Kelly Pea Pool — Classic Bar Billiards Game Set

A Timeless Pub Game Reborn for Your Home Bar

Bring a piece of old-school bar history straight into your home bar with this 3D-printed Kelly Pea Pool set — a classic American parlor game dating back over a century. Loved in taverns, pool halls, speakeasies, pubs, and home bars, Kelly Pool (also called Pea Pool, Pill Pool, or Kelly Pea) is one of the oldest and most socially engaging billiard games ever created.

This printable set includes:

• The “Bottle” (solid brown, single-color print)
• Sixteen numbered peas (dual-color AMS print: red base + white numbers for traditional authenticity)

Perfect for:
🍺 Home bars
🎱 Game rooms
🏡 Family gatherings
🍻 Drinking game nights
🔥 Any pool table owner looking for a fun, fast, and highly social game

🏛️ A Bit of History — Why This Belongs in a Home Bar

Kelly Pool became wildly popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s across pubs and billiard halls because it mixed:

• Skill
• Luck
• Secret identities
• Social interaction

Players loved the thrill of being assigned a secret ball and competing to make it in first.
It was easy to learn, great with drinks, and was known as a “conversation starter” in old taverns.

This 3D-printed version brings that history to life — now with a clean, modern, durable design you can proudly keep on the rail of your home pool table.

🖨️ Printing & Assembly (Simple!)

The Bottle

• Prints in one solid color (brown recommended)
• No supports needed for most printers
• Has a hollow slot for the 16 peas

The 16 Numbered Peas

• Designed for dual-color AMS printing
• Red + white body with red inset numbers
• Clean contrast just like classic vintage pea sets

Once printed, drop all peas into the bottle — that’s it!
This project is extremely beginner-friendly.

🎱 How to Play Kelly Pea Pool (Simple Rules)

Players: 2–16

Equipment:

• Pool table
• Cue sticks
• All 16 numbered peas + bottle
• Standard set of pool balls

📌 Game Setup

1. Each player shakes the bottle and secretly draws one pea (numbered 1–16).
2. That number corresponds to their secret target ball on the table.
3. Players keep their number hidden.

🎯 Main Objective

Be the first player to legally pocket your secret ball.
Do this, and you win the round.

🏁 Turn Structure

Players shoot in rotation using standard pool rules:

• Cue ball must strike a legal object ball first
• Fouls give the next player ball-in-hand
• Any player may attempt to pocket any object ball

When someone pockets a ball, they call out the number:

• If that ball matches a player’s secret pea…
  🎉 that player wins immediately!

If the shooter pockets their own number, they win on the spot.

🔥 Popular & Well-Loved Variants (Included Rules)

1️⃣ Kelly Elimination

• Players draw two peas instead of one
• Must pocket both of their numbers to win
• Eliminates players whose numbers are pocketed by accident

High tension. Very fun with drinks.

2️⃣ Reverse Kelly (a crowd favorite)

Your goal is now to avoid pocketing your number.
Last surviving player wins.
Like billiards + dodgeball.

3️⃣ Bar-Rules Kelly (Classic Pub Style)

• Pocket ANY ball and keep shooting
• First to pocket three total balls, including their secret one, wins
• Great for larger groups

4️⃣ Speed Kelly (Fast, chaotic, amazing at parties)

• Everyone plays continuously, one after another
• No long strategy turns
• Rapid “shoot-and-move” gameplay
  Feels like pool + musical chairs.

Bottle Design: Powered by MakerWorld-Make My Vase (https://makerworld.com/makerlab/makeMyVase)