Bowlliards or bowliards is a pool game often used as a training . The game borrows aspects of

ten-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll ...

, hence the name. The game is divided into ten frames where a player gets a maximum of two innings to ten balls.

Gameplay

At the start of each "frame" (round of play, in bowling terms), ten are in a

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with the front ball placed at the . The is placed behind the and the first player . After the break the player gets and tries to pocket as many balls as possible until missing. This is considered the first of the frame. If there are still balls left on the table after the first inning, the player gets a second inning to attempt to finish clearing the table. Clearing all the balls on the first inning is called a strike, clearing any remaining balls on the second inning is called a

spare Spare or Spares may refer to: Common meanings * Spare (bowling), a term for knocking down all the pins using two bowling balls * short for spare part ** Spare tire People * Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956), English artist and occultist * Richard ...

. For details on scoring see the scoring section for

References

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