Goriziana
Goriziana online
- Cue
- 3 balls
- 9 pins
Same table and same three balls as five-pin, but with nine pins in a Greek cross and much bigger scores: the outer pins are worth 2, the inner ones 8, the red centre pin 10 — and 30 if it falls alone. Touching the red ball scores 6.
The shot that changes everything is the indirect one: if your ball touches a cushion before anything else, pin and red-ball points count double. That is why Goriziana, online as in the club, is a game of cushion shots. Matches are usually played to 200 or 300, tournaments to 400.
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Goriziana rules
- Sets to 200, 300 or 400
- FIBiS rules, art. 29–31
Played like 5 pins: same table, three balls, one shot each, same fouls, free ball and opening shot. The difference is nine pins in a Greek cross, much higher scores and a bonus for cushion shots.
Red centre pin: 10 with other pins, 30 if it falls alone.
Scoring
- 2Outer pinEach of the four at the ends of the cross
- 8Inner pinEach of the four next to the centre
- 10Red centre pinWhen it falls with other pins
- 30Red centre, aloneWhen it is the only pin down
- 6Red ball touchedIn a valid shot, by either ball. Only the first contact counts.
- ×2Indirect shotYour ball hits a cushion before anything else: pin and red points double. Penalties stay at 2.
Fouls
- Same as 5 pins
- Missing the object ball, red ball first (red = 2), pins first, jumping, ball off the table.
- Ball in hand
- From the opening or a free ball, your ball must not hit a cushion of its own half before reaching the opponent’s ball.
The set
- The first to reach the target wins the set; points beyond it are lost.
All-doubled (tutti doppi)
- Sets to 200, 400 or 600
- FIBiS rules, art. 32
“All doubled”: Goriziana with every value doubled. Same nine pins, same game, twice the points. Since every shot already counts double, cushion-first shots get no extra bonus.
Red centre pin: 20 with other pins, 60 if it falls alone.
Scoring
- 4Outer pinEach of the four at the ends of the cross
- 16Inner pinEach of the four next to the centre
- 20Red centre pinWhen it falls with other pins
- 60Red centre, aloneWhen it is the only pin down
- 12Red ball touchedIn a valid shot, by either ball
Fouls
- Same as Goriziana
- Same fouls, but the penalty is 4, and a red ball touched in a foul counts 4.
- Ball in hand
- Your ball must not hit a cushion of its own half before the opponent’s ball.
The official rules
The rules above are the ones Biliardo Plus applies in a match, in short, and they are in the game too, in the Rules window. The full text is the federation’s (in Italian for FIBiS):
