Cannon strike

You can bodily dodge out of the way of incoming projectiles, although using this evasive technique will incur a ‘strike’. With each one, your opponent’s ball grows in both speed and size, making it more likely that you’ll be hit. “We wanted subpoint games, as in baseball,” says Godat. “Every one of those plays into a smaller story arc, which plays into a bigger story arc.” Three strikes and, with the game’s current rule system at least (Godat admits it may be tweaked or rewritten), you automatically lose a point to your opponent, even if you manage to dodge their projectile, which, by this point, is around the size of a beach ball.