Variations and similar games:
Bocce (gioco delle bocce) – Italian
- Bocce alla libera (cross-country, uneven surface)
- Open (played in USA)
- Raffa (aka punto-raffa-volo, balls are marked)
- Volo – played on clay with small brass hollow balls, there are no sidewalls or backwalls. Shooting is only on the fly, balls are marked
- Beach
- Striscio – played in parts of Tuscany – back wall is missing
- Bocce alla romagnola – pointing off the sidewall is allowed, shooting only on the fly from half court, heavier balls
- Bocce alla milanese – played diagonally across four volo lanes
Boules (jeu de boules) – French
- Lyonnaisse – similar to Italian Volo
- Jeu Provencal
- Petanque – played in open spaces and does not require marked terrain, hollow metal balls
- Boule Brettone
- Boule Parisienne
- Boule de Fort – concave court, non-spherical weighted balls
- Boule de Bois
Bowls – English
Non-spherical weighted balls
- Flat Green (played on grass courts, balls have thumb holes)
- Short Mat (indoor)
- Carpet (indoor, casual)
- Crown Green (outdoor, convex court, any direction of play, balls don’t have thumb holes)
Bocci – Malta
played with balls and cylinders
Feather Bowling (Trabollen) – Belgium
A wooden cheese-wheel is rolled on a concave court.
Rolle Bolle – Belgium
curved cheese-wheel, flat court
Ball used to knock-down pins
- Brilli – Gharb, island of Gozo, Malta
- Birilli – Italy
- Basque Bowls (Bola Jokoa)
- Bolo Andaluz – Spain
- Skittles
- Bowling
- Tenpin
- Nine-pin / Kegel
- Candlepin
- Duckpin
- Five-pin
Ball rolled for distance
International Bowlplaying Association
Dutch Moors – Netherlands
German Lofting
VSHB
FKV https://www.vshb.de/
Boccia alla lunga – Italy
also known as:
- boccetta su strada
- boccia su strada
- bocciaforte
Finnish Skittles
wooden bats used to knock down cylinders
Kubb – Scandinavia
batons used to knock down wooden blocks
Curling– originated in Scotland.
Winter sport played on ice with stones.
Boccette – Italy
billiards-type game without the use of cue sticks