Carrooka- An explainer game

[@Toadbabe]

Looks so fun and a perfect for having a beer while playing a game. I ordered the green board and the pool chips to have some variety.

[@propress20]

Superbe jeu, un couple formidable, j’ai reçu mon board ce mois, on enchaîne les parties !

[@ΚώσταςΚασιάρας]

Hello. I am from Greece. Congratulations for your perfect game. It's amazing!!! Looking forward to find a way to have it in my house and enjoy many hours of playing. Well done my friends!!!

[@byrnez2755]

Terrific video. Very clear instructions and tips etc. Looks like a fun game. Clearly based on Snooker. Cheers!

[@browe]

Excited to get my own board (just ordered.) Our Canadian made Crokinole board has been a mainstay with everyone for over a decade now, and I'm delighted to give this a go. I also added the solids/stripes discs and want to try a 9-ball variant, too. 😄

[@carrooka3607]

Thank you so much for the kind words and your support! We'll make you a lovely board and be in touch as soon as it's ready to post:-)

[@chrisbloor333]

Loved trying this out at UK Board Games expo. The board was excellent quality and the pieces just felt right, it was really obvious a lot of time had gone into getting the weights and glide of the pieces satisfyingly precise. Definitely recommend it! ... I'm just working on convincing my dad to go halves on a set now ;)

[@carrooka3607]

Thanks for that Chris! It's good to know you enjoyed it:-)

[@blacksparrowsparrow5467]

Have tried carrom ? That's the original

[@Wmcmanus2]

Love this video, George!! Surprised that I'm just finding it now. As the proud owner of not one, not two, but three Carooka boards, I must say that this is a most helpful introduction to a brilliantly conceived and extraordinarily well executed game design!!

[@carrooka3607]

Thank you Wayne:-)

[@Wmcmanus2]

@@carrooka3607 Now 5 boards. LOL!! Just ordered 2 of the Pool 8 boards! Yeah!!

[@kinganzelak]

Ordered one of these and looking forward to playing it. Cheers for the video.

[@johnnewman3221]

what a game, just like billiards, nice video

[@carrooka3607]

thank you!

[@TheSludgeMan]

As an avid Carrom player I can't wait to try this! My tip to folks out there is the best Carrom powder is not the branded stuff, it's acrylic powder used for painting nails. You can buy huge tubs of it for cheap and its much finer/more effective than the cheap crap that comes in Carrom powder shakers, a lot of which is toxic

[@SteveinJersey1234]

Thanks for the tip! Could you kindly refer us to a source for this? Or even just a product name to search for?

[@TheSludgeMan]

@@SteveinJersey1234 I use "acrylic powder" by naio nails. You can get 65g for £9. For reference, 50g of "carrom powder" is £15-£20

[@SteveinJersey1234]

@@TheSludgeMan Thanks so much for the quick response. Not sure if Naio is available in the U.S. but I guess anything advertised as 'clear acrylic powder' for nails would work?

[@TheSludgeMan]

@@SteveinJersey1234 yep any will do. Acrylic polymer powder

[@TheSludgeMan]

@@SteveinJersey1234 yep any will do. Acrylic polymer powder

[@phillipphillippson8456]

Have you thought of doing up the counters with Spots and stripes with numbers? you could also play 9-ball

[@carrooka3607]

Phillip, you must be a mind reader! They are quite literally on the drawing board at the moment! They won't be available until early 2022 though:-)

[@Divedown_25]

Very nice game. A mini Snooker style... and the turning table. At 6:40-, why did you place the green on the black circle, should it not be placed back to the green spot again?

[@ArkanoidZero]

its the same respotting rule as in snooker, the spot must be fully uncovered, or the respot goes to the highest value open spot.

[@DJ-ct6so]

Fascinating!! Best wishes for your product sales. What's the highest break that either of you has made? :)

[@carrooka3607]

36- bows head in shame!

[@Prime_D7]

At 5:29 you move the white counter. Whats the ruling here?

[@carrooka3607]

Sorry for my slow reply. If the striker (white) lands hard on the rail or behind the margin line around the pocket, you can move it out a little, it must still be touching the margin line. It just allows you to get a finger behind the striker.

[@Prime_D7]

@@carrooka3607 thanks. I have a little money left over from Christmas. Think I might order one :)

[@cathywatts931]

Looks like a brilliant game guys! Can't wait to play 😀

[@NikolajLepka]

Why not wax the board like in Crokinole? Then you don't really need the probably really bad for you Teflon powder

[@carrooka3607]

Hello Niko, thank you for your message. The boards are waxed! It's the final part of the process after many rounds of fine sanding and varnishing. The use of powder is entirely optional, but as with Carrom- Carrooka utIlises rebound shots off the rail, so additional powder can make it more challenging and opens up more shot possibilities. There are lots of powder options, including vegetable starch (and we're just in the process of having a go with shuffleboard wax powder), the Teflon one we sell separately to the board is our preference performance wise, but we've hopefully left it up to everyone to decide for themselves.

[@nicklas7158]

What happens to the striker at 42 seconds? It seems scared of the pocket! Is that static?

[@carrooka3607]

I think we hadn't spread the powder out properly and it hit a patch!

[@nicklas7158]

@@carrooka3607 ah! Thanks!

[@crokinoledk]

I’ve been waiting for this video, you know that? 😉👍🏻

[@carrooka3607]

we did it for you:-) but we will do a better one as soon as we have time, promise!

[@crokinoledk]

@@carrooka3607 Thank you 😊. I cross my fingers for you Guys. This game deserves wider recognition. Suits many occasions and places like families, schools, clubs, regardless of age, gender and nationality. Table top Snooker/Pool version - evolutionary descendant of Carrom and Crokinole with brilliantly designed rotating infield. Congrats!

[@robertburke5354]

Looks like a great game. Why do you use a 2-shot penalty (as in pool) for fouls, instead of penalty points (as in snooker)?

[@carrooka3607]

When we started out we were using snooker penalty points but it made for so much imbalance that it wasn’t fun. The pool foul version really improved flow. No reason why you can’t try it both ways!

[@jarrydroland4965]

I’m a big crokinole fan, and am designing a Fantasy role playing game around the flicking disc game mechanic. This looks amazing! We’ll done! I want!

[@phillipphillippson8456]

I would like to play snooker on a proper round pool table

[@castriding]

Really like the look of this to put in our reception area for customers to play. How often do you need to powder the table? Does you finger hurt after a while from flicking?

[@carrooka3607]

That sounds like a fab idea! How much powder kind of depends on how much play. I would imagine once a day would be fine. We’ve not had any sore finger reports yet and it doesn’t hurt ours! But now we’re busily inventing little finger guards as an add-on😉😀

[@castriding]

@@carrooka3607thank you for the quick reply. Our Building should be finished this winter so will be ordering one soon along with the pool add on. Can't wait to play.

[@carrooka3607]

👍🙏 thank you!

[@maxxmittelstadt4798]

All the color pucks should all be 2 pts until all the reds are gone. That way the game is more tense at the end and getting the colored pucks in order is tense.

[@robertburke5354]

It's simulating a game of snooker, in which reds are worth 1 each, the yellow 2, the green 3, the brown 4, the blue 5, the pink 6, and the black 7. Of course, you can make up your own "house rules" if you want to.

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

How interesting.

[@DavidLee-hj2sw]

Brilliant

[@alknis]

Вот уж не знал. Оказывается есть настольая игра навроде снукера. Отлично.

[@raxacor]

Make a pool table and counter set and I’m in :)

[@carrooka3607]

Oh my word, you're a mind reader! But it's top secret at the moment😂 Coming very soon!

[@blacksparrowsparrow5467]

It's cool.. but the original game is carrom... which is awesome.

[@alanb9243]

"A plethora of reds....." mmmmm 😋

[@friendsandko1172]

Похоже чем на снукер

[@06hurdwp]

Is this not just a rip off of snooker?

[@carrooka3607]

It’s an evolution!

[@jasveenpuri]

Looks more like rip off Carrom

[@harounsamadi2527]

😂😂😂 No way India carom is the best

[@carrooka3607]

Variety is the spice of life😉😃