Playing field: The same six goals as in golf croquet – but each goal is passed through twice: once on the way out (goals 1–6) and once on the way back in reverse order, where they are renamed 1-back, 2-back, 3-back, 4-back, penultimate and rover.
Objective: To score points by being the first to play a ball through each goal, in order from 1 to 6. Each goal counts exactly one point and is only awarded once – it doesn’t matter which side goes through, only who goes first.
Moves: This is the crucial difference to golf croquet – normally a move consists of a single stroke, but you get a follow-up stroke as soon as your ball passes through its correct hoop or hits another ball (“roquet”). Skilled players string these follow-up strokes together to form long breaks and can thus play through many hoops in a single move.
Roquets: If you hit another ball, you may make a croquet shot – you bring your own ball into contact with the hit ball and strike it, thereby (approximately) determining where both balls will roll. This is the tactical core of the game.
Victory: The team that first gets both balls through the entire course and stakes them out wins – a significantly longer, more strategic game than golf croquet, often lasting 1–2 hours or more.
The playing field setup is identical to that of golf croquet – same goals, same stakes – which is why clubs can play both variants on the same lawn.