duckpin

This might in part explain why duckpin has been fading from mid-atlantic states where it use to be quite popular.

Also due to the nature of duckpin, strikes and spares are harder to get so they typically aren't setting every pin.

Near me there's a old duckpin bowling alley that's been refurbished to include a bar.

Very true...although duckpin bowling had a bit of a revival in the early 2010s.

I’ve got a few duckpin lanes near me, but candlepin seems like it is specific to a few locations.

I'm surprised that no eccentric-entrepreneurial-type person has ever tried opening a Duckpin or Candlepin alley in Brooklyn.

We had duckpin in the late 70s near Alexandria VA.

In Rhode Island we were extra peculiar with duckpin [1] as the predominant variant.

As a kid, duckpin was WAY more fun than knuckletwister!

Throwing a duckpin bowling ball like its 1905 again.

Like, the idea that some guy invented the duckpin pin setter, patented it, and managed to make enough of them for duckpin bowling alleys that it is still regionally popular today, is kind of wild.

Northeastern CT, my town had both duckpin and regular.

As you noted, that's duckpin bowling, which uses differently shaped pins than "standard" ten pin bowling; shorter yet heavier.

It's not a completely different game (like Duckpin, 9-Pin, or Candlepin), and it's still good - but it's different.

You get a bit of everything in Quebec when it comes to bowling:) You can find Duckpin, Candlepin, 5-pin, and 10-pin!