Regardless of your intent — making money or just collecting some bragging rights — it’s a fun time. Here are the rules of the game that we go by here at NEBAGGIN.
THE BASICS
- All players must wear a mask upon entering the building.
- All players must be at least 18 years of age to play with a valid ID.
- All players before showing up to one of our events, MUST download the “Scoreholio” application to your phone as well as create a player profile. It will be helpful to make NEBAGGIN your club on the app. Don’t worry, this only take 2 minutes and you will soon be on your way to throw bags with us.
- For competitive play, place a set of cornhole boards 27 feet apart from front edge to front edge.
- There are 4 bags per set. 2 sets of different colors are needed to play singles or doubles
- Once a game is started, the bags you choose are the ones you play the entire game with. No Players or a team can change bags in the middle of a game. This will result in an automatic loss and “0” points
- The front of the board represents the foul line. Players may not step in front of the board or behind the board. Players must remain within three feet lateral of their side of the board
SCORING
- Bag on Board = 1 point
- Bag through Hole = 3 points
- Bags that hit the ground prior to landing on the board or going into the hole do not count
- Any bag hanging off the board and touching the ground does not count
- Any bag hanging in the hole only counts as 1 point
- Any bag that that is on top of or touching a bag off the board will not count as a point until the bag on the ground is removed. If the players bag stays on the board after the bag under was removed, it counts as a point. If the bag falls off the board after or during the removal of the under bag, it will not be counted as a point.
- Players must wait for all bags to stop moving before that start picking up any bags either on the board or in the hole
- Cancellation scoring is used at the end of each round. After all 8 bags have been thrown; the score is calculated based on the bags that remain on the board and have gone in the hole. If Team A has 4 points and Team B has 3 points, Team A will get 1 point
- A game is played to 21+. There is no win by 2 or bust rule for going over 21
GAMEPLAY
- Spin the bag in the air at least 2 rotations either on the board of off of it. – The player that the bag stitching is facing will go first
- Players will alternate throwing their 4 bags down to the board on the other end
- Throwing out of turn or outside the throwing box is a foul. The bag that was thrown when the foul occurred does not count and is immediately removed from play.
- In Singles, once the first round is completed, players will walk down to score the round, stay on the same side and then throw back for the next round. This means that if Player A throws down from the right side of the board in the first round, Player A will be throwing back from the left side of the board in the second round
- In Doubles, partners stand on the opposite side from each other. This means that one player from Team A will throw from the right side of the board on one end and the partner will be throwing from the left side of the board on the other end
These rules serve as a basic guideline and mirror how we run our tournaments. There are many variations that are played among friends and family. If you are unsure about the rules of a recreational game or tournament, make sure you ask the person in charge before you start playing.
If you have any questions, issues with playing conditions or concerned about equipment, raise it prior to start playing. Nothing can be done after the fact.