First Cornhole Outing

Finally pulled the old boards out and played a few games this weekend.  The temperature was around 75, but there was a slight wind that always makes for some good excuses from the boys.  I must say I was a little rusty and threw a few bags into a different time zone, knocked over a few beers and hit my brother-in-law in the nuts...I blamed that one on the wind.

I hope you are finding some time to get out and play.  If you are new to the game I have added basic rules below so you can get started.  Also I have please feel free to leave feedback or comments under the blog post.

Getting Started

• Set up boxes 27 ft apart from front to front.
• To play the game you will need two teams. 
• Teams can be made up of either one or two people each.
• For singles play (1 per team), opponents start and play from the same end.
• For doubles play (2 per team), teammates should line up next to opposite boxes and on opposite sides.    
• Start with all bags (8) at one end.

How to Play

• Previous game winner or coin toss should determine which team throws the first bag.
• Alternate throws between teams until all bags are thrown.
• The foul line is made by the front of the boxes and all throws must be made from behind the foul line.
• If a player breaks the foul line or throws out of turn, the player will lose a turn.
• The team that scores the most points in a round, starts the throwing for the next round.
• If the round is tied the last team to win a round throws first.
• Any bag that touches the ground during a throw should be removed from the board and not counted.

Points

• 1 point for any bag thrown that is on the board but not touching the ground.
• 3 points for any bag in the hole
• Any bag that touches the ground during the throw or while hanging from the board does not count.

Tallying the Score

• For each throwing round, the team with the most points wins the round and subtracts the other team’s points from theirs. 
• The difference is added to the team’s score that won the round.
• The first team to 21 wins.

from: cornholecornhole.com