| Shuffleboard is a game with similarities to the | | | | variations on the rules to be found from area to |
| Scottish sport of curling, the game of croquet, | | | | area. |
| and also to sports such as hockey. It has many | | | | The skill in table shuffleboard comes from the |
| variations, outdoor and indoor, involving playing | | | | ability to control the puck to a very fine degree. |
| areas of differing sizes and many different rules. | | | | Often the game will involve trying to knock an |
| The version which is played on a table is called, | | | | opponent's puck out of a scoring area, while |
| unsurprisingly, table shuffleboard. It can also be | | | | leaving your own puck in its place. Expert table |
| called shufflepuck, indoor shuffleboard, and due to | | | | shuffleboard players have the ability to make their |
| its popularity in the USA, American shuffleboard. | | | | pucks do whatever they want, and can produce |
| Table shuffleboard is played on a special table, | | | | some very impressive trick shots. |
| made of finely polished wood. Weighted pucks are | | | | Table shuffleboard is played in pubs and taverns |
| pushed along the surface of the shuffleboard | | | | all over America, and many people own their own |
| table and the object of the game is to score | | | | shuffleboard table so they can play at home. The |
| points by making your puck stop in a scoring area. | | | | beauty of the game is that it is simple enough for |
| There are different rules for team games, for | | | | the whole family to enjoy playing it, but skilled |
| two players, and for tournaments. The game is a | | | | enough to produce that well-deserved feeling of |
| very relaxed one, popular in contexts where the | | | | satisfaction when a difficult shot is pulled off with |
| emphasis is on enjoyment, so there are many | | | | great precision. |