American Dart Rules and Scoring

Gameplay

When sharing the same set of darts, players throw their darts, and the next player to take the line pulls the darts out of the board and calls the score. Players generally do not pull their own darts.

When standing at the line to shoot, players remain behind the shooting line. They are said to "toe" the shooting line.

Scoring in American Darts

Each one of these innings is broken into three scoring sections. The first section is the largest, and covers all of the uncolored area between the cork and the red ring. This area is worth one point, and referred to as "the single". In the image on the left, it is highlighted (roughly) in yellow.

The second scoring area is the red ring, worth two points. Oddly enough, this area is referred to as "the red". The final scoring area, known as "the trips", is the thin uncolored outer ring. Darts landing in this area score three points each.

The blue outer ring is worth nothing at all. The metal strips that divide the innings do not even extend into the blue ring.

Scoring Example #1:
The group of darts at the right was thrown at inning number Eight. The scoring would be:

• Two points for the dart in the red
• Three points for the dart in the trip area
• Zero points for the dart in the blue

Scoring Example #2:
The group of darts on the left was thrown at inning number Two. The scoring for that group would be:

Total points scored during the inning - Six.

More Notes on Scoring:

> If a dart falls out of the board while a player is shooting, those points are lost as well.

> If a thrown dart sticks into the barrel of a dart on the board, it will not earn any points.

> The wires that separate the scoring sections on the dart board overlap in some places. If a dart should hit in between these two overlapping sections of wire, splitting them, it is referred to as a split wire. In this case, the score taken for this dart is the higher of the two sections.

For example, if a dart splits the wires separating the red and trips sections, the shooter gets three points (the trip value) for that dart.

If a dart splits the wires between the trip and the blue section, the shooter gets three points for that dart.