Cheese: a round, flattened wooden discus (often made of lignum vitae), shaped like some types of cheese, which in some variants of the game is thrown instead of rolling a ball.

Dec 18, 2024 · London Skittles is a traditional British pub game featuring nine wooden pins and a heavy wooden “cheese” instead of a ball. Players throw the cheese down a 21-foot alley to …

A turn consists of three attempts to throw a cheese at the skittles. The thrown cheese must bounce just once in the area beyond the line that divides the alley in two before striking the …

Buy solid Boxwood Northamptonshire Pins and Cheeses. Best pins and cheeses for Northamptonshire Table Skittles, also known as Hood Skittles.

Skittles or Nine Pins has long been played in the Inns of England. In general, players take turns to roll balls or throw "cheeses" down a lane at the end of which are several wooden skittles …

The player who knocked down all the pins (scored as “chalks”) in the fewest throws was the winner. In the London area, however, the bowlers used a flat, round, loaf-shaped “cheese” …

A popular regional version of the game Skittles, which much resembles bowling, is known as Old English Skittles. Originating in the Greater London area, Old English Skittles uses nine pins …

Also, known as Hood Skittles or Cheese Skittles, Northamptonshire Table Skittles is a miniaturised form of Old English Skittles (see the Alley Skittles page for more on this …

Cheeses vary in size and exact shape, most weighing about 10lb (4.5kg). The score awarded when a player has already won or already lost an end but has a gettable shot left. See the …

Table skittles is a game in which a ball or spinning top is used to knock over skittles on a small board, usually placed on a table. Table skittles are almost always made of wood.