Table Shuffleboard
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Table Shuffleboard (also known as American shuffleboard) is a game in which players push metal pucks/weights along a smooth wooden table into a scoring area at the opposite end of the table. After all eight pucks have been played on one end, only the winning puck or group of pucks scores (according to the points marked on the board). Play then continues in the opposite direction. The winner is the first to a set number of points (i.e., 21).
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Shuffleboard can be played with two or four players. In one-on-one, each players is assigned a color of puck and must walk to the opposite end after each round of play. In two-on-two, teammates stand on the opposite end of the table and play every other round (when play starts from their end).
[edit] Table
Table Shuffleboards vary in length, usually within a 9 to 22 foot range and are at least 20 inches wide. They must be kept level, although many bars' shuffleboard tables are known to have their own slight angles, or "english", adding another challenge to these tables. In order to decrease friction between the pucks and the table, the smooth table is covered in tiny beads of silicon (sometimes referred to as sand or wax). Shuffleboard wax can be purchased commercially and should be sprinkled liberally on the table.
Each end of the table is broken up into three scoring sections by straight lines across the width of the table. The closest to each end is labelled "3", approximately 8" from the end of the table. Next, of equal area, is labelled "2". The third section, "1", is about 4 times the area of the first two sections and is closed by the foul line, about one third of the distance between end lines.
