The players may place their wicket anywhere on the course, at any angle. Hence, players may have to go toward the far end of the course to go through one wicket then come back to the other end for the next wicket, and so on. Each game of Pall-Mall thus becomes unique. Once the wickets are placed, play begins. This is then repeated by the red player, the black player, the yellow player, the green player and the orange player.
Players then take turns in order of their color.
A turn consists of one stroke or hit upon a player's own ball, plus any additional bonus strokes earned. This can be from either side of the wicket. When you pass your ball through the correct wicket, you gain one bonus stroke. This is called scoring wicket. The bonus is one extra stroke.