Jarts

Every fourth of July we go to my mother-in-law's house for a picnic. There she has a pool and an assortment of yard games including bocce, volleyball, croquet, and Jarts. The Jarts game has long since be banned from being sold in the United States. My father-in-law still has it in the orginal box, directions and all. The price tag is still on it. Apparently it went of $4.99 back in the day. No one was harmed. We are very safety conscious. Truthfully, only two of the kids had any interest in the game. I think I am the only person who really enjoyed it. We have a dart board with plastic points. I wonder if they have a Lawn Dart game like that.....

Lawn darts
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Lawn darts (also called Jarts or yard darts) is a lawn game for two players or teams. A lawn dart set usually includes four large darts and two targets. The game play and objective are similar to both horseshoes and darts. The darts are similar to the ancient Roman plumbata. They are typically 12 inches long with a weighted metal or plastic tip on one end and three plastic fins on a rod at the other end. The darts are intended to be tossed underhand toward a horizontal ground target, where the weighted end hits first and sticks in to the ground. The target is typically a plastic ring, and landing anywhere within the ring scores a point.

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1 Banned from sale in the United States
2 Similar games
3 Other uses of the term
4 References
5 External links

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[edit] Banned from sale in the United States

Image from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice
While the tip may not be sharp enough to be obviously dangerous, when misused, these darts can cause skull punctures and other serious injuries.

On December 19, 1988, all lawn darts were banned from sale in the United States by the Consumer Product Safety Commission[1]. Shortly after, in 1989, they were also banned in Canada.[2] Lawn darts, used in an outdoor game, have been responsible for the deaths of three children, the latest being in early 1997 near Elkhart, Indiana.[citation needed]

Lawn darts remain legal for sale in the United Kingdom as well as other countries.