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In shuffleboard, individuals or teams of two compete to get the highest score by pushing a disc on a playing field into a scoring area. The other goal is to knock the opponent's disc out of the scoring area. The game can be played until one team reaches a designated score, or for an agreed upon amount of turns known as frames. Variations can slightly alter the rules for play or the scoring system to create new shuffleboard challenges.

Tap And Draw
- In this version, players are penalized for knocking out any disc with the one played. If a player knocks an opposing player's disc off the board, that disc is replaced and the disc that hit it is removed. If a player hits an opponent's disc, but the disc remains on the table, the player whose disc was hit can choose to accept the new position or return it to the old position. A player is not penalized if he hits his own disc and it remains on the playing surface. The player with the disc closest to the far end of the playing area without going out of bounds wins a point for that round.
Survivor
- The goal of "Survivor" is to be the only player with scoring discs in the playing area, or at least have more there than your opponent. Each player attempts to knock opposing discs off the playing area, while keeping his own in the scoring area. At the end, the player with the most discs on the playing area scores one point for each of those discs, minus one point for any opponent's discs still on the surface.
Shuffleboard Poker
- This version is played with a standard shuffleboard set and a deck of cards. Players alternate turns until each one has played all four of his discs. The player with a disc closest to the opposite end gets to draw a playing card for each disc of his that is closer to the end than the opponent's closest disc. This means the winner can get up to four cards each round. Play an agreed upon number of rounds, typically between five and 10. The player with the highest ranking poker hand using his best five cards is the winner.
Playing Surfaces
- These games can be played on a traditional outdoor shuffleboard court or indoors on a tabletop version. Players use a stick to push discs on the outdoor court. Indoors, each player stands at the same end of the table and pushes his disc, which is a plastic ring around a marble, toward the opposite end. The playing surface on both should show different scoring areas and a foul area. No points are scored for discs that stop in the foul area.

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