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The origins
of Carrom are obscure at best. Some say Carrom was the invention
of the Maharajahs of India, while many in India believe Carrom
may have been introduced by the British. Some books on international
games like Carrom include Burma, Egypt and Ethiopia as possible
sources, all of which leads us to conclude that, at this time,
no-one knows where carrom originated.
Carrom is
played on a board of lacquered plywood roughly two feet square.
The edges of the Carrom playing surface are bounded by bumpers
of wood. The object of Carrom is to strike a heavy disk called
a "striker" such that it contacts lighter disks called
"carrommen" and propels them into one of four Carrom
corner pockets. The carrommen come in two colors denoting the
two players (or, in doubles play, teams). Traditionally, these
colors are white and black. In Carrom the breaker always plays
white. In Carrom an additional carromman is colored red and called
the "queen".
The aim of
Carrom is to pot your nine carrommen before your opponent pots
his. However before sinking your final carromman, the queen must
be pocketed and then "covered" by pocketing one of your
carromman on the same or subsequent strike. Fouls, such as crossing
the diagonal lines on the Carrom board with any part of your body,
or potting the striker, lead to carrommen being returned to the
Carrom board.
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