The Rules

1.Teams can  consist of from  1 to 4  players on each side.                                        

2.When multiple team members are present, a playing rotation is maintained throughout the game.

3. The first player (chooses by coin toss or whatever), throws the pallina into the opposite court. The player also rolls the first bocce ball. The  idea is to get as close to the pallina as possible.  It doesn't matter if you hit the palina as long as you don't knock it out of the court. If that happens, it must be re-tossed by the opposing team.

4. Now the opposing team throws untill they get a ball closer to the pallina.  This is called getting "inside" your opponent's ball.

5. Play then returns to the first team who must try to get a ball "inside" that ball.

6. In each case, throwing by each team continues (in rotation) until a ball gets "inside" or all four balls are tossed.

7. The remaining balls of the opposing team are then rolled to try to g et inside any opposing balls for pointsl

8. For "official" play, 1 and 2 player teams play to 12 points.  4 player teams play to 16 points.  For casual play you can  go to  21 and,  optionally, a "win" by 2   points can be used.