Every team meeting runs three rounds in a fixed order. The women's and men's lines open it, the mixed lines swing it, and the Duel decides what the whole night was worth. Side-out scoring throughout — one timeout per game, per team.
Women's line
2 games to 11 · win by 2
Men's line
2 games to 11 · win by 2
Mixed · A/A and B/B line-up
1 game to 11 · win by 2
Mixed · A/B and B/A line-up
1 game to 11 · win by 2
One epic showdown
1 game to 15 · win by 2
Rounds 1–2 are played to 11, win by 2. Round 3 — the Duel — is played to 15, win by 2. Timeouts are allowed once per game, per team, and only on side changes between games.
The Duel is not a tiebreak. It is the scoreline. Whatever your team puts on the board in this one game becomes your points for the match — so a night that looked finished at game four is anything but.
After a forced side out in the Duel:
A Donkey Flip during the Duel forces a team switch on demand.
Yours to play
Every team receives one Donkey Card per match. Play it immediately after any rally and that rally is wiped — the point is replayed, whoever won it.
Effect Replay the point.
Sometimes one point is worth everything. Spend it well — there isn't a second one.
Duel only
During the Wild Donkey Duel, a team may play the Donkey Flip to force an immediate team switch — the waiting mixed pair comes in on demand.
Effect Force a rotation.
Separate from the Donkey Card. Use it when the rotation timing isn't going your way.
Not yours to play
Big energy is the point. Being a jackass about it is not. Officials carry two cards, and they escalate.
Respect players, opponents and officials. Sportsmanship is non-negotiable.
3 men · 3 women
Every team is three men and three women. Four play most nights — two men, two women — with the other two available for rotation.
2 men · 2 women
At least two men and two women must be available each week. Fall short and the match is a forfeit. Teams may pull a player from the Challenger Division to avoid that.
Between rounds 1 & 2
When all six players are available, captains may swap players between rounds 1 and 2. All six can also rotate into the Donkey Duel if the lineup allows it.
Level on points? Each captain picks two players and sends them out for a single sudden-death rally. One point, no second chances.
Winner earns 1 bonus point.
Side-out scoring throughout. Each game is logged on the official score sheet and totalled per round. The Duel's final score becomes the team's match points for that round.
Premiere
The advanced competitive division.
Challenger
The entry competitive division, and the substitute pool.
Two of the six on a roster may sit below their division's floor. Each division keeps its own table, and a team that cannot field two women and two men on a night may call up a Challenger player rather than forfeit.
No — that's the whole idea. You register as an individual and captains build the rosters on draft night. You don't choose your team; your team chooses you.
A full team meeting is five battles: two games on the women's line, two on the men's line, one on each mixed line, and the Duel to 15. Plan for a full evening rather than a quick hit-and-run.
Premiere has a DUPR floor of 4.0 and Challenger 3.5, and two of the six on a roster may sit below it. See Divisions.
Rosters are three men and three women with no outside subs. When all six are available, captains may swap players between rounds 1 and 2 — and all six can rotate into the Donkey Duel. If a team can't field at least two men and two women, they may pull from the Challenger Division or forfeit.
A Duel-only move that forces an immediate team switch — the waiting mixed pair comes in on demand. Separate from the Donkey Card, which replays a point.
Immediately after any rally, once per team per match. The point is replayed regardless of who won it. Wait too long and the window is gone.
The Challenge Tiebreaker. Each captain selects two players, they play one sudden-death rally, and the winner takes a single bonus point.
