The *exact* rules for games of the BCA are copyrighted, and should not be reproduced in electronic form without permission. See below for information on ordering copies and the World Pool-Billiard Association's site at http://www.wpa-pool.com/rules/rules.htm In almost every pool game, a shot that does not pocket a ball is required to have at least one ball contact a rail after the cue ball contacts a ball. STRAIGHT POOL (or 14.1 continuous pocket billiards) Rack all 15 balls on the foot spot, cue ball behind the head string. The break must send two balls and the cue ball to a rail. Failure to do so is -2 points, and the opponent has the choice of accepting the table or having the breaker break again. You need only name the ball and the pocket in calling a shot. How it gets there is immaterial, and anything else that goes down counts. Scoring: 1 point for sunk balls, -1 for fouls (i.e. scratching, not driving a ball to a rail, etc.), -2 for not driving 2 balls and the cue ball to a rail on the break, and -15 for 3 fouls in a row (tacked on the the -1 for the 3rd foul). After the third foul the offender must break as in the start of the game. When one object ball is left, rerack the other fourteen with the front ball missing, and continue play.