Carrom Association

I’ve been asked to explain how to set up the game of Carrom.
You need a red counter, the queen and she goes in the middle of the carrom board. 9 black and 9 white, well brown actually as they are wooden, arranged alternatively around the queen. then in the next circle, place a matching colour against counters. Then the 3rd and final circle fill in with remaining counters, alternately.
Below is a picture of how to set up a carrom board. Although I haven’t used a thousand words you’ll get a better idea if you look at the picture.

Here is a link to a video where a player is setting up and does so in less than 2 minutes.
I hope this helps.

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The standard size for Carrom boards is as follows.
The board is square shaped, and so it follows that each side is the same.
The play area is 73.5 cms square which is nearly 29 inches for those of you who, like myself, still have dificulties with the metric system.
The frame around the board should be a minimum 4cm in width.
The overall size of the boards may vary slightly because of the different widths of the frame, but it is not a problem as long as the playing area inside remains at 73.5 cm.
The pockets in the corners of the board are 4.5cm in diameter.
The boards play surfaces should be made from top quality plywood.
The frame is usually hardwood.
It would be prohibitively expensive, financially and for the enviromnent to manufacture boards from solid wood.

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I have been asked to write a topic on how to hit a Slam and how to hit a Black Slam.
You have to be like this guy. Extremely focused, concentrate hard and…
HELP.

I am not an expert Carrom player. I played much more when I was younger. I write and help maintain this site to promote Carrom.

Dane terrior wrote “On the break, if break is good then you can hit the slam, if break is bad, then black slam.

Thanks Dane terrior, but I am none the wiser. Please excuse my ignorance. Can you explain a bit more. Thanks.

Any advice or explanation would be greatly appreciated.

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Don’t play or gamble against its Carrom players.

In Mumbai & nearby cities in Maharashtra carrom is used for gambling. This is one reason why Maharashtran players are brilliant at the game.

In India every state has Carrom clubs, some with coaching and other facilities.

The coaches are very conscientious and train their champions hard. They maintain the carrom boards and ensure they are in good condition. They also ensure the comfort of the players and that venues are suitable for playing, e.g.. sufficient light.

There is great competition all over India and new faces are coming up all the time.

The champions like Natraj and Babu better watch out.

These are well known players in India, but have yet to be recognized in the rest of the world.

Thanks to Harpreet for his advice. I’m such an innocent. I never imagined people would gamble on Carrom.

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The basics of carrom
Well, now that I am 15 posts in I figure it’s a good time to post a bit of info explaining what carrom is (might have been wise to start with this one huh?)

So here we go (for those that don’t know)
Carrom is a wooden board game played by 2- 4 players popular in Asia and the Far East. This traditional game is similar to pool, snooker and billiards in many ways (except the pieces are flat and there are no cues) and is gaining in popularity across Europe and the US.

Carrom is played on a sqaure wooden board (see picture below) with 4 pockets in the corners for “potting” your piece.

As I mentioned, Carrom Rules are very similar to pool (many say that carrom is the predecessor to many ‘bar games” such as pool, billiards and snooker) and played with 9 pieces on each side.

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