Steel tip darts are the originals, the darts that everyone used up until the 1990's when soft tip darts came on the scene in a big way. Steel tip darts are also the choice of all the big money tournaments, like the Las Vegas Classic and the British Lakesi...

When it comes to buying a pool table, there are a few things to consider first. What size is your "games" room and do you go for the cheap wooden tables or the slate bed version like in the pub. Also what size table should you get and what sort of pool cu...

When it comes to purchasing snooker tables there are many different sizes and types to choose from. The cheap tables like the folding snooker table type and smaller wooden bed types are ok for a short time, but will warp after a year or so. The best type ...

Bottelsen darts, the inventor of the hammerhead retractable dart system, claims it is the only US based manufacturer in the darts world. Now 25 years in the business, that hammerhead system rocketed the company to fame and they are still at the cutting ed...

The electronic dartboard revolution has brought in a whole new set of equipment for the darts game, most notably soft tip darts. These are the darts you need to play on the electronic dart boards and they have special detachable plastic tips. These tips u...

The electronic dart board just gets better and better. The original boards came out in the 1990’s and caused a lot of controversy at the time that still goes on today. The purists hate them saying it isn’t “proper darts”, but no one can deny their...

What else do you need now you have your darts set? Spares have to be the first concern; spare flights, shafts and if you are a soft tip darter spare tips as well. All these items can get damaged during play so make sure you have plenty of spares. Especial...

To stop your wall looking like its been attacked by a miniature machine gun and to keep the darts room looking presentable, you need a dart board cabinet for your dart board. They look so good these days too, the choice is extensive, and you can surely fi...

There are lots of dart games apart from the usual 501 and cricket. Also there are lots of variations of these 2 popular games as well. The true expression of darting skill is surely the 501 game. Just as the top golf competitions in the world are all str...

The dart board has been around for many years, the first ones were simple barrel ends. They progressed to purpose made wooden dart boards usually made of elm. Unfortunately they were prone to splitting so they were soaked overnight in water which also had...

Darts have come a long way since the wooden darts that were used originally. They had a torpedo shaped wooden barrel with a steel tip and turkey feathers as flights. These days the darts are mostly made from tungsten with the 80% tungsten alloy being the ...

All of the major Darts Organizations publish their own set of rules and are all equally exciting to read. So here are the basics, which are common to them all so you don't have to trawl through the legalise. No Joke, you can have 12 in long darts if yo...

It is thought that darts first began in medieval England. The theory is that teachers of archery cut off the arrows and had their students throw them at the bottom of a wine barrel. The students, who were actually soldiers, enjoyed the game so much that t...