Third ring...what does that mean?
Michael Vaillancourt
the weekend I was playing at a pub in Ontario on a dartboard with a
third ring, located halfway between the bullseye and the inner ring
(triple score). No one at the pub could explain what this meant, except
that it was "just the board we got". I'm wondering how popular this
variation is, and how one would score a game with three rings, not two.
Any theories or feedback (accurate would be appreciated) are welcome.
Mike
dado...@aol.com
In article <5h9fhu$j...@chaos.dac.neu.edu>, mvai...@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Michael Vaillancourt) writes:
Michael,
>the weekend I was playing at a pub in Ontario on a
>dartboard with a third ring, located halfway between the
>bullseye and the inner ring (triple score). No one at the
>pub could explain what this meant, except that it was
>"just the board we got". I'm wondering how popular this
>variation is, and how one would score a game with three
>rings, not two.
I think the name of the board is the Quatro board. That
third ring is the 'quadruple' ring, 4x the score. I've seen a
picture of it once. I haven't heard of any league using
that kind of board, using the quad ring.
I would assume that, in games of x01, a 'quad' 20 would
be 80 points, with a maximum 3 dart score of 240 points.
Now, it would be interesting on how that quad ring would
come into play in Cricket. Would you still 3 marks to
close, or would you increase that to 4?
Lance Kent
Montgomery, AL
DaDo...@aol.com
phillip d thompson
this board i beleive is the one with 4x ring which is between the bull
and trip ring, i have never seen one but i have heard of them, this
sounds like it might be it to...@mindspring.com
mvai...@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Michael Vaillancourt) wrote:
>the weekend I was playing at a pub in Ontario on a dartboard with a
>third ring, located halfway between the bullseye and the inner ring
>(triple score). No one at the pub could explain what this meant, except
>that it was "just the board we got". I'm wondering how popular this
>variation is, and how one would score a game with three rings, not two.
>Any theories or feedback (accurate would be appreciated) are welcome.
> Mike
Dartoid
I've never seen one myself and no nothing about the history but I know
that the board is called the QUADRO and that the extra ring counts four
times the number of the pie.
Don Butman
In article <19970325234...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, dado...@aol.com
says...
>
>In article <5h9fhu$j...@chaos.dac.neu.edu>, mvai...@lynx.dac.neu.edu (Michael
Vaillancourt) writes:
>>dartboard with a third ring, located halfway between the
>>bullseye and the inner ring (triple score). No one at the
>>pub could explain what this meant, except that it was
>>"just the board we got". I'm wondering how popular this
>>variation is, and how one would score a game with three
>>rings, not two.
Lance Kent replies:
> I think the name of the board is the Quatro board. That
>third ring is the 'quadruple' ring, 4x the score. I've seen a
>picture of it once. I haven't heard of any league using
>that kind of board, using the quad ring.
> I would assume that, in games of x01, a 'quad' 20 would
>be 80 points, with a maximum 3 dart score of 240 points.
>Now, it would be interesting on how that quad ring would
>come into play in Cricket. Would you still 3 marks to
>close, or would you increase that to 4?
Our leagues here in NC have used these Quadro boards at tournements for
fundraisers. It will have a seperate stansion you pay $1 to draw a random out
on the Quadro board, and, if you finish the out, you split the pot.
I have only played a couple of actual games, and we didn't alter the rules at
all. It never occurred to me. The Quad scoring area is only slightly larger
than the DB - we didn't hit too many of them. I did discover, however, that a
50 point lead going into 15's isn't as safe as it is on a standard board...
Shoot m' straight,
Don
Randy A. Turner
The third ring is in fact a 4X ring. I played on such a board when I
was visiting Miami, FL in January. The darters at the bar (Crossflights
[??] in Ft. Lauderdale) said it was a "money board", as in (illegal)
betting, which of course no one ever bets money or drinks during dart
games (yeah, right...). We played the standard cricket and '01 games on
it, and I'm sure there are other games specific to that board, but we
didn't get into those. It obviously extends some common games, such as
Golf (on a standard board, triple=2 strokes, double=1 stroke, inside
pie=3 strokes, outside pie=4 strokes, miss or bounce=5 strokes. In a
given turn, you only score your last dart that you throw, and you can
choose when to stop throwing. Example: at hole #8, you hit outside pie
(=4) with your first dart. No being satisfied, you throw again and hit
the triple (=2). Rather than chance hitting a =4 or =5 dart while
throwing at the double ring again, you decide to stay at =2 as your
strokes for that hole. So you take the 2 strokes, and do not throw your
third dart. Play 1 thru 18 in order (additional playoff holes if
needed). Low score wins. Variation: a lot of people say the triple =1
and double=2, since the hardest to hit should be the "hole-in-one". But
if you miss the triple, you average a lower score [hitting 3, 4, or 5]
than if you miss the double [hitting 4 or 5 only]. In golf terms, even
though the green is larger on the double, there are more hazards around
it, hence, the double is the "hole-in-one" shot.) On this board, you can
have 4x=1, 2X=2, 3X=3, inner pie=4, middle pie=5, outside pie=6,
miss/bounce=7 , or some other variation.
You could play Shanghai, with the winning shot being 4X, 3X, 2X. And so
on...
I have a DMI catalog (source of Bandit boards, among others), but this
board is not in there. So I do not know where to purchase one. Can
anyone tell me where to get them?
RAT
Don Butman
In article <33398E...@virginia.edu>, rtu...@virginia.edu says...
> I have a DMI catalog (source of Bandit boards, among others), but
this
>board is not in there. So I do not know where to purchase one. Can
>anyone tell me where to get them?
RAT,
Try Southeastern Wholesale Darts out of Savannah, GA (800)747-2631: WSC $34.-,
SR $68.-. They have a 1st order requirement of >$100.- (2nd and subsequent
orders >$35.-) and you need a tax resale # and company name for your 1st
order. If you don't have one of these #'s perhaps you can convince someone
who does to give them a call.
I've had consistently good service from them.
Shoot m' staright,
Don
RC Osgood
>In article <33398E...@virginia.edu>, rtu...@virginia.edu says...
>
>> I have a DMI catalog (source of Bandit boards, among others), but
>this
>>board is not in there. So I do not know where to purchase one. Can
>>anyone tell me where to get them?
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