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CNChinese 8-ball

Also called heyball. Pool's fifteen balls on a nine-foot table built like a snooker table: rounded pocket jaws, pockets not much wider than the balls, and lively cushions. Pot all of your group, then the 8.

The table as a game of Chinese 8-ball starts, with the scoreboard

As the game starts

A game of Chinese 8-ball in first person, over the cue

Over the cue, in first person

At a glance

8-ball on a table with a snooker table's tight, rounded pockets.

Family: Pool
Tutorial: 2 spoken, subtitled tasks.
In the career: Yes: a venue of its own on the tour after the world title.
Played against: The computer on Easy, Normal or Hard, a friend at the same PC, in tournaments, or online.

It has a practice table of its own, so that you can get used to the pockets.

The tutorial

The commentator talks you through each task, with subtitles. You play every one yourself, and play it again if you miss.

The middle of the pocketPot the 3
Then the 8Pot the 8 to win

The rules

As the game plays them, word for word from the rule book that is a click away in the game's menu and in the middle of any match.

How it is played here

To the rules of 8-ball in this book: see the 8-Ball tab for the break, the groups, the fouls and how the game is won and lost.
What is different is the table. A ball that would drop in a pool pocket from along the cushion will rattle in these jaws and stay out: pots have to be played to the middle of the pocket, and slower.
It is always played on this table, whichever venue you choose.

Try it, free

The demo is 8-ball in the Classic Room, with its whole spoken tutorial, a practice table and a computer player, for Windows, Linux and macOS. The full game will be sold only on Steam, at $12.99.

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