How to Play Carrom Board Game
Carrom is a dexterity-based tabletop game popular in India. If you combined pool with shuffleboard and made it into a board game, you'd probably get something like Carrom. Carrom requires a special board and pieces to play.
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Instructions
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Arrange the pieces, except for the heavy striker piece, in the center of the board, with the red queen in the center. White will get the first turn.
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Place the striker on the sideline of the board so it touches both edges of the sideline. Using your finger, flick the striker toward the pieces, trying to knock your color pieces into the pocket.
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Take another turn if you knock any of your color pieces into the pocket. Otherwise, after your shot, your turn ends and it becomes your opponent's turn.
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Shoot the queen (the red piece) into the pocket sometime after you have sunk your first piece, but before your last one. If you manage to sink the queen, you get another turn, but you MUST sink one of your pieces in this extra turn, otherwise the queen is removed from the pocket and placed back on the center of the board.
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End the round when one player has sunk all of his pieces. That player scores three points if he manages to permanently sink the queen and one point for each opposing piece left on the board. The game is played to 25 points or 8 rounds, whichever comes first. Highest score at the end of the game wins.
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Tips & Warnings
If you sink your last piece but the queen remains on the board, you lose a point for each opposing piece left on the board, instead of gaining points.
