Darts have been happening for hundred`s of years, In 1530 Anne Boleyn gave Henry V1111 a set of dart`s, and in 1620 the Pilgrim Father`s even played dart`s on the Mayflower. Brian Gamlin invented the number system on the dart board in 1896, but never had it patented before he died in 1903, so the honour goes to Thomas Buckle who says he invented the dart board in 1913. So I leave it up to you who you believe.