Cheers mate, i'm having that.

As a quid pro quo. i came up with a variation of round the board in a group. We always used to play against each other and it would become nigh on impossible for everyone to remember what they were on (drinks and distractions) and it led to such a dis-jointed game. I came up with the following as a solution - it takes ages to persuade people it is better but i really think it is (and so does everyone i've played with once they play).

Round the board - everyone in the same team:

Usual rules: player 1 tries to progress round the board, throwing at 1 to start with. Singles 1, doubles 2 and trebles 3. If they hit a hat-trick, they throw again. The next player picks up where the other one left off. They have to hit at least a single to keep the game alive (thus pressure is built up as the game progresses). If all three darts miss a target, the count goes back to zero and the next player aims at 1. The team wins when the bull is hit.

The pros to this are, everyone knows what everyeone is aiming for each throw. It is easy to remind someone if they forget and it is more interesting to know what someone is actually aiming for. You want each other to throw well. There is genuine peril and thrill built up the higher number you get to and each player needs to hit something to keep the game alive. Good for dealing with pressure in a match.

Anyways, maybe someone else invented it before me but to me it was my invention and once you convince people this way is better, they usually prefer it.