Board dimensions vary with a playing surface typically of polished wood or laminate approximately 27 inches in diameter. The arrangement is 3 concentric rings worth 5, 10, and 15 points as you move in from the outside. There is a shallow 20 point hole at the center. The inner 15 point ring is guarded with 8 small bumpers or posts.
Players flick or fillip their pieces from a quadrant shaped outer ring, which in turn is surrounded by a gutter. Rules vary, nevertheless, you must shoot and hit or touch an enemy piece if present. If no opposing pieces are on the board, you must shoot for and land completely in the guarded center ring. Scoring occurs after all pieces have been played and is differential: opposing pieces in the same ring cancel. Play continues until a predetermined score is reached.
The game is of uncertain origin, however the first authenticated board was made by a Mennonite sign painter in Ontario in 1875, and the game has remained particularly popular among Canadian Mennonites. It was patented in 1880. It is also called Pichenotte.
The flip side of Carrom brand game boards is a Crokinole board.
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