2 to 4 teams · 301 · 501
Darts, without the chalkboard.
You enter the darts, Ryvaals keeps the rest: everyone’s remaining score, the bust, the checkout to play and the average. In 301 or 501, from two to four teams, and the game counts for the room’s ranking.
Free · no install · the darts ranking stays separate from the other sports
In the app
Up to four at the oche.
Up to four teams
One colour each, a player alone or two together. Add a team with a tap, up to 2v2v2v2.
Throwing order, drawn
At the start, the app draws who throws first and in what order. Or follow the colour order.
Everyone is ranked
The winner is whoever checks out. The others are split by points left, with each player’s average and Elo.
Screenshots of the app, taken during demo games.
Rules and settings
What you pick at the start.
Nothing to set up in the room: each game fixes its options in a single sheet, before the first throw.
- Variants
- 301 · 501
- 501 is the classic game, 301 the shorter one
- Finish
- Single or double
- Single by default. In double out, you finish on a double, or the 50 bull
- Teams
- 2 to 4
- Every player for themselves, or in pairs, up to 2v2v2v2
- Throwing order
- Drawn at random
- Or in colour order: blue, red, yellow, green
What takes care of itself
The sums you used to do in your head.
01
The bust
Going over, being left on 1 in double out, finishing without a double: the app spots it, says why, and the visit does not count.
02
The checkout
As soon as a score can be finished in one visit, the checkout is suggested and its segment lights up on the board. When it is impossible, the app says so instead of letting you try.
03
The average
Each player’s average, per three darts, updates after every visit. You know who is throwing well long before you know who wins.
The maths
One duel per opponent.
With two teams, the calculation is the one the other sports use. With three or four, every player beats those who finish behind them, and each duel weighs 1 / (n − 1): a four-team game puts as much Elo at stake as a single duel, not three times more.
K = 32 under 30 games played, then K = 16. That factor is the same in every sport.
How Elo worksWeight of each duel
1 / (n − 1)
n is the number of teams. No team-size handicap, as in pool: everyone throws in turn, so being fewer is no disadvantage.
The questions
Your questions about darts.
How do you score a game of darts?
You start from 301 or 501 and count down to zero: each visit of three darts takes its points off the score, and you have to land exactly on zero. In Ryvaals, the referee enters the darts and the app does the subtraction, spots the bust and suggests the checkout.
Single out or double out?
Each game picks. Single out, the default, accepts any dart that lands exactly on zero. Double out, the tournament rule, requires finishing on a double or the 50 bull: reaching zero without a double is a bust.
Can more than two play, or can you play in teams?
Yes, from two to four teams, each with its own colour, solo or in pairs. In a pair, teammates take turns at each round of the table and share the score. The throwing order is drawn at random at the start, or follows the colour order.
Do 301 and 501 share a ranking?
Yes. Only the starting score changes, so both variants feed a single darts ranking, separate from the other sports. Everyone starts it at 1,200 Elo, as everywhere.
The other sports
One account, four rankings.
Table football
The king of the coffee break. Play it 1v1 or 2v2, and switch on the bonus-point rules if your room counts them.
- 1v1 · 2v2
- first to 10
A mid-field goal is worth 2, a three-bar one 3, when the room says so.
Table tennis
Singles or doubles, with the serve drawn before the first point so nobody gets to argue about it.
- 1v1 · 2v2
- first to 11
Eleven is only a default: the room sets the points per game.
Pool
Turn by turn, on a table that follows the game ball by ball. 8-ball, 9-ball or blackball, picked before you break.
- turn by turn
- 3 variants
Every potted ball is logged during the game, not after it.
A 501 tonight?
Create the room, send the link, start the first game. The ranking kicks in from that one.
Free, no card needed.