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Crokinole

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445 points Tomte | 3 comments | 17 Oct 24 16:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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srameshc ◴[17 Oct 24 17:09 UTC] No.41871502[source]▶
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.
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1. rendx ◴[17 Oct 24 17:30 UTC] No.41871706[source]▶
I played both and own a Crokinole board, but strongly prefer Carrom. It's similar but still quite different.
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2. pahool ◴[17 Oct 24 19:29 UTC] No.41872949[source]▶
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.

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3. pahool ◴[17 Oct 24 19:55 UTC] No.41873153[source]▶
Also, a lot of American carrom boards were produced with a checker board one side and a crokinole board on the other side.