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Crokinole

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srameshc ◴[] 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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sleepybrett ◴[] No.41871557[source]
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.
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1. dagw ◴[] No.41878347[source]
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.