The red coin (or disk or seed) is called the queen. The queen is the most powerful carrom piece. During board setup, it is placed at the centre of the circle. In accordance with the ICF rules, pocketing the queen adds 3 points to the player's total score. The dimensions of the queen must be the same as those of other carrom men.
- The player must pocket the queen and subsequently pocket a carrom man of the player's own colour. This is termed covering the queen.If player by mistake pockets cover of opposite team then player has to owe queen to defending player, or a due is fined.(Rules vary in some variants)
- If the player fails to pocket a subsequent carrom man, the queen is replaced at the centre of the circle.
- If the player pockets his or his opponent's last carrom man before pocketing the queen, he loses the game. (In some variants, the carrom man is placed back on the board)
- If while shooting for the queen you also sink one of your pieces, the queen is automatically covered,no matter which went first.
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