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- This game is called 'Blackball Pool'
- Blackball Pool is played with 16 balls:
- - 1 Cue ball
- - 7 Red balls
- - 7 Yellow balls
- - 1 Black ball
- At the beginning of the game, the table is 'open', and any of the Red or Yellow balls can be hit or potted. Once a player pots an open ball without fouling, this becomes their colour and the other player is assigned the other colour. The table is then no longer open.The game ends if the Black ball is potted. If the player has potted all of their colours, they are the winner. However, if they have not, or they commit a foul during the same shot, they lose.
- Each player takes shots until a shot fails to pot any balls, or they commit a foul.
- Committing a foul grants the other player an extra visit.
- There are 3 ways to foul:
- - For a miss. (Failing to hit any balls)
- - For hitting the following balls first:
- Red if this is not the player's colour and the table is not open.
- Yellow if this is not the player's colour and the table is not open.
- Black if any of the player's colours remain (or the table is still open).
- - For potting the following balls:
- Cue
- Red if this is not the player's colour and the table is not open.
- Yellow if this is not the player's colour and the table is not open.
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- This game is called 'English Billiards'
- English Billiards is played with 3 balls:
- - 2 Cue balls (One per player)
- - 1 Red ball
- Cueballs start within the 'D', and can be freely moved around within the D before taking a shot.
- Each player's cueball is only added to the table at the beginning of their turn.
- Potted cueballs remain off the table until that player's next shot.
- The goal is to be the first player to reach 50 points.
- Points can be earned in 4 different ways:
- - For potting balls:
- Other player's Cue: 2 points
- Red: 3 points
- - For an in-off, (when the cueball hits another ball and then enters a pocket,) the value of the ball you hit first.
- - 2 points for a cannon. (Hitting 2 or more balls with your cueball)
- - 2 points from the other player committing a foul.
- Each player takes shots until a shot fails to score any points, or they commit a foul.
- Committing a foul grants the other player 2 points.
- There is 1 way to foul:
- - For a miss. (Failing to hit any balls)
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