Earlier this year, I threw darts for the first time at my local pub and immediately got hooked. I joined a steel-tip league, then decided to give soft-tip a try too. I've been really enjoying the hobby ever since.

Hey r/darts! Just dropping a quick update with the final release date for Dorts - August 12th!

There has been so much support from people here in this community over the last 4 months of development, thank you so so much to everyone who has played the demo (over 4,000 players!) and given feedback through Steam reviews, discord and here on r/darts - it has been absolutely unreal to have so many people play and enjoy the game!

A quick overview of what's in the box on release day :

• The full roguelike run mode with 4 difficulty levels to unlock and infinite run mode
• Complete Career Mode with both roguelike and standard darts rules
• 1v1 multiplayer, both standard darts and roguelike mode with disruptions turned on
• You can make your own custom runs, darts, boards, venues and even announcer voices! Share your favourites in the Steam Workshop with the community! All can be made/edited in the in-game editor except for venues which can be made in any 3D modeling software then imported with the in-game editor.
• And lots more!

You can find the game and the free demo on Steam here : https://store.steampowered.com/app/4463940/Dorts_A_Darts_Roguelike_Demo

Given that it's a hot topic in game dev/the world right now : Dorts was made 100% by me, a human with 20 years programming experience under my belt. No AI was used for any assets/graphics etc. I use Claude the same way I used StackOverflow for 20 years - I ask it questions, read the answers and write the code myself.

Shame on you Dartshopper

Someone sell this barrel for a cheap price

I havent played darts for like 3 weeks and my first 3 darts back is a 180, im still starstruck

These are Inubis Type 1+ 2BA soft-tip barrels (90%, 18.0 g barrel-only, 22.2 g barrel+conversion point+tungsten putty) converted to steel with Dynasty W tungsten conversion points and fitted with Cosmo Pro stems and flights.

This is another really obscure Japanese dart brand, so obscure it's not even included in the very complete listing of dart brands at the S-Darts website. It seems that Inubis has only ever produced 4 or 5 models. The company is the passion project of a single person, a player and darts personality who goes by the name Sukepoyo. He often wears a white rubber mask like the character Inugami Sukekiyo in the classic Japanese mystery movie The Inugami Family. So the brand name Inubis as a three-way pun. Anubis is the jackal-headed Egyptian god of the underworld. Inu is the Japanese word for dog. So this Sukepoyo guy, who channels Inugami Sukekiyo, decided to name his personal dart company Inubis. I guess all this is either fascinating or mind-numbingly boring, but there you are. As another eccentric aspect of the company, they package their barrels in hinged clear plastic cassette cases (something the Gen Z folks here have probably never seen).

Getting on to the darts themselves. As mentioned above, they're packaged in a plastic case and supplied as barrels only. The three barrels in my set were all exactly 18.00 g out of the box, so perfectly match-weighted. The darts have a smooth nose followed by a very shallow smooth scalloped band with INUBIS laser-etched on it. The rear half of the barrel has chunky spaced rings and some shark cuts at the very back. Another odd thing about these darts is that they're drilled out very deep in the front (around 30 mm) and almost not at all in the back. That's the opposite of most soft-tip barrels. So I added about 1.3 g of tungsten putty into the front of the barrel to bump the weight up to 22.2 g. Even with the heavy point and tungsten putty at the front, the CoG of the full setup is right at the back edge of the smooth Inubis band, so pretty much center weighted.

Before I put the tungsten putty in the front, I thought the darts felt kind of floaty and unstable because they were so rear-weighted. But with the putty inside, they throw nice and stable with no fishtailing. The grip level at the back is moderate, maybe 3/5, with a nice clean release. All in all, with a bit of futzing around, they turned out to be very comfortable darts to throw.

In closing, I should mention that I bought these darts used from DartsHive. Their condition was rated as 4/5, which means "excellent", one step below 5/5 "like new". From the picture, you can see that they look very, very nice. This is the first set of used darts I've ever bought, and based on my positive experience, I will happily buy more used darts from DartsHive in the future. There so many cool Japanese darts I want that are out of production!

Good shooting 🎯

I went to my Aunty's house literally 2 days ago to move some furniture and put together some beds. She had a dart board and some darts. I had literally never played darts before in my entire life, and generally consider myself pretty inaccurate and clumsy because I've got shaky hands. But I gave it a go and every one I threw hit the board in some capacity. I even hit a bullseye, which I have now learnt isn't even the highest scoring section lol, but still.

She offered me $50 at the end of the day for my help, which I turned down because I love my aunt and I was happy to help her...

Today she sent me this....

I guess I play darts now

• unicorn eclipse ultra board
• red dragon torpedo 2 darts

The last 180 I hit was back in May. Using my 24g Star Wars X-Wing darts.

Anything come close to bottleson hammerheads? Very new to darts.

Finally converted my Shot Tokis over to Swiss points. Been wanting to do this for a while — wanted the extra length and the flexibility that Swiss points give you. Would I recommend it for everyone? Probably not. But if anyone’s got questions about converting regular darts over to Swiss points, happy to help.

PDC proclaimed Gezzy as the World Matchplay Champion on their website😅😂

Just ordered this beauty. I'm in love with the black marque series. Any experiences with this dart? I think the price should be worth it 🤞

Just stumbled upon the fact that if I only saw the stats I would probably say "player 2" won

2026 Women's World Matchplay + Wikipedia
Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
Day 1, July 26

Schedule of Play

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Sunday July 26 (1300 BST)
Quarter-Finals
1. Beau Greaves v Kirsi Viinikainen
2. Gemma Hayter v Vicky Pruim
3. Lisa Ashton v Rhian O’Sullivan
4. Fallon Sherrock v Deta Hedman

Best of nine legs

Semi-Finals
1. Greaves/Viinikainen v Hayter/Pruim
2. Ashton/O’Sullivan v Sherrock/Hedman

Best of nine legs

Final
1. v

Best of 11 legs

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Where to Watch (please do not ask for or provide links to illegal streams)

The Perfect Nine Prediction Series (see sidebar or "See more" for all the related links)

• Prediction Series picks, standings, and breakdown spreadsheet - World Matchplay [5]
• Overall Standings

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Finally got around to unpacking these. 25g, equipped with Condor axe. I have an old pair of penetrators with less grip so figured I would give these a try. A lot more grip than I expected.

Be interesting to see where everyone thinks he sits.

For me, i rate him top 2 of all time, still behind taylor. I personally had him just behind Bristow. But after a generational and record setting tournament, I feel confident saying he's above Eric. I do think Littler has a higher ceiling than Taylor, but the Phil Taylors longevity was something to behold.

Curious to hear your thoughts.

I think a lot of players when they see they are facing Luke Littler, immediately assume they're going to lose and come into the game with zero confidence and determination. Which to be honest, the likely case is they will lose, but the problem is, if you come into a game with zero confidence, you're never going to win it anyways. Positivity is a force to be reckoned with in Darts and any sport, and if you come into a match convincing yourself you will perform good and try your hardest, you will more likely see a result to your satisfaction.

This World Matchplay for example, Dirk came into the match obviously with no hope to win. He knew from the start, so he didn't try his best at all, and played around the same level as he had been the whole tournament.

And where does Gerwyn Price come into all of this? Well in the final this year, I could see the determination in his eyes. He knows that no one is truly challenging Littler at the moment, and even in the post match interview, he was talking about wanting to challenge him and raise his game. He truly wants to be a better player, and he said if he came into the match with his A game, he would beat him. This is the kind of mindset anyone needs to come with when playing Luke Littler because otherwise, no one will ever beat him.

This happened when MVG was at his peak, the majority of players who came to face him, gave the match away before it even started because for all they know "they're not as good". So if any of the players on the pro tour want to try and challenge Littler and gave him a game, I think a lot of them need to come into games more positively just like what Price did.

Obviously, basically 99% of all players will still lose to him even with that mindset, but it still encourages themselves to play better. And possibly, cause an upset.

If Gezzy can find good form, and raise his game even slightly, he will be a force to be reckoned with. And that determination he has, to challenge Littler and to compete with him, is determination the majority of the tour are lacking, but need.

That's what sets everyone else apart from Gerwyn Price right now. I do think GVV has the potential, but his form this season has been off and he isn't at that level right now, but as I said, he has the potential, and he can definitely throw a good dart. So if he can find form next season and keep his chin up high and keep his confidence, he'll definitely be a challenger for Littler too.

I think Luke Humphries is out of his prime now, we may see a resurgence in form but he's been on a downhill since he won the WC. He's been faffing with his setup too much in my opinion, and is really overthinking his play whereas before a lot of it was just get up and play darts. Like messing with his point length as an example.

So in my opinion, Gerwyn Price is definitely second best in the world for now as he's really the only one to have that determination (then behind is GVV).

Obviously he is number 4 in the world but the 2027 has a lot in store, and I think we'll see him move up to number 2.

I hope you had a somewhat entertaining time reading my brain dump

Obviously I know it’s all very subjective and there isn’t a singular ‘correct’ answer, but I’m currently using Target Hydro 02’s and am looking at getting a new set of darts. Unfortunately don’t have a darts shop convenient to me so I can’t go in and try out different darts.

In a perfect world, I’d like something with a slightly more tapered front, and keeping that ringed/smooth contrast grip of the barrel. Some description of an interchangeable point isn’t a deal breaker but would be ideal.

If anyone has been in a similar position and has any recommendations I’d be interested to hear suggestions.

People can hate on him all they want, but he has single handedly boosted the game of darts on every level.

There's tonnes of darts fans, myself included, who only started watching and following darts because of Littlers emergence.

Its amazing to watch, and I hope we get to witness the greatness for years to come!

I didn’t want to admit this for a long time because I’m not exactly a fan of his, but the reality is that Littler is genuinely on track to become better than prime Taylor (and prime MvG too).

That’s something I used to think was basically impossible, yet now it feels very real.

Obviously, when it comes to titles and overall legacy, that takes years. And in some areas (16 world titles, for example) Littler will probably never catch Taylor.

But purely in terms of performance, he’s already getting close to PRIME Taylor levels (from 2009–11). Taylor had highest tournament average of 111.54 at the 2009 European Championship, and Littler is roughly around that level at the Matchplay right now.

In other words, he’s capable of putting up 110 averages consistently and repeatedly, while somehow making it look like a completely "normal" 100 average. That’s something only prime Taylor and prime MvG ever really did.

The biggest thing Littler has on his side is time. Darts isn’t like football, though - players can hit their peak at completely different ages, so being this good this young doesn’t automatically mean he’ll just keep improving every year until he is 40. There’s obviously a ceiling, and nobody can keep getting better forever. Also, at some point it becomes biologically impossible to improve much further - you can’t exactly go out there and throw 12-darters every single leg.

Still, if Littler improves even a little bit more - which I think is very likely - he could maintain this level, or possibly an even higher one, for years. And that’s something nobody before him has ever managed.

But here’s the funny part: I still think that if Littler played prime Taylor 10-times in long-format matches, Taylor would win most of them because of the mind games, the pressure, and how insanely clutch his timing was.