Rules for 9 Pin Skittles.

Playing nine pin skittles is great fun. This page helps you with the rules for this Garden Game.

Playing Skittles with skittles rules.

To Play the Game of Nine Pin Skittles firstly set the nine skittles up in a diamond formation, with each skittle about 16 cm apart. The throwing point is normally 5 metres from the skittles. you can be further away for a longer game. Just make sure both players are the same distance away for each turn.

Players take it in turn to throw 3 balls each. If all 9 skittles are knocked over by the first or second skittle ball, they are all set up again and the player gets a frree hand - ie a complete knock over or 'skittle' is a free turn, this means the player gets an extra go. this can be repeated 3 times maximum.

Therefore a players maximum possible score is 27 ( 3 x 9)! A much more normal score is 7 .

You may play individually or as teams, each player adding their score to the team total.

The winner is the player, or team, with the highest score after an agreed number of rounds.
An excellent game, requiring considerable skill, but when not in use, the soldiers make a great centre point in any room setting.

There are many more skittles styles like this 9 pin skittles set available in our online skiittles store like the Royal Guards Skittles set which includes a set of soldier skittles based on the world famous guards at the Queens Home - Buckingham Palace.

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