Pocket Billiards
I have to start this one by saying that I didn’t realise what this was when I got it. I thought it said "Pocket Billiards" because it was a small game that you could carry around in your pocket. I didn’t realise that it was meant to be played in your pockets. I also didn’t notice the rather seedy-looking "naughty" and "very saucy" labels on the box, because they were cunningly covered by pricing stickers.
Sadly, most of the instructions are laden with similarly cheap, smutty inuendo that isn’t really very funny, and really just turns me away from ever actually playing the game.
That aside, it could be a fun thing to try. You basically divide up the balls and stick them in your pockets, drawing out two a turn each. The white ball (once drawn) "pots" other balls, which go in another pocket. And so on. There are other rules but I honestly lost the thread a bit, and even though I think it should be simple enough, for some reason the instructions seemed baffling in places.
Here’s a couple of shots of the item -
The balls themselves, and carrying bag, in the case -
The case insert describing the game -
All this for the bargain price of 99p (and yes, I have to admit that that is actually pretty good value.) For that reason, I give this item 7 out of 10.
