Vasen

Vasen (sometimes written as Vas en), also called Vaniuan billiards, is a category of skill-based indoor table sports found in Vaniu which usually involves a mallet and a short blunt stick called a chisel being used to strike billiard balls on a cloth-covered stadium-shaped table, often times with the edges curving up and having a rounded trench surrounding it.

There are three major subdivisions of games within Vasen:

• Vilo Vasen, or Trench Vasen, referring to games that make use of a convex ring of elevated surface which is typically used as a goal.

• Actir Vasen, or Flat Vasen, referring to games that only make use of the central field.

• Bonce Vasen, or Pocket Vasen, referring to games that use pockets in the table to score points.

Terminology

Vasen has a broad list of terminology used to refer to the game and its elements.

• Vasen (literally "Mallet-chisel") - the category of Vaniuan indoor billiards games

• Field - the main playing area of a Vasen table, in which the cue balls are stationed

• Trench - the ring surrounding a typical Vasen table, in which field balls are shot to get points

• Cue ball - the ball players hit with the mallet and chisel to hit field balls with

• Field ball - a numbered ball that the player hits with the cue ball to score points with