Table shuffleboard
Shooting is performed with the hand directly, as opposed to deck shuffleboard's use of cue sticks.
These beads act like ball bearings, letting a puck slide down the table a great distance with only a slight push.
There are many different speeds of wax to choose from to match the player's skill level.
The outer scoring section, at the end of the table, is labeled with the number "3" in the middle (for "3 points").
A weight that's hanging partially over the edge at the end of the table in the 3-point area, called a "hanger" (or sometimes a "shipper"), usually receives an extra point (count as 4).
Weights that haven't passed the foul line closest to the player are removed for the round.
The objective of the game is to slide, by hand, all four of one's weights alternately against those of an opponent, so that they reach the highest scoring area without falling off the end of the board into the alley.
The Shuffleboard Federation also has more basic rules that are geared towards beginners and casual recreational players.
[1][2][3][4] A Dutch variation known as sjoelen, apparently influenced by bagatelle (a billiards offshoot and pinball ancestor), bar billiards, skeeball, miniature golf and related games, makes use of a long, unidirectional board placed on a table in which the goal is to slide 30 wooden pucks towards the end of the board and try to have them enter through small open doorways or arches into numbered scoring boxes.
The most famous manufacturers of sjoelbakken (sjoelen boards) are Homas, Heemskerk Sport and Schilte, who mass-produce the game for the continental European market.
A typical sjoelbak is two metres long and 40cm wide, although there are slight variations between manufacturers and models.
[5] A Sjoelen World Cup has taken place since 2008;[6] the 2023 edition took place in Beneden-Leeuwen, Netherlands on 1 and 2 September 2023[7] and was organized by the Algemene Nederlandse Sjoelbond (the Dutch governing body of the sport, which is affiliated with the NOC*NSF).
An even more miniaturized, related British game, with a much less elongated board and many more scoring zones, is played with coins and known as shove ha'penny.
In the 1979–1980 version of Beat the Clock which aired on CBS and was hosted by Monty Hall, the final round of the main game was called Bonus Shuffle, a game of table shuffleboard where the two teams attempted to throw disks to win cash from $300–$1,000.
Tins of Glory World Tinnie Hurling Championships is a version of the game made by Balter Brewing Company using beer cans on a table shuffleboard started in 2017.
