The Cornhole Boards:

• Should be placed on a flat surface 26 feet apart (front to front).
• The cornhole board surface should be 2′ x 4′.

The Cornhole Bags:

• There should be 8 bags, 4 bags of each color. Consisting of 2 teams.
• Each bag should be 6 inches by 6 inches and have 1 pound of corn inserted
  into each cornhole bag.

Cornhole Game Play:

Two (2) person teams, or partners, shall play. Partners shall stand at opposite
cornhole boxes on the same side, from the perspective of a third person, and
face each other, so there is no advantage given to one team.

• Each cornhole team shall have 4 bags of one color.
• All 8 cornhole bags begin at one end.
• A coin flip shall determine whitch cornhole team has honors in round one.
• One of the partners on the team who has honors shall begin play by throwing
  a cornhole bag at the opposite cornhole box.
• A cornhole player may throw from anywhere behind the front of the cornhole
  box they are throwing from.
• Game continues by alternating throws between the two opponent players until
  all 8 cornhole bags have been thrown.
• If a cornhole bag hits the ground then bounces up onto the board, that bag
  shall be taken off the playing surface.
• The next round starts when the other cornhole player on the team, which
  has honors, throws their first cornhole bag.
• The cornhole game continues until one team reaches 21 or more points.

Penalties

A penalty occurs when any of the following happens and the player who makes
the foul loses a turn and the bag shall be removed if any landed on the playing
surface.

• A cornhole players foot goes past the foot foul line, termed a foot foul.
• A player goes out of turn.

Scoring:

• The score shall be taken after all cornhole bags have been thrown for a
  round.
• Points shall be given as follows.
  • 3 points for a cornhole bag that goes through the hole.
  • 1 point for a cornhole bag that is on the playing surface.
  • 1 point for a cornhole bag that is hanging into the hole.
  • 1 point for a cornhole bag that is hanging off the edge but not touching
    the ground.
  • 0 points for a cornhole bag that is on the playing surface, but also
    touching the ground.
  • 0 points for a cornhole bag that is hanging off the front edge and is
    resting on a cornhole bag that is on the ground (unless the cornhole bag
    on the ground can be removed without making the hanging bag fall to the
    ground, then one point is given).
• The cornhole team with the highest round score, adds the difference of the
  two scores to their game score.
• The cornhole team who wins the round is given honors to throw first in the
  next round.
• If both cornhole teams have the same round score then the game score stays
  the same and honors stays with the team who had it the previous round.