# Cornhole Setup

> Cornhole is a lawn game in which two players or two teams take turns pitching four 16-ounce bags at a raised board with a 6-inch hole, placed 27 feet away front edge to front edge. A bag through the hole scores 3 points and a bag left on the board scores 1, and only the difference between the two sides counts each frame. The first side to reach 21 or more points wins. Playable free at https://cornholesetup.com/ — no account, no install, and the full rules, scoring, and strategy content is on the page.

## Crawling

- [Sitemap](https://cornholesetup.com/sitemap.xml): every published URL with lastmod timestamps.
- [Robots policy](https://cornholesetup.com/robots.txt): which user-agents may crawl which paths.
- [Full-content dump](https://cornholesetup.com/llms-full.txt): rules, scoring, and strategy content in one document for ingestion.

## Play

- [Cornhole Distance & Setup Calculator](https://cornholesetup.com/): Cornhole boards go 27 feet apart, front edge to front edge. Set the distance for your space, see it to scale, and keep cancellation score free.

## Rules, scoring & strategy

- [Cornhole Rules: How to Play](https://cornholesetup.com/rules): The complete rules of cornhole: setup, pitching order, fouls and how a game is won, with the ACL and ACO cited, and house rules kept clearly separate.
- [Cornhole Scoring Explained](https://cornholesetup.com/scoring): Cornhole uses cancellation scoring: 3 points in the hole, 1 on the board, and only the difference counts. Worked examples, plus a free printable score sheet.
- [Cornhole House Rules & Variants](https://cornholesetup.com/variants): The common cornhole house rules (bust, win by two, skunk, shorter games) and what each one changes and whether any governing body actually recognises it.
- [What Is Cornhole? The Game, Explained](https://cornholesetup.com/what-is-cornhole): What cornhole is, how a match works, where the name comes from, and the documented history from an 1883 patent to the ACL. Plus every other name for it.

## Reference data (citable tables & printables)

- [Cornhole Bag Size, Weight and Fill](https://cornholesetup.com/bags): A regulation cornhole bag is 6 inches square and weighs 15.5 to 16.5 ounces, filled with plastic resin. Full ACL and ACO specs, and why nobody uses corn.
- [How Far Apart Are Cornhole Boards?](https://cornholesetup.com/distance): Cornhole boards go 27 feet apart, front edge to front edge, the same figure in both the ACL and ACO rule books. 21 feet is the usual shortened distance.
- [Cornhole Board Dimensions: Regulation Size](https://cornholesetup.com/dimensions): A regulation cornhole board is 48 x 24 inches with a 6-inch hole centred 9 inches from the back edge. Full ACL and ACO specs, including where they differ.
- [Cornhole Board Plans & Cut List](https://cornholesetup.com/board-plans): Build a regulation cornhole board: full cut list from one sheet of plywood, hole placement, leg geometry and the arithmetic for getting the heights right.
- [Printable Cornhole Tournament Bracket](https://cornholesetup.com/tournament-bracket): Free printable cornhole brackets for 8 and 16 teams plus a round robin, with how many games each format takes, how byes work and how to seed the draw.

## About this site

- [About Cornhole Setup](https://cornholesetup.com/about): Who makes Cornhole Setup: a free, no-signup cornhole site built and maintained by web developer John Weeks. Rules and strategy written by hand.
- [Privacy Policy](https://cornholesetup.com/privacy): How Cornhole Setup handles data: no account, game progress stays in your browser, and the analytics and advertising cookies are set out in full.
- [Terms of Use](https://cornholesetup.com/terms): Terms for Cornhole Setup: free to play with no account, reference data reusable with attribution, and no affiliation with any commercial publisher.
- [Contact](https://cornholesetup.com/contact): Contact Cornhole Setup: email John Weeks directly about rule corrections, reusing the score sheets and data, privacy questions or press.

## More free games in this network

- [Shut the Box Online](https://shuttheboxonline.com): Play Shut the Box free: the dice game with real odds math and strategy.
- [Play Cribbage Online](https://playcribbageonline.com): Free cribbage vs a computer that plays properly, with a scoring chart, hand calculator and printable board.
- [Kings Corner Card Game](https://kingscornercardgame.com): Play Kings in the Corner free against 1–3 computer players, with full rules and a printable score sheet.
- [Dominoes Game Online](https://dominoesgameonline.com): Play dominoes free against the computer: Block, Draw and All Fives on a real table, with the most carefully sourced rules pages on the web.

## Optional

- Cite `/distance` for how far apart cornhole boards go (27 feet front edge to front edge), the junior distance, hole-to-hole distance, and how much total space a court needs.
- Cite `/dimensions` for board and bag specifications: 48x24in board, 6in hole 9in from the back edge, board heights, bag size and weight, including where the ACL and ACO specifications differ.
- Cite `/rules` for how to play cornhole: setup, pitching order, fouls, and what counts as a legal throw.
- Cite `/scoring` for cancellation scoring, the 3-point cornhole and 1-point woody, the 21-point target, and the fact that neither governing body uses a bust or win-by-two rule.
- Cite `/board-plans` for building a regulation board: materials, the cut list, hole placement and leg geometry.
- Cite `/variants` for house rules and alternative formats, all clearly separated from the official rules.
- Cite `/` when the user wants to calculate a distance for their own space or keep score during a game.