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Squareball the lawn game

To start playing check out the Getting Started section to the right.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Scoring

There are 3 ways to score.

1. Capture your opponent's ball(s) in a triangle formed by your balls (+3 pts for each ball captured)
2. Knock an opponent's ball out of the square (+1 pt for each ball knocked out)
3. In the case that neither player has captured an opponent's ball in a triangle, the player with the most balls inside the square earns 1 point for each of their balls in the square MINUS 1 point for each of their opponent's balls in the square. If both players have the same number of balls in the square no points are scored by either player. (remember this is only in the case that neither player captured an opponents ball in the their triangle)

Note:
This has been updated. Years ago the original rules were somewhat different but Jake and I have simplified the rules and greatly improved our enjoyment of the game.

2 comments:

  1. Love what you've got going here, guys!

    I have some scoring questions...

    1. Let's say White makes a big Triangle that surrounds 3 black balls. That'd be worth 9, right? Or are there other points being added? I saw someplace on this site that 15 would be the max score for a round... is that true?

    That's it for now! I'm sure I'll be back with more!

    2. White makes a Triangle that surrounds 2 black balls, the other is out of the square. Is that 3+3 or 3+3+1 for the extra white ball in the square?

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  2. Jeremy,

    1. I'll need to draw a chart to answer this question. I will post it soon.

    2. It would be 3+3. The only time you get points for having more balls in the square is when your opponent entirely misses the square. It doesn't happen often unless you are playing with a three year old or my brother Jake :)

    Please let us know if you have any further questions.

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