Table skittles

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As Table Skittles are called games where cone in a small, usually stationed on a table arena with a ball or a gyroscopic be overturned. Table skittles are almost always made of wood.

simple table skittles
Children's table skittles

Table skittles

Hood Skittles

Table skittles often represent a transfer of the skittles sport with scaled-down elements (track, bowling pin, ball) similar to mini golf and are sometimes considered a children's variant of this precision sport .

Simple mechanical table skittles have a cord attached to a kind of gallows with a small bowling ball. When bumped, the ball swings in a circle or back and forth. The number of pins knocked over counts per round. In some games, the fallen pins are brought back to their original position by hand, while others have a pulling mechanism that puts the pins attached to strings back up. In Great Britain, this game is known as Devil Amongst the Tailors from the 18th century as a pub game.

The Hood Skittles , played in English pubs especially in the regions of Northamptonshire , Leicestershire and Bedfordshire , is a throwing variant of a table skittles game . Originally, small slices of cheese were thrown at the 9 cones. In the meantime, leather discs are used and thrown on a table specially equipped with cushions and safety net, which thus resembles a chair.

Tyrolean and Merano table skittles

This sport is particularly well known in Bavaria ( Mering ), Tyrol (Tyrolean table skittles), South Tyrol (Meraner table skittles) and Upper Austria , but also in Baden-Württemberg ( Wolfach ).

construction

The bowling alley.

The bowling alley consists of an inclined, framed play area, the bowling table. This is usually placed on a waist-high table. The game is played with a wooden top with which the attempt is made to bring down as many of the nine pins as possible, also made of wood.

The dimensions are: total length 82 cm, width 41 cm. The frame is 3 cm wide. The actual playing area is 67 × 35 cm. Seen from the player in the direction of bowling, the track is inclined about 1 ° downwards, from left to right the track is inclined about 4 °. That is, the top usually moves in semicircular swings towards the higher right side. The individual cones are about 6 cm away from the next. The marking of the cone forms a square, shifted 45 ° from the perspective of the player, with an edge length of 12 cm. These values ​​differ regionally.

The circle

The runway is often made of larch wood or other hardwood . In order to achieve a visually appealing surface, you can stick a wallpaper, for example. A glass plate is mounted on top. There is a field that indicates the position of the gyro when turning away. If you start outside this field, the thrust is invalid. At the other end are the cones, the position of which is indicated by 9 points to set up. At the very end there is a depression in which the fallen skittles land (however, they often remain on the playing surface).

Tops and cones

A cone

The top is made of wood and is usually 6 cm high and 4 cm wide at the bottom in the bulge. The top is weighted with lead to keep the center of gravity below. In order to achieve better gyroscopic properties, it is also reinforced horizontally with 4 nails on each side. The top should not be wider than the distance between the cones (about 6 cm).

A cone is also about 6 cm high and about 2.3 cm wide at the widest point.

game

The player stands in front of the table and usually holds the top between thumb and forefinger and turns the top. It is also known as thrust . This then moves in semi-arcs or straight towards the cones. Even if the gyro gets along, this thrust is to be assessed.

Game variants

  • Merano table skittles
  • Darn 9
  • Damischer Hansl

Upper Austrian bowling

The Drauln table skittles game is known regionally in southern Upper Austria . The word is derived from the dialect word for circles, turning ( Draul ). The game used to be called Pumwoilfaln . Drauln is an entertainment sport. Skill and luck often count. Depending on how you turn the top, a distinction is made between arc thrust and straight (classic) thrust.

Counting method

A boost at table bowling

The method of counting is the same as in real bowling . The foremost cone doubles the number of points. If the three are hit in a row, they count to nine. If all the pins fall, that's a pig with 36 points. If only the innermost one remains, it means a wreath and counts 24 points.

Game variants

  • The Schanzeln : Three thrusts per player, points are added.
  • The clearing : three drawers, with no repositioning between the drawers. Are the first of a tie, is topped up . It goes into the next round with a new stake, whereby all players (not only the first equal points) are allowed to play again. That goes on until a winner is determined.

Tournaments

There are regular tournaments that run roughly as follows: There is a booth where 5 batches can be played (with or without money). The points are added up. Three test strokes are allowed before each new start. If the player likes the test drive, he can count this as the first game and waives the others. The three best stands are added up. The winner is the number of points achieved with the three best stands. A special feature is the writing down ( owis writing ). If you play in a booth and a particularly good boost is achieved, you can do without the current booth and start the new booth with this boost.

Cleaning the web

Since some players turn with ashes (or chalk) (in order to achieve a better grip, for example with wet fingers), the track gets dirty again and again. Usually the track is cleaned with schnapps ( fruit schnapps ). You can also use window cleaning agents, with the disadvantage that the web sometimes becomes too smooth (slippery). The track is then usually cleaned with a kitchen roll.

Bowling in the Werdenfelser Land

A regional variant in the area around Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the so-called shock digging (or shock digging). The player hits a ball with a cue in order to hit as many of the nine pins in a miniature bowling alley as possible.

The first table of this type was probably in a café in Switzerland around 1940. Here even with manual erection.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. tradgames.org.uk
  2. tradgames.org.uk
  3. Pictures from the shock digging ( memento of the original from April 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bereitschaft-oberau.de
  4. francois goudaert: Marigniens dans le Nord Pas de Calais. In: Jeux d'autrefois - Location Animation Jeux anciens en bois. Retrieved April 25, 2018 .