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How to Score Deck Shuffleboard

Deck shuffleboard is a game played by pushing a puck over the numbered board. The game setup for deck shuffleboard has two ovals that have a 30 foot difference in distances. According to Masters Games, the middle portion of the ovals has 9 squares that are marked with numbers from 1 to 9 that represent points. Since the square is in the middle, semi-circles form around the square in the oval. The top semi-circle is worth ten points while the bottom semi-circle is worth negative ten points. The players try to get their pucks into the point squares while knocking opponent's pucks out of the squares. Points are scored if the puck is in a point square and is not on the lines. Any pucks on the lines or outside the oval are not worth any points.

Things You'll Need

Wooden cues

Instructions

- 1
  Push all of the wooden pucks with the cue stick so the puck slides along the deck into the oval. Alternate between players. The players try to get their puck into the oval and squares marked with points while also knocking opponent's pucks out of the squares. There are eight pucks in total, four for each player. All eight are pushed before scoring.
- 2
  Go to the board and add up the scores. The score is added according to the boxes or spaces where the pucks land. If the puck is touching the line of the square, it does not count. If it lands in the nearest semi-circle, the player gets minus ten. If it lands in the farthest semi-circle, the player gets plus ten.
- 3
  Change sides and play to the other circle. In deck shuffleboard, the two circles are made to play back and forth until reaching a specific score. Repeat the game and scoring. The player who reaches the agreed on score first is the winner. According to Masters Games, deck shuffleboard is usually played to either 50 or 100 points.

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