Carrom Rules
Most casual players would find the following simplified carrom rules quite useful to get started with the game. However, the formal professional Laws of Carrom adopted by the International Carrom Federation are also available if required..
Generally speaking, two or four people can play carrom. If two, the players sit opposite each other, while with four, the opposite two are partners. As an exception, though, you can play with three players against each other for points.
Arrange the carrom men on the centre circle of the carrom board as shown in the following illustration, with the red ‘queen’ at the centre. The whites should be lined up to form a “Y” shape, with two sides aiming directly towards the corner pockets.
Each player sits on his side of the board and can only strike from that side. The contestant playing white ‘breaks’ or plays first, which can be decided by the toss of a coin. The object of the game of carrom is to sink all of your carrommen, using the heavier ‘striker’, in any of the pockets before your opponent. Your turn continues as long as you keep sinking your carrom men – luck shots count and all combinations are permitted.
When placing the striker on the board to shoot, it must touch both ‘base lines’, either covering the end circle completely, or not touching it at all. The striker may not touch the diagonal arrow line.
Shooting styles are very personal – whichever ‘grip’ works for you is fine as long as you ‘flick’ the striker and don’t push it. Generally, it’s best to orient your body in order to see the line of your aim while shooting comfortably; you may not move or leave your chair.
For forward shots, you can use your index finger, middle finger, or even the ‘scissors’ shot. Before shooting, try touching the striker with your fingernail, to be sure that its really on line. This will improve your accuracy and prevent you from hurting your finger.
For ‘back-shots’ you may only use your thumb or the scissors technique.
No part of your body, except your hand, may cross the imaginary diagonal line nor may your elbow protrude over the frame in front of you. Even your feet or knees my not leave your quadrant.
The red ‘queen,’ can be pocketed at any time after sinking your first piece but must be sunk before your last one. After pocketing the queen, you must sink one of your carrommen, thereby ‘covering’ it, into any pocket in the next shot, or she is returned to the center spot.
Once the queen is covered, whoever clears all their carrom men first wins the ‘board’.
The winner of a board collects one point for each of the opponent’s carrom men left at the finish and three points for the queen if covered by the winner (if covered by the loser, no-one gets those points). No more points are collected for the queen after your score reaches 22.
A game consists of 25 points or eight boards, whichever comes first.
- Sinking the striker costs you one piece and your turn. But, if you sink a piece in the same shot, then two come up and you shoot again.
- After sinking the striker, your opponent places the due piece(s) within the center circle. If you haven’t sunk one yet, you owe one.
- If while shooting for the quee,n you also sink one of your carrom men in the same shot, the queen is automatically covered, no matter which went first.
- If a piece jumps off the board, it is placed on the center spot. If pieces land on end or are overlapping, they are left that way.
- If the center spot is partially covered when replacing the queen or a jumped piece, the piece should cover as much red as possible. If totally covered, the piece is placed opposite the next player behind the red spot.
- If you sink your opponent’s piece, you lose your turn. If you sink their last piece, you lose the board and three points.
- If you sink your last piece before the queen, you lose the board, three points and one point for each of your opponent’s pieces left.
- If the striker does not leave both lines, go again. You get three tries to break before losing your turn.
Can a player aim directly and pocket the queen before sinking any of his nine piece?
No. Atleast one of that players puck should be pocketed.
Can we use both hands during play as per our convenience.
Red cover is pocketed along with striker
If last red coin is on the board. & opposite party possible to cover that time can i distrubed the opposite parties last cover coon
No. You are not allowed to directly touch the last cover coin at opponents side. If only red queen is left either player should not be touching their coins or knowingly disrurb thr opponents cover coin.
Yes, as per rules you can play any coin on the board even the opponent’s coin during your turn. This is the indirect defense technique used in carrom and most of the time interpreted wrongly. Some videos are posted on youtube for the rules and u can watch them for a better understanding.
Yes we can use….in 2018 Korea world champion troph final set board you can observe
What to do when striker sinks after sinking queen?
can i hit oponent’s piece as combo shot to put my piece.
No
Pls explain this situation:-
Opponent has scored the queen earlier and left with 3 coins on board. Player has pocketed last coin but striker goes in the hole while scoring it.
The opponent 2 carrom pieces will come up and he/she still has a chance to pocket the queen.
3 pts for queen, 3 points for 3 coins on board & 1 point for striker fowl / penalty
If opponents points are 22 or above queen pts are not counted
For an improper shot foul another point can be clained
No; according to my wife who is the carom champion. You have to have pocketed at least one of your carom before pocketing red
What happens if the striker goes in with the queen? Does he get
To keep the red?
Can a player skips his round so that his team-mate can win the match?
which game are you playing? only two teams can play at a time.
No
No
No. Queen can be sunk only after one of your piece is sunk.
If my own 2 coins gone in pocket with striker then what will be penalty?
Both coins will be put at the middle along with your one more point that you have collected if you have not connected any point yet there will be no penalty
If you have not sunk any of your men and you sink the striker, then one point will be due. You will have to put it back as soon as you sink one.
Oppananat foul I’m putting the due I cross the red foul or not
can we directly hit the opponents pieces
No if you hit opponent coin you should keep penalty for that
At last shoot,red ,pan and apponent last plan cleared,no plans on the board,how calculate points
if shooting proper, you won 3 point.
but if improper you lose. Opponent won 3point
Yes u can hit it is not a foul
If you are playing the queen and you miss it and plot the strike you should remove one of the next player
yes if the strike is ultimately intended to hit your man.
If I pot queen than cover and after that I put sticker in the pot. Will my queen count or it would put back in carrom.
What if I pot the queen and cover but my opponent pots all his carrommen first?
If red coin first sink what is the result
automatik carved and count 3 point to you. if you won the games
If I hit red queen and striker and my coin also red will come to centre or not
Yes it will.
If the queen covered but with opponenets colour pieces what to do after that plsss reply
Queen in centre and you lose your turn
Ìcan we play opponent’s piece directly?
Red cover is pocketed along with striker
If i sink final red and follow and sink striker aswell after that what will be the result
you can continuos the play with poketing your own coin.
If queen and your coin are pocketed in the same shot, you can continue. Queen is your.
If opponent coin with striker pocketed than what is the rules. Does opponent will have strike chance with fine.?
two coin c/m due. opponent continuos playing
If I shoot the striker and it hits the carrommen but the strikers sinks and later the carrommen sinks in different pocket. Is it a foul???
If my coin and red are just next to each other and then when I hit the coins first my coin falls then immediately red also falls without any other chance. So will the red coin be considered fair or we need to hit another coin?
You need to hit another coin.
If I pocket both queen and one of my coin on first strike (without pocket any of my other coins). Did I cover the queen or not?
You covered the queen
What is the ruling on If I pocket both the Queen and the coin of the opponent at the first break?
If one 2 coins there in the board and the strikers get pocketed. What is the rules
If only 2 coins one is white and the other is black, what is the rule
WHOSE MOVE IS TO BE PLACED, HE HAS TO PLAY AND POCKETS HIS COIN. IF HE POCKETS, HE WINS, OTHERWISE, IF THE OPPONENT PLAYS AND POCKETS HIS COIN FIRST, HE WILL WIN.
if I am left with one my own coin and
the queen.can I set up my coin with the queen??
You need to pocket the queen before your last carroman, then pocket your last to cover the queen. If you fail to cover her, she will be replaced and, I think your piece will also come out because you have made a foul shot.
Can you pocket a piece in the hole on the side you are sitting at?
If we bet red coins at the same time opposite players coin WHAT will happen
YOU WILL HAVE TO PLAY AGAIN TO POCKET YOUR COIN. IF YOU POCKET YOUR COIN, THEN RED IS YOURS. IF YOU DO NOT POCKET YOUR COIN, THEN THE RED SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BOARD AND THE OPPONENT SHOULD PLAY FURTHER. THE WHITE COIN POCKETED ALONG WITH THE RED, IT IS AS GOOD AS POCKET PROPERLY.
Can I displaced anyone’s piece directly?
My opponent owes a piece. It’s his turn and he gets a piece in the hole. We put it back on the table. Does he get to go again or is it my turn? My partner and I are disputing this lol. Halp!!
Can a coin on the any of the base line be striked while playing game??
Can I pocket the queen if I have already pocketed one of my pieces but have taken it out by putting the disc in the hole.
If both have red and one coin is remains, after my red ,try of covering , striker and coin also sink….so if in this case I’m win or play continue to opponent????
If there is a last coin left of both teams and my partners shot is sure then can I leave my turn to allow my partner to puck the sure coin to win the game or is it compulsory to hit the last coin of yours
Is it counted if in one shot first black is pocketed and then red is pocketed
At last pocket, at same strike black first and queen secondly pocketed what is the result
how many time i change striker in full carrom game
Hi when i hit queen was hanging near the poket…after i left the striker it fall in pocket before opponent player played…so what is the situvation?
In the middle of the game, what if I pocketed any coin and then pocket the red coin? Can I take them both
When we are playing carrom point game, is it possible to finish red first?
Can a opponent place a fine by moving the coins sideways which are already placed in the board?
What is the fine if the striker and the last coin fall together in the last shot?
Can I hit the coin if its touching the diagonal arrow line?
In the game of carrom, what if I pocket the queen and in order to cover the queen,first I pocket the opponent’s coin (not last one) and then my last coin in the same strike? Will the queen be considered as covered?
can the coins be fly and sink during play?
Ex:- when I stroked, the coin flying and sinking in the hole instead passing through on the board.
Is this an acceptable play?
Thank you
Veera
If I put the stricter in before I put anything in, I owe one to the board and in my next round I put one of my coins in and it’s placed back on the table due to my penalty, right after can I put the queen or do I need to put another coni before
Can we shoot a coin if it’s still on our line. I know in teams we can
If i already have the queen..and in next round i pocket the stricker.DO i have to keep my queen and one of my seed in the centre? Or just one of my seed
If the red coin goes out from the carom board before remaining one white coin or one black coin, then what will be the rule?
Is the red coin replace in the centre circle first or last?
What happens if the queen and a black is left and you make the black coin go in? Do you have to put the black with another coin from your pocket…. or just the black…?
What to do when no color left of are like white and the queen is left .
Can you please tell the rules in simple language
What to do when coins are overlapping each other while playing the game
If queen is Remaining and last piece become pot
Then what will happen?
when red is on the board and single coins of both sides if opponent coin is pocketed does the game end
If there is a double due what are the conditions can we put 1 pieces and skip the turn or we have to put 2 pieces and give the chance
I have only red queen and white 1. My opponent has 3 blacks. Can opponent hit red queen? I think it is foul
Very Good work Lot of people in the world dont know the correct game incluing me.
Thanks
Romesh Jayawardena
Sri Lankan
What happens when red,cover and sticker at taken at once?
Hello, this is the situation:
I have one pawn on the board, and i have hit red before, my opponent also has only one pawn. The opponent hits the pawn, but even my pawn goes in the pocket along with the opponent’s pawn.
My question:
Who gets the point or how is it decided?
Thank you for reading and thank you if you replied:)
When last white and black coins pocketed same time with red covered by you .
you will get 3points of red , old rules 5 points
If 1 white 1 black and a queen is left than the white player takes queen but he takes black as a cover then what?
In carrom we are playing property game so at one time we can buy one property at a time
In Carrom board only two coins available black and white. After red pocket my stroke both coins are pockets at same time then who will win?
Even i am looking for this answer /
if i pocket red coin then on next short i pocket both white and black at same time on single shot then what is the rule ? Who gets red points
Hello,
Is it a foul if the striker fails to hit any carrom men?
Is it a foul if I am playing white and the striker first hits a black carrom man before hitting one of my white carrom men?
Thank you.
If my colour is black coin and after strike the queen and after strike I’m strike Wight coin then can queen is covered??
Can we strike our opponents’ coin to sink our own?
After queen coverd
I can touch the opposite coin
if after recovery of due penalty, if all the nine carrom men are on the carrom board then can my partner hit red coins
If I got 28 points and the opponent is having 0 points, so game is over and will I win the game?
The last coins play into the poket with sticker the shoot is fouls
There is one coin each remaining for both players.Player forgot his opponent’s turn and played as his turn.He pocketed his coin.then what is the penalty that should be raised by the opponent?
Is there complete rules written anywhere? Primitive “Laws of Carrom” are not defining many of situations i.e. written here in comments.
What if i made a strike and pocket my coin and opponent’s coin at the same time unfortunately ?
countinous play
What’s the rules if the last coin followed by the stricker
If your striker touch fully with the line red spot at the corner of your line and you strike the black or white one which is located in front of your red spot of your adjacent partner is this foul or not
if the striker we strike is covering full moon. no foult.
Hi
My opponent has 2 coins/I have one coin/queen left. I pocket Queen & when trying to cover striker also go with cover.
What next?