Setup

• 19 pieces: 9 white + 9 black + 1 red Queen
• Queen at center, surrounded by 6 alternating pieces, then 12 more forming the outer ring

Shooting (Classic)

• Striker must rest on the baseline strip (between the two red dots)
• Flick the striker to hit the carrom-men
• White player goes first

Pocketing

• Pocket your own colour → shoot again
• Pocket opponent's piece → lose turn (it stays pocketed and counts for them)
• Pocketed pieces stay pocketed — they don't return

Queen (Red)

• Can be pocketed any time after sinking your first own piece
• Must be covered by pocketing one of your own pieces in same or next strike — otherwise Queen returns to centre
• Queen must be pocketed before your last piece

Fouls

• Striker pocketed → one of your already-pocketed pieces returns to centre + lose turn (if none yet, you owe one)
• Piece jumps off board → returned to centre
• Sinking your last piece before covering Queen → lose board, -3 pts + 1 pt per opponent's remaining
• Sinking opponent's last piece → you lose the board, -3 pts

Scoring

• Winner of a board = 1 pt per opponent's piece left
• +3 bonus if winner covered the Queen
• Match: first to 25 pts (or 8 boards) wins

Team Carrom (4 Players)

• P1 + P3 = team (white), P2 + P4 = team (black)
• Teammates sit OPPOSITE each other
• Turn order is clockwise: P1 → P2 → P3 → P4
• Each team shares colour and score