Dart board assembly for an electronic dart game

A method of using a dart board assembly for an electronic dart game, and a plurality of darts each dart formed, at least partially, of an electrically insulative material, said dart board assembly comprising:

• an electrically insulative dart board without moving parts having an outer surface and an inner surface and including a frame defining a bull's-eye and a plurality of scoring radials extending from the bull's-eye, and a target segment means occupying each of said scoring radials and said bull's-eye for releasably holding said darts;
• and
• a printed circuit board disposed adjacent to and aligned with inner surface of said dart board, said printed circuit board including an insulative substrate, a plurality of spaced metallic lands on said substrate with one land aligned with each target segment, and an electrically conductive grounded shield surrounding and insulated from each of said lands, said method comprising the following steps:
• (a) electrically charging a dart thrown at said board;
• (b) detecting the electronic redistribution occasioned on the land aligned with the target segment receiving the charged dart;
• and
• (c) emulating the switching of a pair of contacts between an open-circuit condition and a closed-circuit condition in response to detection of the charged dart.