How to play shuffleboard

Basic rules of play

1. Object of the game is to score more points than your opponent by either knocking their weights off the play surface or by sliding your weights into a higher scoring zone. A typical game, singles or partners, is played to 15 points.
2. A coin toss determines who will shoot first, and thus, who gets the hammer. The hammer is the person or team that shoots last. It is considered advantageous to have the hammer. The winner of the coin toss normally takes the hammer and the loser gets to pick the color of weights they will use during play.
3. Player A (loser of coin toss) begins by shooting one weight. Player B then shoots one weight, and play alternates as such, until Player B shoots the last weight (hammer).
4. After all weights have been played, the players determine who scored by counting only the weights of a single color that are closest to the end of the play surface. A weight must be completely inside a score zone to receive the points in that zone.
5. The player or team that scores in each frame must shoot first in the next frame. This process is repeated until a player or team reaches 15 points for the win

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