Shuffleboard and other Family Games: Our guide to the game
The wooden game of shuffleboard requires the shuffle board players players to push a small playing disks along a narrow 'shuffleboard' with the aim of positioning it within a marked area on the game board playing surface.
The history iof the game itself dates back around 500 years within Europe although the exact origin of the game of shuffle board is unknown. The earliest English name given to the game is 'shovillaborde' which was played by King Henry VIII.
The King, however, did not always win as the royal expenses of 1532 show a payment from the Privy Purse of nine pounds, 'Paied to my lord Wylliam for that he wanne of the kinges grace at shovillaborde'. This was a great Game for the King. You to can play shuffleboard like King Henry the VIII.
Jaques' wooden Shuffleboard baords games.
Jaques' traditional 5ft family shuffleboard game consists of a polished beech frame and 30 hardwood playing discs. Comes complete with a full set of rules of the game.