I'm interested in other billiard games beyond the standard 4 or 5 that everyone plays. I was wondering if anyone knows of a resource that would list some of these games with rules? I did a google search and came up with a site or two had that some listed but quite a few didn't have rules or they were pretty incomplete.
Book/website that lists less common billiard games w/rules
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The BCA Ruleobook.
Here are 300 games, if you can find a copy of the book....
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?264349&p=345684
I'm actually working on getting a copy but it is going slowly so I was hoping I could have a backup plan in place in case it doesn't work out. On the surface that book looks like the most complete resource available. Thank you for the reply Bob.
The only BCA rulebook I have seen focuses on the main games people play. Is there a version that covers a bunch of the less common games?
Not much beyond the 15 or so in the current rule book.
Carl Sandstrom (Ralph Kramden here) has a bunch of games on his site.
GAMES page link is below... Carl
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Every version has the 15-20 games played. Just to be clear, the BCA rule book, not the BCAPL or CSI.
This is fantastic Carl. Thank you very much for hosting this info.
Okay, I need to take a better look at this. Thanks for the clarification.
Go to their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Over-300-Ways-to-Play-Billiards-131156290284893/) and send a message through FB Messenger. I did this yesterday and got a reply in a few hours.
Thanks Richard, I actually did that and am in the process of attempting to get one but it has been slow on the follow through after making contact. I totally get it, this appears to be a one or two man operation of a side project . I'm just looking for alternatives if this doesn't happen.
One of Robert Byrne's books has a whole bunch of obscure games in it. I don't remember which one.
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