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Easy Guide To Play Carrom Board Game

Carrom is the most popular board game with a rich history and impact on the hearts and minds of the people. Everyone has a fond memory of playing the carrom game with their friends. The game of carrom has now reached greater heights all thanks to advancements in technology. Gamers can now enjoy their favourite carrom game on their mobile phones. With the added benefit of earning real money playing online carrom games, it has now made its place in popular culture.

Steps to Play Carrom

Carrom does have a set of rules and guidelines that all the players will have to follow. So let us understand some important rules and guidelines before starting to play carrom.

1. Striker & Coins:

  • A striker is a tool that the player uses to aim and strike the coins into the four pockets across the board. The striker can only be moved horizontally in the designated play area.
  • There are two coloured coins, Black & White which are assigned to the players playing the game. A total of nine black and nine white coins are placed on the carrom board along with the Queen.

2. Queen:

  • The most important coin in the game of carrom, the Queen is red in colour and is placed in the center of the board.
  • The Queen coin provides a significant boost in terms of points scored by a player. However, it is not as easy to pocket the queen.
  • In order to secure the queen, the player first has to pocket it in any of the four corners and back it up by pocketing another coin (black or white) that is assigned to them. Only then the player has truly secured the queen.

3. Gameplay:

  • The game starts with the player who is breaking. In a break the player can strike the entire group of coins on the board. Depending on the result of the break the black and white coins are assigned to the players.
  • The aim of the game is to complete pocketing their coloured coins along with a queen and cover in a time frame.
  • If the player pockets a coin in one of the corners then an extra turn is provided to them. The game can be completed quickly given that players make their chances count.

4. Foul:

  • In case the player misses the coins and the striker ends up in the corners of the board it is termed as a foul and the turn is passed on to the opposition.
  • Similarly, if the coin is pocketed but the striker follows the coin in the pocket it is also termed as a foul and the turn is passed on to the opposition.
  • If the player pockets the opposition coin, they will not get the extra turn.

Learn Also: How to Download Carrom Board Game?

Carrom Game Pot Joining Guide

1

Select Carrom

Choose your favourite game that you want to play
2

Select Pots

Choose between different pots and compete
3

Waiting To Join

The game will start once the opponent is ready
4

Get Started

It's time to start playing your favourite game

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Carrom Game Rules

Regular Carrom

In regular carrom between 2 players, one player is assigned white coins and the other is assigned black coins. To win the game, a player must pocket all his assigned color coins. Pocketing the queen is not mandatory to win, but the queen should not be present on the board to finish the game and the declaration of the winners.

Freestyle Carrom

In freestyle carrom, a player is allowed to hit whichever coin he wants to hit. The white coin has 20 points, black 10, and queen 50 points. It is necessary to pot a coin after pocketing a queen. To win a player has to accumulate certain points.

Speed Carrom

It is a new live ops update for the existing carrom game. In this new update we are introducing a game mode called speed carrom for the user, to attract more users towards carrom games. On an average 3 min of time per user to play.

Game Rules

  • Normal carrom rules are applicable.
  • Total timer will be 3 min per user.
  • When users turn is there the timer will get triggered.
  • There will be no turn switch timer for it.
  • If user quits the game the other player will be declared as winner.
  • If a user kills the app then the timer will be running in the background and if the timer ends the other user will win the game.
  • If the user played the shot and the user's net got disconnected then the current carrom game rule of turn will be applicable.
  • If both users will minimize the app the timer will be running in the background and when the timer ends the user will see the result screen.
  • The score will not be calculated in this version.
  • The user can resume his game after he kills the app but timer will active in background.
  • If the timer ends of one user the other user will be declared as a winner.
  • If one user finishes the bord before another user within the time that user will be declared as winner.
  • It is a timer based game mode.

Carrom Tournament

Pot Details

  • Player can join any pot in tournament section.
  • Date & Time listed on Pot Card.
  • Once the countdown ends, the players are directed to the lobby screen.

Starting the game

  • There are multiple rounds, depending on the number of players.
  • The lobby screen displays participants and their opponents.
  • Players can chat with each other in the lobby before the game starts.
  • Chat section gets disabled once the game begins.
  • There's a buffer time before the game starts.
  • Each player has limited time to complete the game.
  • Once the game ends, players are redirected to the lobby.
  • The winners are displayed on the lobby screen.
  • Winners move on to the next round, while others can wait or can choose to exit.

Gameplay Conditions

  • If a player runs out of time, quits, kills the app, or doesn't return during gameplay, their opponent wins.
  • If both players minimize the app during gameplay, the game timer continues to run.

FAQ's of How to Play Carrom Game

Q1. How do you win carrom?

Ans: To win a game of carrom, the player must collect as many points as possible in a given time frame by pocketing their assigned coloured coins.

Q2. Which finger is used to play carrom?

Ans: The player can use any of their fingers to play the game of Carrom online.

Q3. How to play carrom with friends?

Ans: Download the Playerzpot gaming app and invite your friends to play carrom games with you.

Q4. How to play carrom with four players?

Ans: There are versions of carrom games where 4 players can play, but at Playerzpot you will be playing the game in 1v1 game mode, thus 2 player carrom game.

Q5. What are the rules of playing carrom?

Ans: The players have to pocket assigned coins and collect maximum points before the opponent does the same in a restricted time frame.
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