Carrom

How to play Carrom

Carrom is a tabletop game played on a square board with a pocket in each corner. Nine white coins, nine black coins and a red queen start in the centre. Players take turns flicking a heavier disc, the striker, from their baseline to knock coins into the pockets.

This is the freestyle game: you may pocket any coin. Black is worth 10 points, white 20 and the queen 50. Pocket a coin and you shoot again; sink the striker and you lose 10 points. When the board is clear, the higher score wins. Play the computer on Easy, Medium or Hard, or share one device with a friend.

• Players 1 or 2
• Mode Against the computer, or two players on one device
• Plays on Phone, tablet and desktop
• Price Free, no sign-up

Carrom rules

• Players take turns flicking the striker from their own baseline.
• Any coin may be pocketed: black scores 10, white 20 and the queen 50.
• Pocketing a coin earns another shot.
• Pocketing the striker is a foul: you lose 10 points and the turn passes.
• The game ends when every coin is pocketed; the higher score wins.

Controls

Slider

Slide the striker along your baseline

Drag on the board

Aim toward the pointer; a longer drag is a harder shot

Release

Shoot

Left / Right

Move the striker

A / D and W / S

Turn the aim, change the power

Space or Enter

Shoot

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Start a new game

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