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Shuffleboard Scoring
Shuffleboard (Deck shuffleboard) is a game in which players use cues to push weighted discs, sending them gliding down a narrow court, with the purpose of having them come to rest within a marked scoring area. As a more generic term, it refers to the family of shuffleboard-variant games as a whole. History The earliest references to shuffleboard (as table shuffleboard) appear in Tudor England. Henry VIII played "shovillabourde" for stakes, and custom "shovelboard" tables were kept in wealthy English households until the 17th century. Examples of such tables survive at Stanway House and Tredegar House. The rising popularity of billiards in that century displaced shovelboard from high society, but variations of it continued in public houses. One of these called shove-groat was played during Henry's reign and was widespread enough to be banned by name in the Unlawful Games Act 1541. A similar game called shove ha'penny is still played today. Travel literature and other sources d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deck Shuffleboard
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