Pitchnut is a wooden tabletop game of French Canadian origins, similar to carrom, crokinole and pichenotte, with mechanics that lie somewhere between pocket billiards and air hockey.
Pitchnut board
Pitchnut board in Compton, Quebec
A pitchnut board in St. Edwidge, Quebec
Beginning of the game setup
Crokinole is a disk-flicking dexterity board game, possibly of Canadian origin. It is similar to the games of pitchnut, carrom, and pichenotte, with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to tab
Pitchnut
…Pitchnut is a wooden tabletop game of French Canadian origins, similar to carrom, crokinole and pichenotte, with mechanics that lie somewhere between pocket billiards and air hockey. Unlike with other wooden board games, there are no records…
Crokinole game board scoring zones
Crokinole board by M.B. Ross, patented 1880
Crokinole board by M.B. Ross, patented 1880