Google’s latest multiplayer Doodle lets you play a round of pétanque with your friends

A screenshot from Google's petanque Doodle. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge

Google has a delightful new multiplayer Doodle that lets you play a game of petanque online. If you haven't heard of petanque - I hadn't before writing this article - it's a game that's kind of like bocce ball.

The goal of petanque 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 Poke Ball in Pokemon 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...

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