The Start
A doubles game is occasionally played but the game is usually singles. One player chooses to play with the white cue ball and the other the spotted white cue ball. To begin with, players play their cue ball from within the D down the table so that it bounces back up the table and comes to rest in baulk. The player whose ball is closest to the baulk cushion chooses to go first or second. Most players prefer to go second because the first turn occurs with only two balls on the table - a severe limitation.

The game starts with the red ball on it's spot and the cue ball of the starting player placed in the D at the front of the table. Players agree how many points will constitute a game and the objective is merely to be the first to score than number. A typical number for expert players might be 1000 points - professionals regularly score more than this in a single break. Beginners might consider 150 as a more appropriate target.

Basic Play

Each turn is called a "break" and consists of a series of strikes of the cue ball that come to an end when a player makes a non-scoring strike or a foul stroke. Scoring is achieved by "potting" balls, by "cannons", and by going "in off". A ball is "potted" when the cue ball knocks it into a pocket. A "cannon" is when the cue ball strikes first one ball and then the other. A player's ball goes "in off" when it falls into a pocket having first "kissed" (struck) another ball.

Basic Play

Whenever the red ball is potted, it is immediately returned to the red spot for the next strike. Whenever the cue ball goes in off, it is immediately returned to the player who can position it anywhere within the D for the next strike. If the opponents ball is potted, it remains out of play until the end of that player's break. In this case, the opponent starts the next turn by positioning his ball anywhere within the D. Otherwise the opponent starts the next turn by striking the ball from wherever it ends up. Potting the opponents ball is usually to be avoided since scoring is much harder with only two balls on the table.

Foul shots

A foul occurs when a player's ball hits no other balls in which case 1 point is added to the opponent's score or when the player's ball goes directly into a pocket without hitting any other ball whereupon 3 points are given to the opponent. It will quickly be seen, however, that the size of these penalties are trivial compared to the injury suffered merely as a result of allowing the opponent onto the table.

Scoring

3 points for potting or going in off the red ball.
2 points for potting or going in off the opponents ball.
2 points for a cannon.
Scoring is cumulative within a single strike so for instance, a common play is to both pot and go in off the red ball, thus scoring 6 points. The cue ball is deemed to go in off the first ball that it comes into contact with. So if the player strikes the opponents ball, cannons onto the red ball and then goes in off, 4 points are scored. The largest score possible in one strike is 10 points although, since this requires the opponents ball to be potted, it is is normally a bitter-sweet achievement.



All from the other threads the poor lad misunderstood what I said don't get on his case!

EDIT : Please give your thoughts on this thread only, and as the guy wants me to reiterate this is his idea not mine



Edited at 22:47 Sat 26/07/08 (BST)

sounds quality

Haven't played Billiards in years - would be a great addition to the site.

good idea, hope it can be implanted.

although rules are a hand full

This would be great for me, I can't keep the cue ball out of the pockets!

I hope it gets added

Personally I've always hated the idea of billiards but the way its been explained certainly has opened my eyes to the fact of billiards!

ALthough I think there would be some difficulty on how rank would be decided wether it'd be like killer or like arcade/original.

Would be the same as arcade/original I would imagine. Highest Breaks would be interesting as there is no maximum - I think the current World Record is 16600 set by Paul Sainsbury in 2003!!

Edit: hmm not so sure now think that record might have been bar billiards (another great game shame its so rare nowadays). Would be interested if anyone knows for sure.

lol - found the answer, it was for bar billiards, the current billards record according to WorldSnooker.com is:

Former world billiards champion Peter Gilchrist set a new world record break of 1,346 during the New Zealand Open Championship in Hamilton on the 9th Oct 2007 at 10:19:00.

Edited at 00:58 Sun 27/07/08 (BST)

highest breaks would be very interesting and i hope this is implemented

but the red goes from blackspot to blackspot to bluespot then back to blackspot
but you can go blackspot then pot white then back on blackspot for 2 more times tht wud be hard to implement wouldnt it

Edited at 19:09 Sun 27/07/08 (BST)

I was against this first of all due to it being more like pool then, but after reading the explained virsion, could be quite a decent game over here

thanks for the replie's guy's

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so what do the rest of you think

i really want billards lol.

i would be good at this with all the in offs i do lol.

bring in billiards even though i dont know how to play.. ill rread the rules when its introduced