Okay this one you definitely need a beer for, because it’s shuffleboard! Shuffleboard can usually be found in a bar (thats why you NEED a beer for it lol) alongside a wall or something. The reason I mentioned the floor in the title is because there is a different shuffleboard game you play on the floor and I have no clue what that is so please don’t ask. lol The shuffleboard game I’m talking about is where you slide little metal pucks across a fiberglass table that has sand or powder on it so the puck can slide across easily.
Shuffleboard is a point based game. You score points by sliding the pucks across the table into your opponent’s different point boxes, as you can see in the photo on the right, there is a 3 point box, 2 point box and 1 point box. “Okay, is that it? Sounds easy!” That might be what you’re thinking but its a little harder than it sounds because you have to play with your opponent next to you. So I usually play 2v2 where my teammate and I shoot on opposite sides. So when its your turn to shoot or slide should I say, where ever your puck lands is where it will stay for the rest of the turn. Then from the same side your opponent will slide their puck in the same direction. This is where it gets tricky, some people like to try to hit your puck off with their puck. So let’s say I step up and I’m first to slide and I land in the 3 point box, that sounds like a great shot right? WRONG. Now my puck is open to being hit off the table by my opponent.
That’s where the fun comes in!
It becomes a battle between friends to see who can score up to 21 first! It really is a lot of fun and when you’re drinking and enjoying a little competition with your friends, what more could you ask for?
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