Variations and similar games:
Bocce – Italian
- Bocce alla libera
- Raffa
- Volo – small brass balls
- Beach
- Striscio – Tuscany – no backboard
- Bocce alla romagnola – heavier balls
- Bocce alla milanese – played diagonally across four volo lanes
Boules – French
- Lyonnaisse – similar to Italian Volo
- Jeu Provencal
- Petanque
- Boule Bretton
- Boule Parisienne
- Boule de Fort
- Boule de Bois
Bowls – English
Non-spherical weighted balls
- Flat Green
- Short Mat (indoor)
- Carpet (indoor, casual)
- Crown Green
Bochas – South American Rules
Bolas Criollas – Venezuela
Bolas Canaria – Canary Islands
Bocci – Malta
played with balls and cylinders
Feather Bowling – Belgium
wooden cheese-wheel, concave court
Rolle Bolle – Belgium
curved cheese-wheel, flat court
Ball used to knock-down pins
- Brilli – Guarb, Gozo, Malta
- Birilli – Italy
- Basque Bowls (Bola Jokoa)
- Bolo Andaluz – Spain
- Skittles
- Bowling
- Tenpin
- Nine-pin
- Candlepin
- Duckpin
- Five-pin
Ball rolled for distance
International Bowlplaying Association
Dutch Moors – Netherlands
German Lofting
Boccia alla lunga – Italy
Finnish Skittles
wooden bats used to knock down cylinders
Kubb – Scandinavia
batons used to knock down wooden blocks
Curling
winter sport played on ice with stones
Boccette – Italy
billiards-type game without the use of cue sticks