How to Play Beer Darts

This game combines the joys of drinking beer with a variation on darts. It is also known as Beer Darts or Drunken Cricket. Be warned, this game can get you drunk very fast.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Setup for the Game

1. Each player takes a turn and throws a dart at the dartboard to determine his/her number for the game. If the next person's dart lands on a number that's already taken, that person keeps throwing darts until they get their own number.
2. Record the players' names with their numbers on a scoreboard.
3. Make 10 tally marks under each person's name.
4. Decide how far back the darts will be thrown from. The normal distance can be used, but any agreed upon distance will work.

Playing the Game

5. The object of this game is to try to hit your own number with your dart.
6. Players throw their darts one at a time until all three darts are used.
7. If your dart hits your number, you must take one drink, and subtract one tally mark from your score.
8. If a player hits a double (the narrow band at the outer edge of the board), he/she must drink two times and can erase two marks.
9. Similarly, if a triple is hit (the narrow band at half the diameter of the board), then the player must drink three times and can erase three marks.
10. You are out of the game when you have no more marks left.
11. The scary part of the game is that if your dart hits another player's number, then that player must drink, PLUS add a mark to their total.
12. If you hit a double on another player's number, then they drink twice and add two points. Hit a triple on another player's number and they drink three times and add three points.
13. If a player misses the dartboard completely, he/she must drink once.
14. Any person who hits a bulls-eye can choose someone to drink. One drink is designated for the outer bulls-eye. The inner bulls-eye is worth two drinks, but the drinks can go to different people.
15. Bulls eyes do not affect scoring, but they do use up one of your throws.
16. The last player who has marks left has to drink a beer for each point remaining.

Tips & Warnings

• You may vary the number of darts used during each player's turn, but three is the usual quantity.
• For an extreme game, give every player two numbers and only 5 marks per number. If they still have marks on both numbers when the other players finish, they have to drink twice for each mark remaining.
• Two or more people can play at a once, but games with more than 6 people can take a very long time, and the overall number of drinks required per person tends to go up.
• A player must finish all of his/her drinks before the game can move onto the next player.
• If someone hits your number on a triple, you actually end up drinking 6 times. Three immediately, and three later as you erase those marks from your score.
• Your score can rise and fall very quickly. Don't waste too much effort adding marks to other players. Payback can be a bitch.