Carrom

Play Carrom, a classic tabletop game that combines strategy and precision. Compete with friends and pocket your pieces to win in this engaging game.

Basics Gameplay Settings

Terminology

Striker: Striker is the disc used to hit the carrom men and the queen across the board to the pockets.

Carrom: is the name given to the game discs used to play the game. Each carrom has a color that identifies the team of which the Carrom belongs. Carroms are divided by three colors being a lighter and darker color and red which identifies the Queen.

Queen: It is a special red colored Carrom. This is the most valuable piece of the game. During setup the Queen is always set in the middle of the board.

Pocket: The holes found in each corner of the board where the player should target its Carroms.

Covering the Queen: To finish a game the players need to pocket all the corresponding colored Carroms including the Queen. To successfully pocket the Queen the player needs to make sure to pocket a valid Carrom after pocketing the Queen. This is called covering the Queen. If a player fails to pocket a valid Carrom after pocketing the Queen, the Queen will be returned to the center of the board.

Board Setup

The Queen is always placed in the center of the board and the colored Carroms are placed around the Queen alternating between light and dark pieces.

The first player to start the game is the one playing with the white carroms and takes the seat facing the lighter pieces. When played in doubles ( teams) each team player sits in the opposite position of its partner and the game turns are taken counter clockwise.

Game Mechanics

Moving the Striker: When starting a turn the player's Striker is placed in the board baseline and can be moved horizontally along that baseline using the slider found below the board.

Shooting: Once the player is happy with the position of its Striker on the board, the player can tap the Striker to aim and choose the power of the strike move.