How to Play Shuffleboard iMessage Game | Learn The Steps

Shuffleboard is a game consists of “shuffleboard long-table” and disks whether you are playing it on mobile or tabletop. This game has various rules; following these rules, you can be an expert in the shuffleboard iMessage game. This game’s primary purpose is to slide the dicks by hand over all the opponents’ pucks to drop into the pockets around. If you want to win the game, you can achieve this task by knocking off the opponent’s pucks into the alley. But the main problem is that how to play a shuffleboard iMessage game. The game is available in 4 different variations of shuffleboard games:

• Table shuffleboard
• Outdoor shuffleboard.
• Deck shuffleboard
• Shovel shuffleboard

One of the apps which are significantly designed for iPhone is the Game Pigeon app. It is specially designed for iOS devices. The launched many “games,” including: 

• 8 Ball
• 9 Ball
• Chess
• Crazy 8
• Four in a row
• Gomoku
• Sea Battle
• Shuffleboard game.
• Air hockey.

The game table shuffleboard has some unique features. It’s important to “learn” what equipment will be used in this game for reviewing its rules. Some are:

Table shuffleboard: 

• Shuffleboard has a long and narrow “playing surface.” 
• The length of a full-sized table is 22 feet. This length is twice over the regular pool table.

Length of a table	20’8″ long and 20″ wide
Height of the table	30 inches
“Official shuffleboard” height	22″

There are 3 different sizes of table available:

Size	Uses
9-12 feet	Used in smaller spaces, bars, and rec rooms
14-16 feet	Full length feel while saving a few feet
18-22 feet	Big spaces and tournament level play

Table Surface: Its surface is made of maple, which is the hardwood playing surface. It’s coated with epoxy to protect against scratches and small holes.

• Most surfaces are concaved. This means that its surface is made to have a slight slide to move the “color pucks” easily.
• Maintaining you can clean it, wax it and spray it with silicone to make it useable for a more extended period.

Epoxy Powder: If you experience to play in a bar, you may notice a powder spread on the “shuffleboard.” It is the same as reality by playing the game on iMessage, and when you go level, you may find different rewards or the points you earn you can use to purchase powder to make the surface smooth for pucks.

Shuffleboard pucks:

• These pucks are also known as “weights.”
• The regular size of these weights is 2.31inches wide.
• Smaller size weights are 2 inches wide and designed to play in narrow areas.
• These pucks come in 2 sets consist of 8 pucks. 1 Set contains 4 pucks of red color and 4 pucks of blue color.
• Any player whose puck is hanged over the edge of the table will count as a 4, also known as a hanger.

How to play Knockoff shuffleboard:

The most playable rule is the Knock off rule. It can be played with either 2 players or 4 players.

How to play Knock off with 2 players:

• Toss a coin or use any other method to see who will turn first. The winner in the toss can take their turn first on the opposite end of the table. 
  • Both players will stand on each end of the table.
  • Both decide who will get the red pucks and who will play with blue.
  • Now decide the standard points to play, which is either 15 or 21.
  • Your main goal of playing is to “shoot” the puck as far as possible without falling it down.
  • On each round, one player can take their turn.
  • You can also knock off the opponent’s puck toward the end of the table or on the side. This rule is known as knock off rule. 
  • Now it’s the opponent’s turn, and he will shoot his puck using knockoff towards the opposite end of the table after your turn.
  • Don’t touch the pucks until both players agree on the score for that round.
  • If both players got the same score, the game would withdraw.

How to play knock off with 4 players:

• First, choose your team that consists of 2 persons.
  • Both players stand on the opposite side of the opponent’s tableside. 
  • 1 basic rule is that you can’t change your place in 4 player’s game.
  • Shoot your pucks towards the opposite side of hit your opponent’s puck towards the alley. If your puck goes farther from the opponent’s highest score, it will count for the score.
  • In team shuffleboard, one benefit is your teammate can guide you from the other sides of the table to make the correct shoot.
  • Once you agree on the round score, the other team will take their turn.
  • Four players play until they reach 15 or 21.

Note: According to official shuffleboard rules, a player who takes more than 30 seconds to shoot a puck is counted as a slow play.

Shuffleboard Scoring:

You will get points only when you play with your own pucks.

Table shuffleboard has 3 scoring sections:

• 1st zone
• 2nd zone
• 3rd zone

In the first zone, it awards 1 point per puck. All pucks must clear the center baseline to be eligible for points.

The 2nd zone awards 2 scores; your puck must clear the baseline; otherwise, it will be out of the game.

The 3rd zone also awards 3 scores, same as the 2nd zone, and you have to clear the baseline to achieve a score; otherwise, the “scoring puck” will be withdrawn.

There is one more zone, which is the “10 off zone”:

• A “line” is drawn across the court, which is 6 and half feet from the next foul line, is known as a baseline, and the area used to hit the puck beyond the line is the shooting area.
  • From this line to the next line, 1 foot beyond is the “10 off area.”
  • In this zone, when all 8 pucks finished the play, the points were marked according to the “10 points,” which is deducted if any disk falls into the 10 off area.
  • In this zone, the small triangle dictating the middle boundary of each side. Each disk is played with a cue and slides the puck into the 10 off area, which ends in the “scoring triangle.”

The bumper shuffleboard rules:

To play bumper shuffleboard, you have a simple shuffleboard rule in which:

• The player who scores 21 points first will win the game.
• Both players pick a red or blue puck to start their game.
• Now shoot the puck from the edge of the table toward the center so that it can hit the back bumper to get the opposite player’s half table.

Read More: How to Play Shuffleboard on Game Pigeon?

How to Play Shuffleboard iMessage Game: FAQ

How to play knock off Shuffleboard?

There are 2 ways to play Shuffleboard.

• 2 players shuffleboard
• 4 players shuffleboard

Basic rules to play both games are 

• Toss a coin or use any other method to see who will turn first. The winner in the toss can take their turn first on the opposite end of the table. 
• Both players will stand on each end of the table.
• Both decide who will get the red pucks and who will play with blue.
• Now decide the standard points to play, which is either 15 or 21.
• Your main goal of playing is to “shoot” the puck as far as possible without falling it down.
• In 4 players, first, choose your team consists of 2 persons.
• Both players stand on the opposite side of the opponent’s tableside. 
• 1 basic rule is that you can’t change your place in 4 player’s game.

Shoot your pucks towards the opposite side of hit your opponent’s puck towards the alley.

What Is The 10 Off Area in Shuffleboard?

A “line” is drawn across the court, which is 6 and half feet from the next foul line, is known as a baseline, and the area used to hit the puck beyond the line is the shooting area.

• From this line to the next line, 1 foot beyond, is the “10 off area.”

How to Keep Score in Table Shuffleboard

Table shuffleboard has 3 scoring sections:

• 1st zone
• 2nd zone
• 3rd zone

• In the first zone, it awards 1 point per puck. All pucks must clear the center baseline to be eligible for points.
• The 2nd zone cites 2 scores; your puck must clear the baseline; otherwise, it will be out of the game.
• The 3rd zone also awards 3 scores, like the 2nd zone; you have to clear the baseline to achieve a score. Otherwise, the “scoring puck” will be withdrawn.

Conclusion

To conclude this topic, the game’s basic need is to play according to Shuffleboard rules. As I discussed above all the scoring rules, playing method between 2 players and 4 players, you can win the game through these steps. Only 1 thing you have to do is to avoid falling your puck from the table.