Carrom Board

Carrom Rules

Objective

Pocket all of your assigned pieces before your opponent. In 3-4 player mode, every piece you pocket scores a point.

Setup

19 pieces are arranged at the center: 9 white, 9 black, and 1 red queen. Each player shoots from their side of the board using the striker.

How to Play

Place – Drag to position the striker along your baseline.
Shoot – Pull back from the striker and release. The farther you pull, the harder the shot.

Turns

If you pocket one of your own pieces, you get another turn.
If you miss (pocket nothing), the turn passes to the next player.

The Queen

Any player can pocket the queen at any time.
After pocketing the queen, you must cover it by pocketing one of your own pieces on the very next shot.
If you cover the queen successfully you earn 3 bonus points.
If you fail to cover it, the queen returns to the center.

Fouls

If the striker is pocketed, you lose 1 point and one of your pocketed pieces returns to the board.

Winning

2 players: The game ends when all pieces of one color are pocketed. The player with the higher score wins.

3-4 players: The game ends when all 18 pieces are pocketed. The player with the most points wins.

Flow Variant

In Flow mode, when a player scores and earns another turn, the striker stays where it stopped instead of resetting to the baseline. This lets you chain shots from favorable positions.

When the turn passes to the next player (after a miss or foul), the new player starts normally from their baseline.

Rebound rule: In Flow mode, the final piece that would win the game must involve a rebound — either the striker bounced off a wall before hitting the piece, or the piece bounced off a wall before entering the pocket. If the winning piece goes in without any rebound, it returns to the center and the game continues.