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Rules for WHAMMY

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The game was developed by some Billy Aardd's Club members on a boring summer afternoon. Except when clearly contradicted by these additional rules, the General Rules of Pocket Billiards apply.

OBJECT OF THE GAME

(To kill time and have some fun. People may drop in and out of the game if the other players are okay with it. This may be dangerous though as it opens the door for week long tag-team whammy games around classes!)

To score points which, when added to the player's private number, total exactly the necessary final score. The final scores for the various number of players are given below:

                           2 - 276                     7 - 106
                           3 - 196                     8 - 96
                           4 - 156                     9 - 76
                           5 - 136                    10 - 76
                           6 - 116

EQUIPMENT USED

1. Two cue balls.
2. Two sets of balls numbered 1 through 15, minus the 8-balls.
3. Three "crazy-8" balls.
4. One set of balls numbered 1 through 21 (a baseball set).
5. One set of 2.25" diameter snooker colors (numbers 2 through 7). (These are the whammy balls.)

A shake bottle with 15 (Kelly) peas (numbers 1 through 15).

Paper and pencil to tally the various things that will require tallying.
For example:

1. number of whammy balls sunk,
2. number of consecutive innings fouled in,
3. who owes what to whom.

Places, or things, where each player can keep the balls he has gathered (through legal shots or whammy actions). Also known as a player's "ball stash".

RACKS

1. Foot rack -
   

   A standard triangle rack containing the numbered balls 1 through 4, along with the YELLOW (2), BLACK (7), and GREEN (3) whammy balls. The whammy balls are placed in the third row of the rack, with the black whammy in the middle. The apex ball is on the foot spot and a cue ball is placed touching the apex ball on the center line of the table.

2. Center rack -   (note the "snooker"-4 pictured should be a "snooker"-6, for the whammy ball)
   

   A large diamond rack, with its long axis between the side pockets, centered on the center spot. It contains the numbered balls 5 through 12, and the ORANGE (6) whammy ball. The orange whammy ball is racked on the center spot.

3. Head rack -   (note the "snooker"-6 pictured should be a "snooker"-4 {which is MAROON in our set, instead of PURPLE}, for the whammy ball)
   

   A standard triangle rack containing one 13 ball, the balls numbered 14 through 21, along with the BLUE (5) and PURPLE (4) whammy balls. The whammy balls are placed in the third row of the rack with the 13 ball between them. The bulk of the head rack is behind the head string.

NOTE: The cue ball in the "kitchen" (behind the head string) is the only one that can be used for the opening break.
The player opening the game can place it anywhere in the kitchen.
ALSO NOTE: The game is played on a pocket table (pockets need to be added to the racking diagram!).

DETERMINING PRIVATE NUMBERS

SCORING

OPENING BREAK

The break must be an open break (at least three object balls must reach a cushion).

RULES OF PLAY

1. Any ball(s) scored on a legal stroke count for the shooter. Players may shoot any ball, with either cue ball (except on the opening break - see above), and need not call ball, pocket, or mode of shot.
2. A player is permitted at most 2 strokes per inning, regardless of whether or not he scores.
3. An illegally pocketed ball (except a whammy ball) does not count for the shooter, and is spotted. Whammy balls are considered pocketed whether or not the stroke was legal.
4. If a whammy ball is made on a stroke, the inning is not over until the action required by the whammy ball is completed (see pocketed whammy balls below). To ensure that no other action takes place until the whammy transaction is complete the offending player must "stick the table" (see: "Sticking the Table").
5. On all shots, a player must cause a cue ball to contact an object ball and then either (1) pocket an object ball, or (2) cause an object ball or the cue ball to contact a cushion. Failure to do so is a foul.
6. When a player has cue ball(s) in hand behind the head string, the cue ball(s) must be placed behind the head string. The player may shoot either cue ball, but the shot cue ball must pass the head string before contacting an object ball. Failure to do so is a foul. If all of the object balls are behind the head string, the object ball nearest the head string may be spotted.
7. When a player has a total count (the sum of numbers on the balls he has sunk added with the value of his private pea) equal to the score required for game, he must announce his victory and present his balls and pea for confirmation prior to the next player shooting. Player can only declare his win during his turn. If he fails to declare his total until the next player has shot, he must wait until his next turn to so declare. If, in the meantime, another player succeeds in attaining a legal final score and properly declares, the latter player wins the game.
8. If a player totals more than the final score, he has busted, and must so declare immediately (before next player shoots). All balls the busted player had pocketed are spotted, and the busted player may draw a new pea prior to his next turn. Any player who goes over and does not declare it prior to the following player's shot is disqualified from the game.
9. If all the numbered balls are pocketed prior to any player attaining the final score, the player whose total count is highest wins the game. In case of a tie the person with the pea closest to the eight pea will win. In case there is a tie there the person with the most balls will win (and if there's a tie there then flip a coin).

WHAMMY BALLS

1. At the end of a whammy transaction (just before the table is un-sticked) the pocketed whammy ball(s) are repositioned by the shooter anywhere on the table, but not within the jaws of a pocket or frozen to any other ball(s).

   A player is not allowed to count on any whammy ball he positioned (from a whammy transaction) in the same inning. If such a whammy ball is sunk it will not count and the person who shot prior to the shooter will reposition it.

2. All pocketed whammy balls count (whether the stroke was legal or not).
3. YELLOW whammy   (snooker 2 ball) -
   When a player pockets the yellow whammy ball, the player will give one ball (balls in descending order of value) to each of the other players in order of succession, starting with the player following him. If the player does not have enough to give each opponent a ball, he owes the remaining players one ball each.
4. GREEN whammy   (snooker 3 ball) -
   When a player pockets the green whammy ball, the player will give one ball (balls in descending order of value) to each of the other players in reverse order of succession, starting with the player before him. If the player does not have enough to give each opponent a ball, he owes the remaining players one ball each.
5. PURPLE whammy   (snooker 4 ball, MAROON or BROWN usually) -
   When a player pockets a purple whammy ball, all players except the person pocketing the purple whammy will return their peas to the bottle and then draw a new pea according to shooting order. Any person who would go over at the end of the transaction may return up to three balls, not totaling over twenty points, to the table.
6. BLUE whammy   (snooker 5 ball) -
   When a player pockets an blue whammy ball, the player exchanges one ball of his choice with each opponent in order of succession, starting with the player following him. Each opponent may choose which ball he will exchange. The chosen balls will remain hidden until exchange takes place. If a player has no balls, no exchange will take place. The player may also reposition one other whammy ball.
7. ORANGE whammy   (snooker 6 ball) -
   When a player pockets a orange whammy ball, the player will receive the highest numbered ball of each opponent. If an opponent has no ball, the opponent owes the player his highest numbered ball. The player may also reposition up to two other whammy balls.
8. BLACK whammy   (snooker 7 ball) -
   When a player pockets a black whammy ball, the player will receive a ball of his choosing from each opponent. If an opponent has no ball to take then nothing will be owed. The player may also reposition up to three other whammy balls.
9. If a player pockets two or more whammy balls on a stroke, the whammy action will take place in the order of yellow (2), green (3), purple (4), blue (5), orange (6), then black (7).
10. A player may not go over until the whammy action is completed. A player who goes over during whammy transaction and then returns under (at the end of transaction) will not be considered to have gone over.
11. After a player has pocketed whammy balls four times, and the whammy action has been completed, the player is out of the game. If the player has gone out on the yellow or green whammy ball, the distribution of the player's balls will continue until all his balls are gone. If the player has gone out on any other whammy ball the player must spot his remaining balls and all his debts are canceled.

STICKING THE TABLE

BALLS OWED

JUMPED CULL BALL

Incoming player has cue ball(s) in hand behind the head string. Cue ball can't be placed in jaws of a pocket.

JUMPED OBJECT BALLS

The jumped object ball(s) will be spotted.

JUMPED WHAMMY BALL

SPOTTING BALLS

PENALTY FOR FOULS

Copyright 1996 by Billy Aardd's Club.