The rules, step by step
- Drag anywhere to aim, let go, and the ball drops into the pins.
- Every pin pays chips and lifts the multiplier. Chips × multiplier is the ball’s score.
- Pins you hit vanish once the ball lands, opening lanes for the next.
- Brass pins pay 5 chips. Star pins DOUBLE the multiplier, so leave them till last.
- The ringed violet pin brings every vanished pin back, mid-flight.
- One pin burns each ball — the comet. Hit it for +4 multiplier.
- The bucket slides along the bottom. Land in it and you get that ball back.
- Everyone plays the same boards at the same time, each on their own board: five balls and a target a board. The others’ balls fly over your pins as they shoot.
- Miss a board’s target and you’re out. Beat it and pick one of three charms for the next, harder board.
- The last one standing wins. Out on the same board, or every board beaten? The higher total wins.
- At a table the round clock keeps things moving: at zero, any balls you have left are gone.
Scoring and the fiddly bits
Round clock
At a table, unused balls are lost when the round clock runs out.
Knocked out
Finish a board under its target and your run is over; you watch the others until the game ends.
Questions about Ricochet
Is Ricochet free?
Yes. Every game on Table Party is free, with no accounts, no adverts and nothing to buy.
How many people do you need for Ricochet?
Between 1 and 6. Below 1 there are not enough of you for the game to work.
Do we need to download anything?
No. One person opens the site and starts a room; everybody else joins by typing the room code on their own phone. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
Can we play Ricochet over a video call?
Yes. Share the room code in the chat and play with the call running — everything private stays on each player’s own phone.
Play Ricochet online
Free, in the browser, with everyone on their own phone.