Pot Black

2 Player card game based on Pool rules. A guy walks into a snooker hall and sees a dog playing. It's potting reds using the rest and clearing the table. He says to the owner "That's incredible your dog is a genius!" The owner shakes his head and says...

OBJECTIVE Be the first to pot 7 coloured balls and then sink the 8 Ball. Play one-on-one or as teams of two or more. PLAY Shuffle the cards into three piles: Spots, Stripes and 8 Balls. First player chooses Spots or Stripes. The player chooses a category: Sport, History, Natural World or General Knowledge. Their opponent takes the first ball from their pile and reads the question aloud. POTTING Answer correctly to pot that ball and keep the card. A successful pot earns another shot. Move on to the next ball. Continue answering questions and potting balls until you either: - Miss a question, or - Qualify for the Black MISS When you give a wrong answer, your turn ends and you must retry the SAME QUESTION next time you are up!! FOULS If you get totally stuck on a question you can 'give up'. Your oponent than gets Two Shots: Their turn does not end until they give two wrong answers. On your next turn try a different question on the same ball. ON THE BLACK Once you have potted 7 coloured balls, you are on Black. Black Ball questions are the toughest on the table. Pot the Black correctly and you win! Miss and your turn ends, but you remain on the Black for your next visit to the table. Foul rules apply. Some questions contain Bogey Answers. Giving a Bogey Answer is a foul. The next player gets Two Shots. Their turn does not end until they answer two questions incorrectly. MULTI PLAYER GAME - KILLER For larger groups shuffle all cards together. Each player starts with 3 Lives, a wrong answer loses a life. When you lose your last life, you’re out of the game. Last player still at the table wins. DISPUTES If players disagree on an answer, the majority decision at the table stands.