Carrom
Videos
Carrom is a tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flip or flick discs, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board, in a similar fashion to billiards. Throughout South Asia, many cl
Carrom
Tibetans playing carrom in Delhi
Carrom men and one striker, arranged at the start of a game
The queen
Pichenotte
Videos
Pichenotte refers to a family of several disk-flicking games, mostly French Canadian in origin, including crokinole, pitchnut, and North American carrom, which may sometimes be played with small cue s
Carrom
…period. However, carrom became known as "Hikone Karomu" (Hikone carrom) in Hikone, Shiga. The Hikone carrom board has larger pockets (not unlike those of pichenotte), the discs are arranged in a ring (also like in Pichette), each player is given twelve discs instead of nine, and the queen (known as the "jack") is…
Family of pichenotte games
Canadian–American carrom or pichenotte boards
More Canadian–American carrom or pichenotte boards
Canadian–American pitchnut boards