Instructions / Assembly

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Figure G: Hitting the Croquet Ball
3. Go Play!
 Play through the Croquet course follows the arrows shown in Figure F.
 Start the game by placing the first ball mid-way between the first stake
and the first wicket. The first player hits the ball with the mallet through
both wickets into the Croquet course. If the Croquet ball passes through
both wickets, the player receives two extra strokes, one for each wicket.
 When the first player is done, the next player hits their Croquet ball.
Alternate between each team in order by Croquet ball color until all
players have completed the course and hit the “home” stake.
 Place out-of-bound Croquet balls back in the Croquet court at
approximately the place where the Croquet ball went out of bounds,
one mallet length inward from the court boundary.
 Get an extra stroke on a turn for (1) going through a wicket, (2) hitting
a stake, or (3) hitting another ball. When a player hits another player's
ball, it is called a roquet.
 After roqueting an opponent’s ball, a player may select one of four
options: