The Mini Book of Mini Darts: The Book, the Boards, the Darts, and 43 Games

(Hardback)

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Now you can play one of the worlds best-loved games anytime, anywhere. A working miniature dart kit, The Mini Book of Mini Darts has everything you need to get your game on, and more. Created, designed, and illustrated by the team behind the successful Darts! calendar, it includes 40 colorful dartboards (used for 43 games); an ingenious fold-out design that features a stand-up magnetic backer; six blunt-tipped magnetic mini darts; and a full-color book filled with games, rules, technique, lore, and triviaa celebration of darts.

Ah, that satisfying thwack when the dart hits its targetbut with no worries about needle-sharp projectiles going astray, or the need for a regulation distance between the oche (throwing line) and dartboard. Just set up the easel-style board on a desk, table, office cubicle, dorm-room flooror yes, barthen move back a few feet and play. The 43 games start on the traditional side, with classics like Cricket and 501 played on familiar boards of concentric rings, then move quickly into quirky, innovative, and fun challenges like Pyramid Power, Trip to the Stars, Cupids Arrow, Roulette, Please Stand By, and Coney Island Hustle. The boards themselves are works of art, with imagery ranging from bowling pins to Stonehenge to a mushroom and pepperoni pizza, from a Mayan calendar to a drum kit. Plus readers will learn about top players, the origins of -01 games, dartitisthe darts version of the yipsand how to master the perfect throw.

Author Bio

Randall Lotowycz lives with his family in Brooklyn. During the day, you can find him in the West Village where he works as a marketing and sales director for a book publisher. He is a lifelong film and comic book aficionado who can prattle on about both subjects for hours. He also enjoys tattoos and cats. Randall earned a MFA in Creative Writing from the New School. He is theWall Street Journalbest-selling author of theDC Comics Super Heroes and Villains Fandex,and, more recently,Superhero Playbookfrom duopress. His work has been featured in DC Comics and IDW Comics publications. Learn more about him at www.RandallJL.com.

• John Passineau is an illustrator and graphic designer, and has illustrated Darts! since its inception in 2009. The authors both live in New York City.