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Bowling Darts

Bowling darts puts ten-pin bowling on the dartboard. Your first dart picks the lane, the next two are your balls: the treble knocks down all ten pins, the double nine, the singles seven or three. Strikes and spares score just like at the alley, and 300 is the perfect game.

  • Alone, against friends or bots, at one board
  • Ten frames, one visit each
  • Strikes, spares and bonus balls in the tenth
  • Unrated, so your average stays untouched
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How it works
Bowling · 10 Frames Strike!
Frame 7/10 · Lane 20
10Knocked down
Anna
  1. 20Lane 20
  2. T20Strike
  3. –Dart 3

STRIKE!

Frame12345678910
AnnaX207/399–483/68X887/108X
Ben3–39/23X33––339/53X
Frames 7 and 8 of a game, drawn like the app shows them. Anna’s first dart picks lane 20, her treble knocks all ten pins: a strike. Ben makes a spare on the 19. The running totals fill in once the bonus balls are thrown.

The rules

How bowling darts works

A visit is a frame. Ten frames make a game, and the most pins win.

  1. Pick your laneThe first dart of the visit picks the lane: the number it lands in, whichever ring. A dart in the bull or off the board makes it a gutter frame, worth nothing.
  2. Bowl on that laneYour next two darts are your two balls. On your lane the treble knocks down all ten pins, the double nine, the small inner single seven and the big outer single three. Anything else knocks nothing down.
  3. Strike or spareAll ten with the first ball is a strike, and the frame is over. The rest with the second ball is a spare. A strike scores 10 plus your next two balls, a spare 10 plus the next ball, just like at the alley.
  4. Bonus balls in the tenthA strike or a spare in the tenth frame brings bonus balls, so you throw on, on the same lane. After ten frames the highest score wins the leg.

The lane

Pins per ring

Once you have a lane, the app lights it up on the board and writes the pins on each ring. Here is lane 20:

  1. 10
    TrebleKnocks down all ten. With the first ball of a frame that’s a strike.
  2. 9
    DoubleNine pins. One stays standing, and any hit on the lane with the next ball makes the spare.
  3. 7
    Inner singleThe small single between the bull and the treble: seven pins.
  4. 3
    Outer singleThe big single between the treble and the double: three pins.
  5. 0
    Anything elseAnother number, the bull or a miss: a gutter ball.

The same single twice in a frame knocks nothing more. And the two singles need the cameras: a dart typed in by its field has no position on the board, so it counts as the big outer single. The small inner single only comes with camera scoring.

Examples

Strike, spare or open frame

Six frames and what they score. The box shows how the score sheet writes them.

  • Strike
    1. 20Lane 20
    2. T20Strike
    3. –Dart 3
    X10 + the next two balls

    All ten with the first ball. The frame is over, a third dart would count for nothing.

  • Spare
    1. 19Lane 19
    2. 197 pins
    3. D19Spare
    7/10 + the next ball

    The inner single takes seven. The double would knock nine, but only three are left standing.

  • Spare
    1. 20Lane 20
    2. 203 pins
    3. 20Spare
    3/10 + the next ball

    Two singles make a spare as well: the big outer one for three, the small inner one for the other seven.

  • Open frame
    1. 18Lane 18
    2. D189 pins
    3. 4Gutter
    9–9 pins

    The second ball lands in the 4, off the lane. One pin stays up, and an open frame counts just its pins.

  • The same single twice
    1. 5Lane 5
    2. 57 pins
    3. 5Gutter
    7–7 pins

    Two darts in the small inner single: the second one knocks nothing more. The last three need a different ring.

  • Gutter frame
    1. 25Gutter
    2. –Dart 2
    3. –Dart 3
    ––0 pins

    The first dart lands in the bull or off the board. There is no lane, so the whole frame is lost.

The tenth frame

Bonus balls and the perfect game

In the tenth, a strike or a spare isn’t the end of your game. You throw on with your next visit, on the same lane.

  • Three strikes
    Visit 1
    1. 20Lane 20
    2. T20Strike
    3. T20Strike
    Visit 2
    1. T20Strike
    2. –Dart 2
    3. –Dart 3
    XXX30 pins

    A strike in the tenth brings two bonus balls. The first is the last dart of the visit, the second comes with the next one.

  • Spare and a bonus ball
    Visit 1
    1. 19Lane 19
    2. 197 pins
    3. 19Spare
    Visit 2
    1. D199 pins
    2. –Dart 2
    3. –Dart 3
    7/919 pins

    A spare brings one bonus ball. You throw on at once, on the same lane, and the frame ends with it.

  • Open tenth
    Visit 1
    1. 17Lane 17
    2. D179 pins
    3. 2Gutter
    No bonus balls
    9–9 pins

    No strike, no spare: no bonus ball. Your game ends here.

300The perfect game
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AnnaX30X60X90X120X150X180X210X240X270XXX300
Twelve strikes in a row. With a lane dart for every frame, that’s 22 darts.

Settings

Nothing to set

Bowling has no options of its own. Ten frames, three darts a frame and the pins per ring are always the same.

  • Ten framesFixed

    One visit per frame. The bonus balls of the tenth frame come as an extra visit right after it.

  • Three darts a frameFixed
    1. 20Lane
    2. 1Ball 1
    3. 2Ball 2

    The first dart picks the lane, the other two are your two balls. After a strike the frame is over.

  • Pins per ringFixed
    1. 10Treble
    2. 9Double
    3. 7Inner single
    4. 3Outer single

    The same on every lane. A dart typed in by its field counts as the big outer single, so the small inner single needs camera scoring.

In the game

What you see on screen

The big number counts the pins, and the score sheet sits below it.

  • The label: above the big number you see the frame and the lane, for example Frame 4/10 · Lane 20.
  • The big number: before your first dart it reads Lane?. Then it shows the pins still standing, and at the end of the frame how many you knocked down.
  • The hint line: Your first dart picks the lane: the number it lands in, then Treble 10 · double 9 · inner single 7 · outer single 3. A strike or a spare shows as STRIKE! or SPARE!, a lost frame as Gutter frame: no lane.
  • Your darts: each chip says what it did: Lane 20, 7 pins, Strike, Spare or Gutter.
  • The score sheet: ten frames per player, the balls on top and the running total below. Your player card shows your score, the frame you’re in and your strikes.
  • A wrong dart? Tap its chip and correct it, as in every other mode. The pins and the sheet update with it.

Setup

Start a game

Open Party & duels in the game setup and pick Bowling, or search for it by name. The rest works like any match.

  • PlayersEveryone in the list plays at this board, plus bots if you like.
  • FramesAlways ten. Bowling has no options to set, see nothing to set.
  • LegsOne leg, first to 2, first to 3 or more. Every leg starts with an empty sheet. There are no sets in mini games.
  • A tieLevel at the top after ten frames, the leg is drawn and counts for nobody.
  • Who throws firstThe first player in the list, a bull-off or random. From the second leg on, the next player starts.
  • UnratedBowling doesn’t count towards your average, statistics or leaderboards. Only your wins are recorded.

Tips

How to bowl a higher score

  • Aim the lane dart at the big single. It only has to land in a number, any ring will do. Only the bull or a miss costs you the frame, so stay away from the middle.
  • Go for the treble with the first ball. It’s the only strike. Miss it but stay on the lane and you still knock down 9, 7 or 3, and any other ring of the lane makes the spare.
  • Change ring after a single. Hitting the same single twice knocks nothing else down. After the inner single the outer one finishes the spare, and the other way round.
  • Strikes in a row pay. A strike counts your next two balls, so two strikes back to back make the first one worth at least 20.
  • Finish strong in the tenth. A strike or a spare there brings bonus balls, so the last frame alone can be worth 30.

More sport on the board? Golf also gives every ring of one number its own value, only there the fewest strokes win. In bowls you throw close to the jack, and tennis darts plays points, games and sets.

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Ready for a strike?

Open the app, pick Bowling under Party & duels and throw your first frame. Play with friends at your board or against a bot.

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