Skittles

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Skittles

• By Molly Conner, Cole McCallum Nicole Smathers

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How to Play

• Skittles is a game where players take turns
  throwing wooden balls down a lane and at the end
  of the lane there are several wooden skittles
  (pins). The purpose was to try and knock the
  skittles over.

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How to Play

• The alley is 24 feet long and there are 9
  skittles arranged in a square at the end of the
  long alley.
• Each turn starts out with all of the skittles
  standing and each player gets 3 throws down the
  alley.
• The game is very similar to the common day sport
  of bowling.
• Ones maximum score in a single turn of skittles
  is 27.

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How to Play

• The object (wooden ball) thrown down the alley is
  called the cheese.
• There are many different versions of skittles
  that have evolved over the years, however, the
  most common version of play is West Country
  Skittles.

This is a common at-home table set that can be
found in homes today. The tabletop version allows
for this game to be played at home.
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Where When

• The game of skittles can be traced back to
  ancient Egypt and beyond.
• It came about in the 3rd or 4th century when the
  monks played a game with a kegel that was used as
  a club carried for self defense. In the game, the
  kegel represented a sin or temptation and the
  monks would throw stones at it until it was
  knocked over.

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Where Was Skittles Played?

• The intense game of skittles was originally
  played outdoors in a garden. In 1933, Bernard
  Levy brought the game indoors when he ordered a
  specially constructed basement room in the cellar
  of the Freemasons Arms, which is a
  pub/restaurant in London.

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Development of Skittles

• Modern table-top games have mostly eliminated
  actual skittles alleys.
• Bowling alleys have for the most part, replaced
  the game of skittles.
• There are many websites that provide the supplies
  and equipment to build your own skittles alley or
  purchase a table-top model.
• -www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Skittles.htm
• -www.mastersgames.com/.../adult-skittle-alley.jp
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Development of Skittles

• Towards the end of the 19th century the game of
  skittles was gaining popularity and club
  constitutions were made.
• Soon after the constitutions were drafted the
  Amateur Skittles Association was formed.
• Skittles was particularly popular in between
  World War I and World War II because large
  numbers of clubs were playing in competitions.

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Different Versions Styles of Skittles