Dartboards
Dartboards
Scoring Schematic
The two most popular dartboards used to play the game of darts are the ‘bristle dartboard” for steel tip play and the “electronic dartboard” for soft tip play. Both dartboards are divided into pie shaped sections numbered 1 to 20 with the center most section called the bulls-eye. There are two narrow rings traversing the dartboard in a circular pattern. The outer ring counts the number double score and the inner ring counts the number triple score. There are two sections to the bulls-eye; the outer ring is a single bulls-eye and counts as 25 points with the inner bulls-eye counts as a double bull or 50 points
Steel Tip
Bristle dartboards are made of millions of fibers glued on their end called sisal, a grass like hemp grown in Africa and China. The main characteristic of a bristle dartboard is the “self healing effect”. This happens when a dart lands next to where the previous dart landed, the sisal is parted and closes the original hole. Because of this construction, a bristle dartboard, depending on use, can last a long time particularly in the home recreation room. The outer number ring on the bristle dartboard is removable. This feature helps to prolong the life of the board by allowing one to rotate the dartboard so wear on the most commonly used numbers is even. When rotating always keep the number 20 at the top and over a black section.
Soft tip
Electronic or soft tip dartboards have the same clock layout as a steel tip dartboard and are made up of hundreds of holes in each wedge, which is tapered to accept the plastic pointed dart. The electronic dartboards are convenient in that they keep score automatically for one player and up to as many as eight players. These dartboards have built in programming for a number of different games and can have as many as 24 to 100 games and variations depending on the machine and the level of technology it employs. Like bristle dartboards, one can find electronic dartboards in taverns and home recreation rooms.