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Growing up we called it Carrom board, which is square board with 4 pockets in the corners. I never knew there was an American version of it as Crokinole board.

sleepybrett 2y ago
Canadian. I haven't played Carrom, but it's my understanding it's Indian in origin and plays a bit more like a billiards variant, even going so far as to use tiny pool cues.
- pixelatedindex 2y ago
  I haven’t played in a while but as long as I remember, there aren’t any pool cues but there are varying (house) rules on how/where the disc can be flicked
- dagw 2y ago
  I think there are few different variants of this game. I played the version with the tiny pool cues as a kid, but we called it Couronne. Looking at images online it seems the main difference between Carrom and Couronne is that in Couronne you hit the pieces with a cue and that the pockets are much bigger than in Carrom.
darreninthenet 2y ago
Crokinole is Canadian
almostdeadguy 2y ago
Different game, but Carrom is supposed to be great as well. I haven't played it but many of the folks I follow on BGG prefer it to Crokinole.
rendx 2y ago
I played both and own a Crokinole board, but strongly prefer Carrom. It's similar but still quite different.
- pahool 2y ago
  Generally, crokinole is a much less punishing game than carrom, if we're talking about Indian carrom boards. American carrom boards, that were really popular in after-school programs when I was growing up, have relatively HUGE pockets than the Indian boards, in addition to being smaller boards. American carrom is like playing 8-ball, Indian carrom is like playing snooker. I like carrom a lot, but I'm terrible at it. I'm at least a reasonable player at crokinole, and it's a lot easier to introduce others to the game without them getting too frustrated by it.
  - pahool 2y ago
    Also, a lot of American carrom boards were produced with a checker board one side and a crokinole board on the other side.

sleepybrett 2y ago

Canadian. I haven't played Carrom, but it's my understanding it's Indian in origin and plays a bit more like a billiards variant, even going so far as to use tiny pool cues.

pixelatedindex 2y ago
I haven’t played in a while but as long as I remember, there aren’t any pool cues but there are varying (house) rules on how/where the disc can be flicked
dagw 2y ago
I think there are few different variants of this game. I played the version with the tiny pool cues as a kid, but we called it Couronne. Looking at images online it seems the main difference between Carrom and Couronne is that in Couronne you hit the pieces with a cue and that the pockets are much bigger than in Carrom.

darreninthenet 2y ago

Crokinole is Canadian

almostdeadguy 2y ago

Different game, but Carrom is supposed to be great as well. I haven't played it but many of the folks I follow on BGG prefer it to Crokinole.

rendx 2y ago

I played both and own a Crokinole board, but strongly prefer Carrom. It's similar but still quite different.

pahool 2y ago
Generally, crokinole is a much less punishing game than carrom, if we're talking about Indian carrom boards. American carrom boards, that were really popular in after-school programs when I was growing up, have relatively HUGE pockets than the Indian boards, in addition to being smaller boards. American carrom is like playing 8-ball, Indian carrom is like playing snooker. I like carrom a lot, but I'm terrible at it. I'm at least a reasonable player at crokinole, and it's a lot easier to introduce others to the game without them getting too frustrated by it.
- pahool 2y ago
  Also, a lot of American carrom boards were produced with a checker board one side and a crokinole board on the other side.