolutely no doubt that it is something I would not enjoy attending.

As for my own attempts at darts well I'm blessed with no natural ability and I'm happy to hit the board rather than the wall with my darts rather than worrying about the actual treble twenty.

The basic game of darts involves two playes who each have three darts, the idea is to be the first one to get down from 501 points and you must finish on a double. The circular board is divided up into 20 segments with values from 1 to 20, within each segment there are three areas, at the tip there is the double value area, in the middle a thin strip which earns treble points and the rest is a single score, the segments are divided by wire and in the centre is the bullseye the inner red zone is worth 50 points and the outer green zone is worth 25.

As a game to play in the pub it can be fun but you do not see many darts boards these days, I guess the health and safety crowd and the need to cram people in have put paid to that, plus the game can be frustrating to play as well.

Profesionally it is mostly played by fat blokes with naff nicknames.

Summary: Pub game really