How to play Shanghai

Overview

Shanghai is a Singles game for three players. The objective for each player is to either score 21 points before your opponents or score a Shanghai, that is, have all three of your boules closer to the cochonnet than the closest boule of your opponents.

Rules

• One player draws a circle and throws the cochonnet.
• The player who threw the cochonnet throws the first boule, the remaining players each throw one boule.
• The player with their nearest boule furthest from the cochonnet throws the next boule. This continues until all boules have been played.

• Scoring. The closest boule to the cochonnet is awarded 3 points, the second closest 2 points and the third closest 1 point. If one player has the three closest holding boules that player scores a Shanghai and the game is over.
• The player who reaches 21 points first wins the game, unless a player scores a Shanghai.
• The player who finishes the end with the closest boule to the cochonnet (i.e. scores the 3) starts the next end. The player who scored the next highest number of points throws next and then the player who scored the least number of points throws their first boule.

Variation

Each player must shoot at least once per end.