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The Really Good Game

The Really Good Game
The Really Good Game is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by the Egyptians in the early 26th Centaury BC, by the Pharaohs of Egypt as a way to pass the time late at night - after having a good chill.

It is comprised of twenty two balls, comprising of: a white cue ball, fifteen red balls and chosen colours such as black, pink, blue, brown, green and yellow (dependant on the amount of players). Using the Cue (stick usually made of wood, with a cushioned tip), players must hit their chosen coloured ball to "pot" a red ball into the pocket in order to gain lived (by potting a further red/white) or take lives by potting other players coloured balls. The player wins, when all other players have lost all their lives.

The game had been lost for millennia until a man from Oldham, Mohammed Zakaria, re-found the game from ancient hieroglyphics obtained from the Pyramids of Giza, the pictures we can see Khufu, his son Khafre, and his grandson Menkaure are shown to be playing the game.

Rules of the game
Due to the nature of interpreting hieroglyphics, much of the rules are disputed but there are a lot of common rules most players agree upon.

Each player takes turns potting a red to increase their "lives" which starts at 5x. The first red does not increase a life, but potting a subsequent red or white ball (which is not re-spotted) gains a life. Players may also decide to pot an opponents coloured ball to reduce that players life by 1x, but the current player must not pot the same coloured ball next. If a players coloured ball is potted or goes in the pocked, that ball must be put in the D at the bottom of the table.