Darts rules
How to play, game by game.
Not a summary of a summary — the rules Chuck Darts actually enforces, including the parts every pub argues about: what busts, what a blank round costs you, whether a tie has a decider, and which house rules the app will not play.
How to play 301 darts301 darts rules: take each three-dart turn off 301 and go out on exactly zero with a double. A 180 leaves 121, so short legs turn on doubles; leaving 1 busts.How to play 501 darts501 is the standard match leg: take each three-dart turn off your total and check out on exactly zero with a double or the inner bull. Leave 1 and you bust.How to play AccumulatorAccumulator darts rules: climb 1 to 20 in order — any ring is one rung, but a turn that never hits your number sends you back to 1. First to clear 20 wins.How to play Around the ClockAround the Clock darts rules: climb 1 to 20 in order, any single, double or triple is one step, misses cost nothing, no bull, first to clear 20 wins.How to play Baseball dartsBaseball darts rules: in inning N only the number N scores — single 1 run, double 2, triple 3. Most runs after nine innings wins; a tie plays on into the 10th.How to play Bermuda TriangleBermuda Triangle darts rules: thirteen rounds from the 12 through the two bulls, and a blank round halves your total. Highest score wins.How to play Bob's 27Bob's 27 darts rules: start on 27 and work up from double 1 to double 20. Each hit adds twice that number, missing all three docks it, highest score above zero wins.How to play Cricket in dartsCricket darts rules: close 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 and the bull with three marks each, score on numbers opponents leave open, and win level or ahead on points.How to play Custom CricketCustom Cricket darts rules: pick 2–21 targets from 1–20 and the bull, three marks to close, score where opponents are open, close all to win, level or ahead on points.How to play Cut-Throat CricketCut-throat cricket rules: close 20 down to 15 and the bull, three marks each, then give every point away to opponents still open. Lowest score wins, level counts.How to play Darts GolfDarts Golf rules: nine holes at the numbers 1 to 9, your LAST dart at each hole scoring double 1, triple 2, single 3, miss 5, par 27, and the lowest total wins.How to play Double TroubleDouble Trouble darts rules: cross off all 21 doubles — D1 to D20 and the double bull — in any order. Singles and triples do nothing; first to clear wins.How to play English CricketEnglish Cricket darts rules: the batter scores on 15 to 20 only, the bowler takes wickets on the bull, ten wickets close an innings, and most runs wins.How to play FivesIn Fives, a three-dart total that divides by five banks one point per five — 45 banks 9. Other totals bank nothing. First to exactly 51 fives wins; going over busts.How to play GotchaGotcha darts rules: climb from 0 to exactly 301 to win. Overshoot and the whole turn busts; land on an opponent's score, after any dart, and they drop to 0.How to play Halve-ItHalve-It darts rules in full: the nine targets in order, what counts in each round, when your score is halved, and how ties are settled.How to play High ScoreHigh Score darts: eight rounds of three darts, every dart at face value times the ring, outer bull 25 and inner bull 50. Nothing busts; the highest total wins.How to play Killer dartsKiller darts rules: throw for your number, five lives, doubles only. Three own doubles make you a Killer; your own double then costs you a life. Last standing wins.How to play Legs in dartsLegs is 501 played as a match: each leg resets to 501, finishes on a double or the inner bull, openers alternate between legs, first to three legs by default.How to play Mickey Mouse dartsMickey Mouse darts rules: twelve targets — 20 down to 12, the bull, any double and any triple — three marks each. Close out level on points to win.How to play No-Score CricketNo-Score Cricket rules: close 15 to 20 and the bull, three marks each, no points at all. First to close all seven wins; a dead heat goes to the earlier thrower.How to play Noughts and CrossesNoughts and Crosses darts rules: the fixed 20-to-12 grid, one hit claims a square, claimed squares lock, three in a row wins, a full grid with no line draws.How to play Random CricketRandom Cricket darts rules: six numbers dealt from 1 to 20, plus the bull, fixed for the whole game, three marks to close each, and why points alone never win.How to play ScramScram darts rules: one dart shuts a number, the Stopper must shut all 21, the Scorer banks on what is open, then the roles swap. A level total has no winner.How to play ShanghaiShanghai darts rules: seven rounds on 1 to 7, only that number scores, its single, double and triple in one turn wins outright, and a tie records no winner.How to play Tactics in dartsTactics is cricket on twelve targets: 20 down to 10 and the bull. Three marks close a number, you score on what opponents leave open. Closing out level wins.How to play WarfareWarfare darts rules: 21 territories — 1 to 20 plus the bull. Any dart claims a number, the last dart to land owns it, and most ground after five rounds wins.