Post Darts Outdoor Dart Game

Abstract

An outdoor dart game is played with a supply of darts that are thrown at each of two opposed posts. The posts are low to the ground for safety and positioned a distance from one another. Players alternate throwing darts at a post. Scoring is counted according to the position of the darts on the post, only one team earning a score for each round of play.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 ) An outdoor dart game comprising at least one vertically oriented post, and supported on a ground surface positioned a selected distance from a foul line, the post having a plurality of scoring portions and being adapted for being impinged by darts thrown by players, the dart game play method comprising the steps of: 
       a. a first player standing at or behind the foul line; 
       b. the first player throwing a first dart at the opposing post; 
       c. the first dart impinging a scoring portion of the opposing post; 
       d. a second player standing at or behind the foul line; 
       e. the second player throwing a second dart at the opposing post; 
       f. the second dart impinging a scoring portion of the opposing post; 
       g. the first player and the second player alternately throwing additional darts at the opposing post; and 
       h. upon depleting the supply of darts, determining a score. 
     
     
         2 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 1 , wherein a dart landing at a higher position on the post than an opponent's dart attains a score, only one of the two players earning a score for each round of play. 
     
     
         3 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 1 , further comprising a second foul line adjacent to the first post and a second post adjacent to the first foul line. 
     
     
         4 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 3 , wherein a third player is on a team with the first player and a fourth player is on a team with the second player, the third and fourth players throwing darts from the second foul line toward the second target, the score of the first and third players being combined as a team score and the score of the second and fourth players being combined as a team score. 
     
     
         5 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 1 , wherein the target post is divided into a lower scoring portion, an upper scoring portion and a top surface scoring portion with an optional fourth top surface scoring portion. 
     
     
         6 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 5 , wherein a score for a dart impinging the lower scoring portion is less than a score for a dart impinging the upper scoring portion, and a score for a dart impinging the top surface scoring portion is greater than a score for a dart impinging the upper scoring portion. 
     
     
         7 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 6 , wherein when a dart impinges a higher position on the lower scoring portion, the upper scoring portion, or top surface scoring portion, relative to a dart impinging a respective lower position on either the lower scoring portion or the upper scoring portion, the higher dart attains the point value. 
     
     
         8 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 7 , wherein only one team is credited with a score for each round of play. 
     
     
         9 ) The outdoor dart game described in  claim 7 , wherein the first team to accumulate a score equal to or greater than a selected number is deemed to win the game.