You get more fun out of any game
ML or sport if you know how to play
properly. Read these official Ti
before you start to play TOP
0 SHUFFLEBOARD...try a few
spins with the specially-balanced
shuffle Top and Discs. Then—get ready
to have fun with TOP SHUFFLE-
BOARD, the indoor table-top
0a r game that's sweeping the country.
HOLD THE TOP
CORPECTLY
Using the thumb and first finger of
the right hand, place the point of the
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ZZ < Top through the hole in the Disc,
holding the Top as shown. Be sure
4 A to spin it clockwise,
DON'T THROW THE TOP...
SPIN IT DOWN THE ALLEY!
The special angle of the coated playing surface and the spin-
ning action of the Top are what will make it move down the
board, pushing the Disc along with it. Keep the bottom of
the Top In contact with the playing surface in the Starting
Zone when you spin it... DON'T DROP OR THROW IT IN
ANY WAY]
WRONG RIGHT
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HOW TO GET TOP SCORES
How you hold the Top, where you place it, how fast you spin
It... these factors affect its motion and action. That's what
makes this a fascinating game for all ages...the more vou
experiment and practice, the more control of the Top and
batter scores you'll get. You'll quickly learn how to push
your opponent's disc out of a scoring position.
Note: Occasionally wipe the bottom tip of the Top to remove
any dust or dirt accumulated from the playing surface.
GET TOP SCORES .__)
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NUMBER OF PLAYERS
Either two or four players may compete. If two are
playing, one uses the four red discs...the other,
the four black discs. If four are playing, they
should separate into teams of two each, and play
as in singles, alternating shots.
STRATEGY OF GAME
The object of TOP SHUFFLEBOARD, as in regular
outdoor shuffleboard, is to place your own Discs
in scoring positions and, if possible, to strike op-
ponent's Discs so that they will be knocked out of
scoring positions or into ‘‘10-off’’ penalty area.
HOW TO SCORE
Score is tallied only after both players or teams
have completed play, with all eight discs having
been used. Any Disc which rests in one of the num-
bered boxes without touching the outside lines
around the box adds that number (10, 8 or 7) to
the player's score. Any Disc in the “10-off” box
penalizes the player or team by 10 points, even if
this results in a “minus” score. First person or
team to reach a total of 50 is the winner. (Note—it
is permissible, as in regular outdoor shuffleboard,
to establish beforehand that 75 or 100 will be the
winning score.)
METHOD OF PLAY
Person or team that has lost the toss of a coin
goes first. He places the bottom of the shuffle-
board Top through one of the four Discs of the
color he has selected and, with the Top in the
“starting zone” spins the Top clockwise with the
right hand. The Top will move down the board,
carrying the Disc along with it. Once the Disc has
passed through the yellow neutral area, it is in
“play” and cannot be removed until all the Discs
have been played. If it stops in the yellow neutral
area, it may be considered an “incomplete play’
and the shot repeated.
When the Top has stopped spinning and has come
to a complete rest, the turn is over. The Disc is to
be left wherever it stops. Good players always try
to spin the Top so that it will land in one of the
high-score holes...in these cases, the Disc is left
on the hoie when the Top is lifted out.
The next player takes the shuffleboard Top and
spins one of his colored Discs down the board as
before. If his opponent’s first Disc is in a scoring
position, his object is to knock it away by striking
it with his Top-and-Disc. At the same time, he tries
to place his own Disc in a scoring position.
Players alternate with each other until the four red
and black discs have been used. Each score is then
tallied, deducting 10 from the total for any Discs
in the “10-off” section. If a “minus” score results,
it carries over to the next series of plays.
Directions for placing legs on board are on the reverse side of the playing surface.
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