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Tap & Draw

Overview

This is an excellent game for a beginner who is opposing a skilled player. The object of the game is to shuffle your Weights up to the farthest (or, in TARGET shuffleboard, the highest) scoring position on the board, without knocking your Weights, or those of your opponent, off the board.

To start a contest, players decide by toss of coin or other means, who shall shuffle first and which color each shall have. In this fame, it is an advantage to shuffle the first Weight.

Weights are shuffled alternately, until all eight have been shuffled, which completes one round of play, just as in the traditional "Knock-Off" tournament shuffleboard game.

You may try to tap your Weight, with the purpose of sending it farther up the board. However:

  • If you knock your own Weight off the board, it must remain off and out of play.
  • If you knock off your opponent's Weight off the board, your own weight will be removed from play, and your opponent's Weight replaced on the board in its original position.
  • If you knock your opponent's Weight off the board, and at the same time advance one or more of your own Weights to higher scoring areas, your Weights must be returned to their original positions, your opponent's Weight replaced in its original position, and your shooting Weight must be removed from the board.
  • If you tap any of your opponent's Weights, so that they advance, they remain in their better scoring position.

Scoring

Scoring is the same just as in the traditional "Knock-Off" tournament shuffleboard game, where the traditional GAME SCORE is 15 points or for "Horse Collar" GAME SCORE is 51-points. The player or team who scored in the previous round shuffles last in the next round. Remember, in this game (unlike "Knock-Off"), it is an advantage to shoot first.

Miscellaneous Rules

  • Before a player shoots, the player can dust the board if dry spots are showing. Note: In tournaments this may be restricted to the edge of the board or left to the discretion of the Tournament Director.
  • Shooters must have one foot behind the playing surface while they are shooting.
  • Hitting or shaking the table is never allowed.
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