Carrooka Pool 8 Board Game Review

Join us as we take a look a the tabletop dexterity game Carrooka Pool 8
Purchase your Carooka Pool 8 Table here:
carrooka.com/product/carrooka-pool-board
NB: Weve been told by the manufacturer there is a one month sale on the Pool 8 boards starting 01/06/22. Boards will be £100 as opposed to £137 😮 Follow the link above 👍🏻
You can also try Carrooka and meet the designers at the UK Games Expo from 1-3 June.

[@martyncardno2172]

We've had Carroooooka original board for a couple of weeks now. Currently living on our dining room table. It's great, we love it. Long pots are really satisfying. Haven't gotten round to hanging the wall bracket. There's a great spot in the dining room but the misses is a bit shifty about taking down the canvass of our daughter 😂.

[@whackamole]

So glad I found this channel. And Carooka! Ordering asap. Cheers 🍻

[@user-xl2tu6gs6o]

Just received my board and LOVE it. Beautifully hand crafted board and great fun. Wouldn't have heard about it if it wasn't for your channel - many thanks 🙂

[@BoardGameBollocks]

👍🏻

[@TJSelke]

Awesome dexterity game. I need to try it out. Alex said you like Blood Rage, which is one of my favorites as well.

[@patbod3415]

Just bought Carrooka Pool 8 game. I first hesitated between the original Carrooka game and the Pool 8 one but after I watched your review, i went for the Pool 8 one. Delivery is scheduled for the end of April (2023). I used to play Subbuteo and that required some finger dexterity. I hope I can put that to use ;-)

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Good choice. Thanks for watching the review. It’s a fantastic game.

[@Drmanperson]

The board looks really good. I’d have to sell one of the kids to cover postage to Australia though… that might work, will have to check with the missus 😉

[@BoardGameBollocks]

😂

[@carrooka3607]

We’re up for some free child labour if you’d consider a straight swap? 😉😂

[@MADMC2012adv]

@@carrooka3607what is the postage to Australia please?

[@midshipsjsr]

Great review, thanks.

[@Paul-ro6py]

Now this does look like a great game. We have crocinole, the pool version looks like a great theme. Watch your back with your kids!

[@petermillen6924]

Watch out for roller skates left at the top of the stairs... I nearly pulled the trigger on the full Carooka table based on your review but, storage. I already have a full size Crokinole board taking up space and the marginal reduction in size of this new offering is not enough. For the moment.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Flog crokinole. This is better 😮

[@eswift8318]

With a few dollars/pounds/euros worth of hardware, you can hang your crokinole on the wall. People who don't know what crokinole is think it's just an unusual piece of artwork until I take it down and pull out the discs. My friends used a keyhole hanger. The person who made mine used a french cleat style. Either is good. I've not seen Carooka in person (yet), but they do have wall mounts on their web site.

[@theshogunstein6475]

Any other games in your will?

[@danmc9872]

I bought the original after watching your review

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Good choice

[@Liveforfilms]

Very tempted with this one

[@BoardGameBollocks]

They’re at UKGE if your going. Test it out. They have a sale on these pool tables right now too.

[@Liveforfilms]

@@BoardGameBollocks fantastic. I’m going on Saturday so will take a look at it there. Thanks for that

[@beeman2718]

I know the Pool 8 table doesn’t have the marks for the 6 non-red color counters, but could you play Carrooka on the Pool 8 board? Or is it too small for Carrooka? Also since you say that you all have been playing with the Pool 8 table a little more often than the larger board (due to its weight, etc), does that also mean you have been playing the Pool game more often than the Carrooka game? If so, which one of the two games does your family prefer to play?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

My kids prefer the pool version as it’s easier to play. They don’t care which table they play on. I don’t see a reason why you can’t play snooker on the pool table…I’ll try it later and let you know.

[@beeman2718]

@@BoardGameBollocks Thanks! Yes, please let me know, as I plan on buying one of the tables this month.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Just tried it and it works fine. Obviously there’s no baked in spots for the colours but you can easily look at a pic of the larger board and just place then yourself. The pool discs are less than 1mm smaller than the snooker discs so the size won’t impact the game at all.

[@beeman2718]

@@BoardGameBollocks Thanks for checking! And I know the Pool 8 is smaller, but do you think it is too small to have a decent game of snooker on, compared to the bigger board?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Seemed ok. It’s cheap at the moment. All depends on your finances I guess.

[@Hudsonbba]

Curious then what are the pros of the larger one over this?

[@BoardGameBollocks]

Watch my review

[@danielwood7716]

if you have to keep one which one would it be.

[@BoardGameBollocks]

The snooker one

[@benwilliams573]

​​@@BoardGameBollocksthis was the answer I was looking for. Got the pool one but someone is selling the snooker version locally (they prefer crokinole, the fool!) and while I love pool for social occasions, snooker is just a better 1 v 1 game. I can still play pool on the bigger table anyway. Need to find a buyer for my pool 8 table now.

[@SocratesRR90]

Blood Rage!

[@angioman64]

You’ve just cost me a hundred notes you bstd. 👍

[@BoardGameBollocks]

😂😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@malcolmdouglasmichaluk8263]

This game makes my Blood Rage

[@BoardGameBollocks]

You go the wrong game mate…try the wasteland delivery service video 😂