Table shuffleboard,
fun game of skill
What is shuffleboard?
Back in the 1500s, people from all ages and social classes played a popular game of skill in England: Shove Ha’Penny. Like its name suggests, this game consisted of shoving five pennies (or halfpennies) along a small board. The aim of the game was to land coins between lines, called beds, and to score more points than your opponent. A few decades later, table shuffleboard was invented.
Shuffleboard became very popular among soldiers, workers and even aristocrats. But King Henry VIII wasn’t happy with the excessive drinking and gambling habits involved with this game. He banned shuffleboard tables from English taverns; only aristocrats were allowed to play this addictive game. The ban didn’t last long: shuffleboard tables were back in public houses in the 1600s.
The English game was then exported to the US around 1692. In 1848, a judge determined that shuffleboard was a game of skill and not a game of chance: the addictive game could be played at bars without gambling licences. The game became very popular among American soldiers and Hollywood social elites, who had their own shuffleboard table at home. Then, its popularity started to wane during the 70s for about 10 years. Since, table shuffleboard is played around the world, like at Shuffled, our social gaming bars in Paris 19 and Grenoble..
Shuffleboard is a mix between curling, pétanque and bowling and can be played by 2–8 persons. The first team to score 15 points wins.
Shuffleboard rules
1 – Split into two teams: 1 to 4 players per team.
2 – Decide which team goes first: heads or tails, rock paper scissors, who paid the last round, etc.
3 – Slide your pucks along the board while applying the right amount of pressure but don’t fall off the board! Aim for the scoring zones (numbered from 1 to 4) or knock your opponent’s pucks off the board.
4 – The first team to score 15 points wins!
Download table shuffleboard rules
Play table shuffleboard in Paris and Grenoble
At Shuffled Paris, you’ll find 19 shuffleboard tables: 11 standard tables, 6 neo-shuffle tables and 2 shuffleboard tables for children.
At Shuffled Grenoble, you’ll find two types of shuffleboard tables : 5.50m ones for beginners, and 6.70m for confirmed players.
Our standard shuffleboard tables measure 5.50-6.70m and follow the original shuffleboard rules: you can slide pucks from both sides of the board. If you want to increase the difficulty, gather the teams around our longest tables.
Once you know how to play table shuffleboard, go try neo-shuffle!
Introducing neo-shuffle
Neo-shuffle combines table shuffleboard rules with mini-games for an interactive and fun experience: Neo Shuffle, Space Invaders, Classic Shuffle, Curling and Black Jack. These high-tech tables offer automatic scoring thanks to cameras and captors that detect where pucks land. You also have the possibility to create a profile for each player.
No need to keep track of points with neo-shuffle: the game does it for you!
Smaller tables for kids
At Shuffled, we want adults and kids to have fun. That’s why children have access to 2 small shuffleboard tables and lighter pucks in the Kids Corner. Adults vs kids: who will win the next shuffleboard game?
Neo-shuffle tables and kids corner are only available at Shuffled Paris.
Prices
For 30 minutes or for 2 hours, come discover table shuffleboard at Shuffled!
Do you want to play shuffleboard AND darts? Check out our Game Passes.
