A New Pool game...? Yes... Look inside...

I think the question is: does there need to be a new game? What itch is it scratching? It's hard to come up with something completely new. Kill the King is completely new. The problem is that it's too much chess and not enough actual pool.
A lot of new games will say, "It's based on 9 ball, it is scored like 14.1 but", and then I always think, well we have 9 ball already. Just play 9 ball and add in your house rule if you want.
There's that Texas One Shot game that guy pushes here. It basically takes the biggest problem in 9 ball and makes it much, much worse.
If you have to buy another set of balls or a new set of balls, forget it. Unless there's some absolutely mind bendingly new angle on the game, it's probably not going to be worth the trouble, especially when you buy the new set of balls and realize the huge flaw in the game that nobody realized until you play it for a while.
OP has apparently figured out a way to fix the biggest flaw in pool, which is apparently so big that nobody can figure out what it is.
 
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A few years ago I also put together a proposal on this forum to gauge members’ thoughts about investing in a potential new ball design… somewhat similar to Jack’s idea I guess.

The response to that was very promising and I subsequently approached manufacturers with a view to casting 250 sets. Alas, my design was deemed too complex to be produced accurately and there the project floundered.

Only my time was lost… nobody was asked to part with any money, so altogether it was still a positive experience and I enjoyed the creative process of inventing something new. I’ll repost the proposal below for your interest, gentlemen.
 
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Since failing with my Pool Roulette project, I later (in partnership with colleagues from Texas and Colorado) produced two limited edition pool ball sets that were very successful.

You have to keep trying despite the knockbacks.
 
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Right, that's a different market. I'm talking about getting people to play a "new" game. The average person doesn't want to shovel out another $120 or whatever to buy another set of balls for some game they've probably never played. I think any new game that starts with more than one set of regular balls or god forbid a proprietary set of balls is doomed right out of the gate.
 
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