Carrom Bibione

The Rules

Who sees to play the carrom for the first time has quickly the feeling that features of far away a relative of the game of the billiards. In effects many are the affinities between the two play: four holes to the angles, the shooting of side, the tactics of game and other anchor, a lot that in some part of the world the carrom is called finger billiard.
If you are completely fasts of carrom, it will be enough to you to learn its little and simple rules and you will be ready in order to defy your adversaries. If instead already you are a good carrom player, could be useful to consult the Official Regulations of the Italian Federation, 127 articles that contemplate to all the possible cases. The most meticulous The Official Laws of Carrom, is the regulations anglo-Indian in vigor for the international tournaments from 1993, brought back in language it originates them (English) in the site of the LAST Carrom Association or in Italian translation by the FIC.

What serves in order to play

a table from carrom;
nine black pawns;
nine pawns white women;
a red pawn (the Queen);
a pawn clapper (the striker);
fecola of potatoes (for the fluency of the table).

As it is played

The scope of the game is to put in the hole all own pawns before the adversary hitting them with the striker.

The players, or the brace, is based one of forehead to the other. It is played remaining seated for all the duration of the encounter.

The pawns come disposed on the table for cracked second a precise geometric outline.
example 1 - example 2
The player or brace who carries out the cracked one tries of imbucare the pawns white women, the adversary or brace of adversaries tries to put in the hole those black ones.
All the shooting come carried out from the baselines of the turn player and after every shooting the striker it comes collected. It can then be placed in any position on the baseline on the side of the turn player and must touch of the two black lines. The red circles places to the extremities of the line cannot be partially covered: or they do not come touched or it must cover them entire to the striker.
example 1 - example 2 - example 3 - example 4
The striker it must be hit with a single finger maintaining firm the hand, or that the shooting comes carried out in ahead that to behind.
All the players can hit with striker the any pawn, directly or indirectly and in any position he is found, even if over the lines of base, in the attempt to put in the own hole. If accidentally they come to put in the hole those of the adversary, these benefit some and the adversary take the turn of game.
The turn of a player continues till its first error. After which the turn passes to the adversary. In the double quantity the spin of the turns of game happens in counter-clockwise sense.
Any player who has at least to put in the hole one of its pawns can try to put in the hole the Queen, that is the red pawn. When a player put in the hole the Queen on condition that obtains a bonus points must to put in the hole one of own pawns with the shooting successive in the same turn: in such case one says that the Queen has been confirmed. In contrary case the Queen comes remittance to the center of the table and the score does not endure changes. Because the game can finish is necessary that the Queen has been put in hole and confirmed from any of the players.
Who wins succeeds for first to put in hole all own pawns. These will have a point for each pawn of the adversary remained in game more three points for the Queen if it has been to confirm it.

The official regulations:
Official regulations of the Italian Federation


webmaster claudio The Rules Who sees to play the carrom for the first time has quickly the feeling that features of far away a relative of the game of the billiards. In effects many are the affinities between the two play: four holes to the angles, the shooting of side, the tactics of game and other anchor, a lot that in some part of the world the carrom is called finger billiard. If you are completely fasts of carrom, it will be enough to you to learn its little and simple rules and you will be ready in order to defy your adversaries. If instead already you are a good carrom player, could be useful to consult the Official Regulations of the Italian Federation, 127 articles that contemplate to all the possible cases. The most meticulous The Official Laws of Carrom, is the regulations anglo-Indian in vigor for the international tournaments from 1993, brought back in language it originates them (English) in the site of the LAST Carrom Association or in Italian translation by the FIC. What serves in order to play a table from carrom; nine black pawns; nine pawns white women; a red pawn (the Queen); a pawn clapper (the striker); fecola of potatoes (for the fluency of the table). As it is played The scope of the game is to put in the hole all own pawns before the adversary hitting them with the striker. The players, or the brace, is based one of forehead to the other. It is played remaining seated for all the duration of the encounter. The pawns come disposed on the table for cracked second a precise geometric outline. example 1 - example 2 The player or brace who carries out the cracked one tries of imbucare the pawns white women, the adversary or brace of adversaries tries to put in the hole those black ones. All the shooting come carried out from the baselines of the turn player and after every shooting the striker it comes collected. It can then be placed in any position on the baseline on the side of the turn player and must touch of the two black lines. The red circles places to the extremities of the line cannot be partially covered: or they do not come touched or it must cover them entire to the striker. example 1 - example 2 - example 3 - example 4 The striker it must be hit with a single finger maintaining firm the hand, or that the shooting comes carried out in ahead that to behind. All the players can hit with striker the any pawn, directly or indirectly and in any position he is found, even if over the lines of base, in the attempt to put in the own hole. If accidentally they come to put in the hole those of the adversary, these benefit some and the adversary take the turn of game. The turn of a player continues till its first error. After which the turn passes to the adversary. In the double quantity the spin of the turns of game happens in counter-clockwise sense. Any player who has at least to put in the hole one of its pawns can try to put in the hole the Queen, that is the red pawn. When a player put in the hole the Queen on condition that obtains a bonus points must to put in the hole one of own pawns with the shooting successive in the same turn: in such case one says that the Queen has been confirmed. In contrary case the Queen comes remittance to the center of the table and the score does not endure changes. Because the game can finish is necessary that the Queen has been put in hole and confirmed from any of the players. Who wins succeeds for first to put in hole all own pawns. These will have a point for each pawn of the adversary remained in game more three points for the Queen if it has been to confirm it. The official regulations: Official regulations of the Italian Federation