Bix ( Bix , Bix, Bix Billiards, Chinese Billiards) (German: Bück spiel) - a type of game on an inclined table or board, on which the ball runs back after a hit.
Content
- 1 Rules of the game
- 2 History
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Game Rules
The upper board (ramp) is studded with parallel-oblique rows of hairpins. Small balls roll cues along one of the two grooves located on both sides of the table. After hitting the ball, running back, it falls into the holes located on the slope, which are numbered depending on the number of points. At the bottom of the ramp - 13 compartments fenced off by machine tools, form a kind of drawers with an open front side. There are two sliding boards for counting on each side of the bix, one is smooth for recording, the other with numbers, holes and bushings. A ball that enters the hole through the “gate” and bothers the bell knocks twice the number of points against what would cost without a bell. A misfire is considered 2 points, “roll” (to the other side) - 5 points, “traffic jam” (when the ball gets stuck on a hairpin) - 1 point. The game goes up to 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000 and more points.
History
Bix appeared in China as a variant of billiards. He came to Russia in the middle of the XIX century. It was distributed both in the capital and in the province, often used in inns, in taverns [1] .
Bixes were made both abroad and in St. Petersburg. The Charter on the suppression and prevention of crimes of the 1876 edition recognized the game of bix as a “game based on the case” and was considered forbidden for public places [2] .
See also
- Billiards
- Pinball
Notes
- ↑ Gilyarovsky V.A. Moscow and Muscovites, Collection in four volumes, vol. 4 M., Pravda, 1989, pp. 3-374. (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 15, 2010. Archived September 23, 2010.
- ↑ "Games based on the case ..." - local authorities and gambling in the Olonets province
Literature
- Bix // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.