Eight Ball

About this game

About Eight Ball

Eight Ball is a two-player pocket billiards match using Questly's streamlined WPA-style rules. The table stays open through the break, then the first legal single-group pocket claims solids or stripes. Clear your group, call a pocket, and legally pocket the eight-ball to win. An early eight-ball, a wrong pocket, or a scratch on that shot loses the match.

How to play

How to play Eight Ball

Pocket your group, then call and make the eight-ball without fouling.

Drag from the cue ball to aim and set power, then release. A legal break must pocket an object ball or drive four object balls to rails; groups always remain open on the break. Afterward, hit a legal object ball first and either pocket a ball or send a ball to a rail. Clear your group, tap a pocket to call it, then pocket the eight-ball there without fouling.

Tips for Eight Ball

• Leave the cue ball where the next shot is easy, not just where a ball goes in.
• A break scratch gives ball-in-hand behind the head string; later fouls give ball-in-hand anywhere.
• The eight-ball is spotted if made on the break. It only wins later, after your group was already clear at the start of the shot.

Controls & accessibility

Controls: Tap to place ball-in-hand when offered. Drag from the cue ball to aim and set power, then release. Play in a current mobile or desktop browser; no installation or account is required.

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