How to Throw Darts Consistently

How to Throw Darts Consistently

Learn how to throw darts consistently by mastering these fundamentals: Grip, Stance, and Throw. If you want to learn how to play darts or get better at your favorite dart games, you need to learn the fundamental mechanics of holding and throwing a dart. Mastering these basic mechanics will make you a more accurate player. … Read more

The Best Pool Movies (Three Great Pool Shots Explained)

The Best Pool Movies

The Violin, All the Marbles and the Nightmare Learning a trick shot in pool is like learning a card trick: the beauty is in the nonchalance, the delivery of a perceived impossibility with a natural grace. And it is in movies that this sleight of hand is the most apparent and pronounced, where the mere … Read more

How to Make a Tabletop RPG: 7 Simple Steps

How to Make a Tabletop RPG

Let’s be honest; learning how to make a tabletop RPG for the first time can be pretty overwhelming.  Infinitely more intricate than your standard board games and often requiring a multitude of components, the whole process of world-building, establishing characters, and establishing the rules can prove such a colossal task that many novice game designers … Read more

Dartboard Maintenance: 5 Ways to Make Your Board Last Longer

Dartboard maintenance last longer

If you’ve invested in a nice dartboard, you’ll want it to last as long as possible. High quality dartboards are made from premium natural fibers, such as Kenyon sisal, that are designed to withstand countless dart games and last a very long time. But these boards, also known as bristle dartboards, still need some basic … Read more

The Best Portable Pool Table: A Complete Guide

Best Portable Pool Table Guide

Portable pool tables are a good choice for people who want to have a pool table but can’t dedicate an entire room to it. They come in many different sizes and are generally very easy to assemble. Usually, they’re made of a combination of laminated woods and artificial materials. The best thing about them is … Read more

How to Choose the Best Billiard Balls

Best Billiard Balls

Being a good pool player won’t do much for you if you’re forced to play with low-grade accessories. The cue, the table, the chalk, the felt, everything is important. And this includes having access to the best billiard balls. Although you may not be able to always play with premium tournament-grade billiard balls, it doesn’t … Read more

Best Soft Tip Darts for Beginners

Best Soft Tip Darts

Soft-tip darts are mostly used on electronic dartboards. Everyone knows that even with a proper technique, darts often bounce right off electronic dartboards and fly into wall or hit the ground. Having the best soft-tip darts for beginners is not always about getting the best aerodynamics and grip, although those help a lot too. Sometimes … Read more

Pros and Cons of Electronic Dart Scoreboards

Electronic Dart Scoreboard

An electronic dart scoreboard can add cool digital features to a traditional ‘analog’ dartboard. But are they worth the hassle? If you’re not ready to commit to a full electronic dartboard, these digital dart scorers can be used alongside a traditional bristle dartboard. Now you can have the authentic feel of steel tip darts and quality … Read more

What to Know About Shuffleboard Table Sizes

Shuffleboard Table Sizes

Whether you’re a bar owner or just looking for a new game table for your home, finding the right shuffleboard table size can be tricky. In general, shuffleboard tables are long and narrow. The average height of a table is 30” and width of the playing surface is 20”. But the lengths on quality tables … Read more

How to Use a Mechanical Bridge in Pool

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The mechanical bridge is a helpful tool for those hard to reach shots in pool. These bridges are very easy to use. Yet many players, especially beginners, prefer to stand on their tippy-toes and stretch out as far as possible. But there is no need to extend your reach this far.  Once you learn how to use … Read more

Why You Need Billiard Chalk (And How to Use It)

Billiard Chalk

Don’t disregard the importance of pool chalk. Applying it correctly is crucial to making good contact with the cue ball. If you do it wrong, you will shoot poorly and probably miss the cue ball a few times. This post provides an overview of billiards chalk, including why you need it and how to use … Read more

A History of Table Shuffleboard

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Today, shuffleboard is a popular table-top game that is enjoyed in hotels, bars, game rooms and homes around the world. However, as with many other popular bar games, table shuffleboard started from humble beginnings and has a history that dates back to the 1500s. Although the game has evolved and become more serious over the … Read more

If You Love Bar Games, This Book Is For You

Drinking-Games

From the moment that early man first challenged his chums to see who could pick up the most knucklebones to the modern age of MMORPGs and online adventure, games have always been a significant part of just about every culture on Earth.  Yet while today’s technology-driven culture may focus on the Xbox Ones and PS4s … Read more