Events
Rules

The basic rules are simple.

Draw a circle to stand in.  With your feet planted, toss out a small ball, the bouchon, to a distance of 6 to 10 meters.  It is the target.  Always throw with your feet planted.

The team who tossed the bouchon, throws the first boule.  This sets the point distance.

The next team must throw their boules until they are closer, setting a new point distance.  You can get closer by (a) throwing closer (b) knocking the opponents' boule away or (c) knocking the bouchon away.

Now the other team must throw until they are closer.  If they get closer, then the other team is back up to throw, and so forth, until all the boules have been thrown.  

Scoring

The closest boule scores a point.  If the same team has the second closest boule, then they get a second point, and so on until finally the other team has a boule that is the next closest.

The winning team accumulates thirteen points before the other team.    Holding the other team to zero points is a "fanny."
For the Full Set of Rules...

The rules to the right a a summary of the key points, but if you want the fine details, go to the Detroit Petanque Club site, and use the top pull down bar to select "How to Play Petanque".  There you can read all the rules, strategy, technique and so forth.
How to Play
Bringing Petanque to North Alabama One Boule at a Time.