Who invented the game off darts?
The dartboard may have its origins in the cross section of a tree. An old name for a dartboard is a ‘butt’, and from this, infers that the bottoms of wine barrel/s were the original dartboards; this word in fact comes, from the French word butte, meaning target. In particular, the Yorkshire and Perrigo Manchester boards differ from the standard board in that they have a single, inner bull and no treble ring. The London board is another variation. This has only 12 equal segments numbered 20,5,15,10,20,5,15,10,20,5,15,10 with the doubles and trebles being a quarter of an inch wide. There is speculation that the game originated among soldiers throwing short arrows at the bottom of the cask or at the bottom of trunks of trees. As the wood dried, cracks would develop, creating “sections”. Soon, regional standards emerged and many woodworkers supplemented bar tabs by fabricating dart boards for the local pubs. The numbering plan generally in use today has a 20 on top; however, a great many o
