How to position the carom coins on the board

Carom is a very interesting game which can be played by two or three or four persons. In singles, your foe sits just opposite to you; in doubles, you play opposite your partner. You can play for points with three players.

Assemble the double whites to aim 'dead-on' into a corner pocket.

Whoever plays initially, or breaks, is at all times white. The main aim of the game is to sink all of your pieces, using the heavier 'striker', in any of the pockets before your foe. Your chance continues only if you keep sinking your pieces - fortune shots count and all combinations are allowed.

When placing the striker on the board to shoot, the striker ought to touch both 'base lines' moreover covering the red circle totally, or not touching it at all. The striker might not touch the slanting arrow line.

Shooting styles are very private - whichever 'grip' works for you is all right only if you 'flick' the striker and don't push it. Usually, it's most excellent to orient your body to see the line of your target while shooting at ease; you can not move or leave your chair.

For advance shots, you can use your index finger, middle finger, or even the 'scissors' shot (right).

Tip on technique: Before shooting, endeavor touching the striker with your fingernail, to make sure that it's in fact on line. This will enhance your speed and avert you from hurting your finger.

For 'back-shots' you may possibly only use your thumb or the scissors method.

No component of your body, except your hand, can cross the imaginary diagonal line nor may your elbow stick out over the frame in front of you. Yet your feet or knees may not leave your quadrant.

The red piece, or 'queen,' can be pocketed whenever you like after sinking your initial piece but must be sunk prior to your last one. After pocketing the queen, you ought to sink one of your pieces, thus 'covering' it, into any pocket in the next shot, or she is returned to the core spot.

Once the queen is enclosed, whoever clears all their pieces first wins the 'board'.

The winner of a board accumulates one point for every of the foe's pieces left at the end and three points for the queen in case covered by the conqueror. No more points are accumulated for the queen after your score reaches 22.

MISCELLANEOUS RULES

* Sinking the striker costs you one piece and your chance. But, in case you drop a piece in the identical shot, then two come up and you shoot again.

* After sinking the striker, your enemy places the outstanding piece(s) within the core circle. If you haven't sunk one yet, you due one.

* In case while shooting for the queen you also sink one of your pieces, the queen is involuntarily covered, regardless of which went first.

* If a piece jumps off the board, it is positioned on the core spot. If pieces land on ending or are overlying, they are left that way.

* If the core spot is partly covered when restoring the queen or a jumped piece, the piece must cover as much red as probable. If completely covered, the piece is positioned opposite the next player at the back of the red spot.

* If you sink your foe's piece, you drop your turn. If you sink their last piece, you drop the board and three points.

* If you sink your last piece prior to the queen, you lose the board, three points and one point for every of your foe's pieces left.

* If the striker does not leave both lines, go once more. You get three tries to break prior to losing your turn.