Bowling

2 to 6 players

Bowling is an easy indoor game that gathers any number on one lane. Each player in turn rolls a ball at ten pins at the end of the lane and adds up points over ten frames. It needs no fitness and no experience, only company, and a seat on the lane that is one short.

Find a bowling lane missing a player.

How to play

1 Players 2 to 6 on one lane, solo or in two teams. Lanes are booked by the hour, and above 6 the waiting gets long. 1

2 Gear A three-hole ball in a weight that feels right, and the house shoes. Ten pins, set in a triangle at the end of the lane. 2

3 The frame Ten frames per player. In each frame you get two rolls to knock down the ten pins. The tenth frame gives a bonus roll if you clear them all. 3

4 Strike and spare Strike: all ten on the first roll, worth 10 plus your next two rolls. Spare: all ten over two rolls, worth 10 plus your next roll. 4

5 Scoring Miss the ten and you score the pins you knocked down over the two rolls. A ball in the gutter is zero. 5

6 Winning Highest total after ten frames wins. Perfect is 300, nobody at a casual night gets there, and that is half the fun. 6

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