The old games we use to play??

[Dave Nelson]

Full rack rotation

That's the game I started on.
Great game and no one plays it now.

Dave Nelson

 

[Johnnyt]

killed these games , it just got to expensive to play over the years, and now the eonomy is killing the rooms.

highrun55

I had a 9 table room on Long Island late 1960's to 1978. It was on the main street in an upper middle class town. My rent was $120 a month an I charged $0.90 an hour per stick. No beer or booze, no juke box, no video games, just nuked hero's and soda. Had 8 old 9' brunswicks and a carom table. Johnnyt

 

[thommy]

I learned the game of pool by playing Lineup in the 60's in the midwest. It was a variation of 14-1.

First time I've heard anyone here mention that. I learned on it in the Northwest, from a guy from the midwest.:grin:

 

[Sloppy Pockets]

We played a lot of cutthroat when I was a kid. The object is to keep your group of balls ON the table, not sink them. Good game for a family because you can gang up on the sibling you both don't like and eliminate them first.

Of course, I was always the sibling that wasn't liked.

 

[Bob Callahan]

We played a lot of cutthroat when I was a kid. The object is to keep your group of balls ON the table, not sink them. Good game for a family because you can gang up on the sibling you both don't like and eliminate them first.

Of course, I was always the sibling that wasn't liked.

Cutthroat is still played lots here in rural Southern Appalachia. A couple of years ago I came up with a variation that makes it more challenging for better players--you have to shoot the balls in order like 9-ball. So, at first, only the 1, 6, and 11 are open. Combinations, etc are okay, as long as you hit a legal ball first.

 

[phretless]

full rules book

There is a book that covers over 300 different games.

www.300ways.com

 

[Seneca Steve]

Used to play a game called cut throat. I still see it played from time to time. Usually by bangers