A Compendium of Pub and Games Curiosities - Pt.30 Almost 10 years of exploring, photographing, and writing about traditional pub games has inevitably thrown up a few curiosities and mystery ...

The mystery pubs/pub games page updated.

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Brass peg board finishing on 5, an arrow points in the direction pegs are moved, with the words COCK INN at the pointed end.

Anyone got any idea what this would have been a scoring board for?

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Beer & Dominoes.

A 0-2 loss in the last match but secured the Beer Leg, 1-1 today and another epic Beer Leg win, I see a pattern developing here…

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A double Robinhood?

Well I didnt expect that to happen...

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All bullseye.

Friday night excitement.

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The Black Horse - Foxton, Leicestershire On the increasingly rare occasions that I come across a Northamptonshire Skittles Table  in a pub that I wasn’t previously aware of, it give...

The joy of coming across a new (old) Pub for Table Skittles in the Shire…

The Black Horse, Foxton

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Another robinhood, another shaft ruined.

A good grouping, a very rare thing for me.

Another night, another Robinhood shot..

At this rate I will ruin all my darts by the end of the week.

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Robinhood double inner bullseye.

Robinhood double inner bullseye.

I think that counts as a double bullseye.

Not everyday do I get a Robinhood. But when I do, I ruin a brand new dart shaft.

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And the winners are…

The 2025 Christmas Dominoes at the Plough Caldecott Arena, a conclusive 3-0 win to the Mark & Jane team 🎉

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Winning tiles in the Beerhouse…

Beer, L-R: Ayinger Celebrator Bock, Round Corner 10 Hours In LA, Triple Point Simook

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The Mason Arms, Thrapston, Northamptonshire I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but Table Skittles as a pub and club game has fallen off a cliff in the part of Leicestershire/Northampt...

A rare blog post to test whether the laptop still works. Caution! Contains graphic imagery of Pub Games, Beer, and Northamptonshire…

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Pint of Proper Job on the bar, Grainstore Ten Fifty and Black Sheep Bitter also available.

Northamptonshire Skittles Table in the bar.

Swift pair of very nice halves in Thrapston’s last remaining Skittles pub…

Proper Job, Masons Arms, Thrapston

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Pint of Best Bitter with the Dominoes and Crib Board

The Nene Valley Woodcock’s Relish is the beer of the night at the Plough in Caldecott.

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A game of Qwirkle in progress

Haven’t done this for a while.

As per usual I’m being thrashed.

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Play: Fair Weather A quiet card game of hidden suits and sudden skies.

I told you I would invent a card game. And it's the best damn card game ever invented.

Soak it in. Enjoy it. Play it.

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…which reminds me, the true game of the Middle Classes is happening in Thrussington next Sunday.

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Northamptonshire Skittles Table and Darts Board in a pub.

Pintnof Downton Brewery Dragon IPA

Can you tell where I is yet?…

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Shuffleboard, anyone?
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Shove Ha’penny Board hidden behind a bench in the games area.

Always a pleasure to go Shove Ha’penny spotting in a pub like this…

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Good to see The Piper in Kettering back open, one of the towns dwindling number of Skittles pubs/clubs. Real Ales promised and the return of their annual Beer Festival.

Story c/o Alison Bagley at Corby Telegraph.

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Skull is the perfect pub game, you could probably even play with beer mats! #skull #skullgame #boardgames #pubgames #bargames #imhavingmyone #imhavingmyonepodcast

Skittles Table viewed from the pole.

Skittles table.

Nine Skittle Pins

The swinging ball ready to demolish nine skittles pins.

This weekend’s top car booty buy was this unusual and somewhat tatty pitch pine skittles table for not much. A few hours work and it’s come up nice and plays well enough.

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A perfect spring day, a pint at Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, and a quick game of Heraldry—what more do you need? Take your games anywhere with The Game Chest!

Grab your copy now: pocketfoxgames.co.uk 🚀

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Lost again to ‘Box.

Sigh.

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A glitch in the Matrix...

I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen.

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Arcade Game Week! House of the Dead was a popular machine in my local boozer back in the day. Brilliant fun, especially after a few pints 😂 #pints #pubgames #houseofthedead #shooting #zombies

Slow rainy days are for bad dart throwing.

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The Piper, Kettering, Northamptonshire 'What's On' at the Woolcomber, Ise Lodge Kettering town and its surrounding villages has long been one of the key areas for the traditional...

Kettering declared an International Flat Roof Estate Pub Heritage Site.

All change at The Piper, though thankfully that means very little change indeed, other than a new (old) Skittles Table.

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Conservative Club, Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire Barrow Upon Soar in Leicestershire's Soar Valley is probably best known for the impressive Plesiosaur fossil that was discovered by workme...

A rare post on my Pub Games blog, ‘Shove It, Chuck It, Toss It…’

This one from Barrow Conny Club in Leicestershire.

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