Professional Carrom game

   
   

• Each team or player assigned a color coin and can only pocket that color coin.
• Pocketing the queen must be followed by pocketing another coin on the same strike.
• 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 21.
• A game consists of 25 points.
• 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 do not 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 queen 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.