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The Game of Boules - Rules
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The Game of Boules
The Game of Boules - Rules
adapted from the petanque organization
The game of boules is played with three boules or
two depending on the players. The "jack" is called the "cochonnet"
(little piggy). The game is played to 11 points, with the first one to reach
this total winning. You can play with 2, 4, 6 or 8 players.
The best games are those played with 4 or 6
players, each with 3 boules.
As soon as the "jack" is thrown, it
must be marked.
If a boule that has been played is disturbed
where it lies, from whatever direction, it shall be put back where it had
stopped.
The object of the game is to score points by
getting the boule as close as possible to the jack. Players on the
opposite team attempt to get their boule even nearer to the jack or knock away
the other team's leading boule. The boule nearest to the jack leads.
The team with the leading boule continues to
throw their boules until they run out. It is then up to the other team to throw
their remaining boules and try to place them as close as possible to the jack.
When neither team has any boules left, the points
are counted. The winning team gets as many points as it has boules which are
closer to the jack than the other teams.
An "end" is over when each team has
thrown all its boules. The winning team starts the new end by drawing a circle
where the previous end finished and throwing the jack again.
The game is over when one of the teams has
accumulated 13 games.
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