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Record 1 1985-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Board Games
CONT

shuffleboard: A game played on a long, narrow court with triangular scoring areas at each end ... The disks ... must be played from the "ten-off" area at the base of the near scoring triangle. ... In the scoring, only those disks wholly within the particular scoring areas are counted. Any disks in the ten-off area result in 10 points being deducted from the side's score. A game usually consists of 75 points and a match consists of 3 games.

OBS

"10 OFF" is written in the ten-off area on both sides of the shuffleboard court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux sur plateaux
DEF

Au jeu de galets (Europe) ou de palets (Amérique du Nord), zone dans laquelle tout palet qui s'y arrête fait soustraire 10 du total des points.

OBS

Ces jeux n'étant encore fabriqués qu'en anglais, "10 OFF" est inscrit dans ladite zone; si le jeu était francisé, c'est "MOINS 10" que l'on y trouverait inscrit.

Spanish

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