Pub Games

What games would you recommend for my pub?

This depends upon what sort of pub-goers you are hoping to entertain. Locals will tend to prefer games that can be taken more seriously - that they can play each week and perhaps have a local competition or enter a league against other pubs in the area.

On the other hand, you might like to have a few games behind the bar for the interest of general visitors to the pub - or even children. There are a lot of classics that you can put behind the bar such as Shove Ha'penny, Draughts and Table Skittles. But why not have one or two more unusual games that will really pique your customer's interest?

TRADITIONAL INDOOR PUB GAMES
	Name	Often played seriously / competitively	Typically, a Gambling game	A Pub Classic	Regional	Good for Groups	Good for Children
	Table Skittles	X		X		X	X
	Darts	X		X		X
	Shove Ha'penny	X		X
	West-Country Alley Skittles	X		X	West of England and S. Wales	X	X
	Long Alley Skittles	X			The Midlands	X
	Northamptonshire Skittles	X			Bedfordshire to Leicestershire	X	X
	Ringing the Bull					X	X
	Snooker
	Bar Billiards	X		X
	Toad in the Hole	X			Sussex	X	X
	Indoor Quoits	X			English/Welsh border		X
TRADITIONAL OUTDOOR PUB GAMES
	Name	Often played seriously / competitively	Typically, a Gambling game	A Pub Classic	Regional	Good for Groups	Good for Children
	Steel Quoits	X			Yorkshire, Suffolk, Wales, Scotland
	Aunt Sally	X		X	Oxfordshire	X
	Bat & Trap	X			Kent	X
	Petanque	X				X
NON-PHYSICAL TRADITIONAL PUB GAMES
	Name	Often played seriously / competitively	Typically, a Gambling game	A Pub Classic		Good for Groups	Good for Children
	Cribbage	X		X
	Shut the Box		X			X	X
	Backgammon	X	X	X
	Draughts (Checkers)			X			X
	Nine Mens Morris						X
	Dominoes	X	X	X		X	X
MODERN PUB GAMES
	Name	Often played seriously / competitively	Typically, a Gambling game	A Pub Classic		Good for Groups	Good for Children
	American Pool	X		X
	Giant Tower					X
	Table Football	X				X	X
OTHER IDEAS
	Name	Often played seriously / competitively	Typically, a Gambling game	A Pub Classic		Good for Groups	Good for Children
	Pin Bagatelle						X
	Classic Modern Board Games						X
	Games Compendium
	Poker	X	X			X
	Sjoelbak or Dutch Shuffleboard					X	X