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billiards (idea)

See all of billiards, there are 3 more in this node.
(idea) by Ouroboros Wed Oct 18 2000 at 20:51:32

Being a thematic catalog of nodes about games which involve balls, sticks, and a felt-covered table. (Those that involve such things and are playable in public, at least.)

  • Types of games:
    • Pool
    • Billiards
    • Snooker
  • Equipment:
    • billiard
    • cue stick
    • cue ball
    • eight ball
  • Terms:
    • called shot
    • spotted balls
    • long string
    • head string
    • foot string
    • head spot
    • foot spot
    • kitchen
    • break
    • carom
    • combination
    • scratch
    • anchor space
  • Rules for specific games:
    • lag for break
    • seven ball
    • eight ball
    • nine ball
    • straight pool
    • cutthroat
    • one pocket courtesy of koreykruse
    • bank pool courtesy of koreykruse
  • Related:
    • pool hall
    • Billiards Congress of America
    • behind the eight ball
    • magic eight ball
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pool straight pool 8-ball Nine ball
snooker Lag How to improve your break shot spotted balls
Cutthroat Billiard eight ball Pool hall
Bank Pool One Pocket head string Called shot
long string kitchen Answer to the brakeman, the fireman, and the engineer anchor space
scratch Simple tricks anyone can use to hustle pool Carom cue ball

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