theverge.com/2022/7/30/23284432/google-doodle-multiplayer-game-petanque
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A quick time-waster featuring pétanque.
If you haven’t heard of pétanque — I hadn’t before writing this article — it’s a game that’s kind of like bocce ball.The goal of pétanque is to throw your ball (the boule) as close as you can to a little ball (the cochonnet) on the playing field in front of you. On your computer, you’ll “throw” the ball by clicking on the boule and dragging back with your mouse to slingshot it forward; on a phone, you’ll toss the boule with your thumb (kind of like throwing a Poké Ball in Pokémon Go). You get points for having more boules close to the cochonnet than your opponent, and whoever has the most points after three rounds wins. Google has a good tutorial of the game it will show you when you first start playing.
You can play one-on-one or in teams of two by sharing a link or getting matched up randomly with online opponents.