threepong

Three-player variant of ping pong

Basic rules:

• Like one-on-one table tennis, played to 21 points (or 11 if you must)
• The third player begins off to the side as scorekeeper
• When a player wins a point, he/she remains in play
• When a player loses a point, he/she trades places with the scorekeeper after the scorekeeper tallies the point
• The scores belong to the sides of the table, not the individual players
• Likewise, the current server is determined by the side of the table and not the individual players
• After each five points scored, serving switches to the other side of the table
• The scorekeeper is responsible for keeping track of which side serves
• The winner is the player on the winning side of the table
• The loser is the player on the losing side of the table
• The scorekeeper is also a loser

Clarifications for players of Dungeons and Pong:

• No dribbling
• One or at most two "self-passes" are acceptable if sufficiently panic-stricken
• The ball can be served from either quadrant on the server's side of the table, to either quadrant on the receiver's side