Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a similar game to American Cricket, it can be played with two or more teams with one or more players per team. For the novice darts player, chance can play a part in the game as numbers all around the board can score. For the more experienced player it offers a fun alternative to the game of 501 and gives them an opportunity to practice numbers all around the board, which can be a real help when going for that high check out.
The Scoreboard
A game of Mickey Mouse begins with a pre-drawn scoreboard similar to the following diagram.
Team 1 Team 2
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
D
T
Bulls
Beds
Optionally more or less numbers can be used and the beds, bulls, doubles or trebles removed.
Object of the Game
The object of Mickey Mouse is to be the first team to close all of the categories on the scoreboard, twenty down to twelve, doubles, trebles, bulls and beds. To close a category a team must score three of that category. A treble twenty can count as three twenties or as a treble. Scores are taken once all three darts have been thrown. An inner bull counts as two bulls or a double. A bed is made when getting three darts in the same number on the same throw. A team as well as closing all categories must also have the highest score to be declared the winners. If they do not they must keep scoring on whatever is available to them. Put simply the winning team is the first team to have both the highest score and all the categories closed.
Scoring
A team may score in any category once they have three of that category until all other teams also have three of that category. Thus a treble twenty, twenty, twenty thrown on the first set of darts for the game, could either be taken as a treble and two twenties or three twenties and two twenties scored. Beds score the total of all three darts.
Special Rules
A version of the game I will call nomination is also played which adds another level of difficulty for more experienced players and makes the players think more about each dart that they throw. The rules for nomination are simple. A player must announce whether a double or treble of the numbers on the scoreboard is to be counted as that number or in the appropriate double or treble category at the time the dart is thrown, rather than announcing it after throwing all three darts. This does not stop the player from taking a bed instead after all three darts have been thrown.
Shanghais
Shanghais are special combinations of three darts that score a bonus of 100 score when thrown. Shanghai bonus can be scored on any number whether open for score or not. There are three possible ways of scoring a Shanghai, one is a single double and treble of the same number, another is three trebles of the same number and the last is two inner bulls and one outer bull. Shanghai bonus is scored in addition to anything else the team may be entitled to score. |
