Cornhole Revealed

Okay, so I've talked a little bit about cornhole on this blog before, and no one outside of Ohio really even knows what it is. So I'm going to break it down for you as best as I can.

So basically, there are two boards with holes in them. The hole is situated towards the far end of the board, at the point highest (about 15 degrees, I'd say) from the ground. The boards are each about three feet long from the start of the board to the edge of the hole. See this photo.

You place each board on the ground about 30 feet apart from edge to edge. One player from each team (there are two teams total playing on the same "court" at a time, so four players total) stands on either side of the board. Their team member stands opposite them at the other board.

Players take turns tossing four corn-filled bags apiece. If you land a bag on the board, you score a point. If you land a bag in the hole, you score three points. Each player takes turns tossing their four bags. At the end of the round, the low score is subtracted from the high score. So if my team gets three bags in the hole, we get six points. But if the other team gets two bags in the hole and one on the board, we only get one point.

The game continues with each player taking turns tossing the bags until one team reaches 21. The first team to reach 21 wins.

Of course, rules will vary a little bit regionally. For example, we always play that if you bust on 21, you go back to 13 points. Others don't play that way, which can make it a little confusing.

Even though it looks kind of boring, the game is actually really fun and can get pretty intense, especially when teams exchange leads or the game is tight. Consider that drinking is often done in conjunction with the game.

Okay, this video is kind of cheesy but here you go, this might help a little. It explains a lot better than I could.