Darts Game Rules

The world's most popular darts game, and the one the pros play. Start at 501 and win it on a double.

The quick version of 501, popular in pubs and with beginners. Start at 301 and race to zero, finishing on a double.

01, 501, 301, 701, 1001

X01 is the darts family behind 301 and 501. Learn the shared rules, then change the starting score, starting and ending rules, and handicaps.

Standard Cricket, American Cricket, Mickey Mouse, Tactics, Coach and Horses, Beds and Bulls, Faldo, Chase, Sweaty Betty

Close 15 through 20 and the bull with 3 marks each, score on targets your opponent has not closed, and finish level or ahead on points.

Cutthroat Cricket, Cut-throat Cricket

A Cricket variant where your points go to every opponent who has not closed the target. Close everything with the lowest score to win.

Cricket without points. Race to put 3 marks on 15 through 20 and the bull, and the first player to close all 7 wins.

Round the Clock, Round the Board, Around the Board, Clock Tower, 1 to 20

Hit every number in order from 1 to 20, then finish on the bull. A quick way to learn the board or warm up.

A simpler Around the Clock. Hit 1 through 20 in order, then either bull. One hit in any ring moves you on.

Count-Up, High Score, Highest Score

Every dart scores its full value. Add up as many points as you can over a fixed number of rounds.

Score on one number per round for the highest total, or win on the spot with a single, double, and triple of that number in one turn.

Halve-It, Halve It, Halves, Bermuda Triangle, Split Score, Burma Road

Aim at a new target each round. Miss with all 3 darts and your running score is cut in half.

Killer Darts, Killers

Claim your own number, become a killer, then hit your opponents' numbers to take their lives.

Bobs 27, Bob Anderson's 27, 27s

Start on 27 points and work through every double from D1 to D20, then the bullseye. Miss with all 3 darts and you lose points.

The Junior Darts Corporation's 57-dart test: Shanghai on 10 to 15, every double and the bullseye, then Shanghai on 15 to 20.

Singles Around the Clock, Singles Around the Board, 1 to 20 Singles

Work through every number from 1 to 20 in order, aiming for the singles. Doubles and triples count too and score bonus points.

Doubles Around the Clock, Doubles Around the World, Doubles Around the Board, Doubles Ladder, Doubles Practice, DAW

Practise every double from D1 to D20 in order. Hit your current double to move to the next.

A solo finishing drill with random checkout scores. Finish each one exactly within your darts, then move on to the next.

A finishing drill that starts at 121. Check out within the dart limit to raise the target, or drop back to your Safehouse.