Abstract: Pocket Billiard Bowling, a method of playing pocket billiards (pool) utilizing existent standard tournament size pocket billiard implements; table, cue, cue ball, and ten object balls numbered 1 through 10. the method of play enables the scoring to be similar to that of ten-pin bowling with a bonus system of runs and errant runs. Whereby, a player gets up to two attempts to run ten object balls per inning for nine innings and up to three attempts for a tenth and final inning with a maximum score of 300 for a game. The method of play also includes variations of the basic game which may be implemented to progressively increase the degree of difficulty for higher skilled players.

Abstract: This game apparatus includes a playing surface having end sections mounted at right angles to each other, thus forming a corner with a center section positioned between the end sections, a backboard mounted along the outer edges of the playing surface, panels mounted along the inside edges of the playing surface and a net extending from the corner to the backboard. The rules of the game require that the ball come in contact with the playing surface, backboard and panels in a specified order both while serving and during play. The game apparatus fits easily into a corner of a room and the game requires utilization of very little space around the game apparatus.