# Carrom Maze Board **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 18, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrom-maze-board/255637 "2004-07-18T00:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Certainly\_If\_You\_Please](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Certainly\_If\_You\_Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Certainly_If_You_Please)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrom-maze-board/255637/1 "2004-07-18T00:15:51Z")
When I was a kid in the 1970’s, I remember playing this carrom board game at recess at my school. If you don’t know, playing a carrom board game is like playing pool on a smaller wood board. I believe the carroms are the pieces you hit with the stick. This particular one had a maze built into it and you hit the carroms through this maze in a race against your opponents. There were also “pitfalls”, as in marked areas where your carroms couldn’t land or you suffered some penalty (like lose a turn). Anyone know where I could find a carrom maze board? I’ve searched high and low through the Internet and Ebay. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrom-maze-board/255637/2 "2004-07-18T01:20:59Z")
I remember that game. Try using carom in your search. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrom-maze-board/255637/3 "2004-07-18T01:59:38Z")
Sticks were for wimps! We always flicked the pieces (the white ones were the shooters) with our fingers! I grew up with that game! Lots of links to it on Google. I’ve even got a board somewhere down in my basement. Crokinole too, IIRC. [http://www.efootbridge.com/](http://www.efootbridge.com/) The maze part, with raised pegs and small indentations slightly larger than the pieces, was on the back of the pictured board. I think this was the crokinole part. [http://www.battysbest.com/images/Crokinole.gif](http://www.battysbest.com/images/Crokinole.gif) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrom-maze-board/255637/4 "2004-07-18T06:43:36Z")
Nah, sticks were cool because they allowed us wee tykes to pretend we were shooting pool. 😉 I remember the carrom maze game, though I can’t find an image of it online. My favorite carrom game, though, was the nine-hole golf course – each hole had a starting “tee,” and a “green” formed by placing barriers with a few cut slots for the carrom to slip through. You could play an 18-hole game by doing the first nine holes backwards for the second half of the game. Man, now I’m hankerin’ to play it again… ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrom-maze-board/255637/5 "2004-07-18T06:51:39Z")
And, of course, two minutes after I post, I find some relevant links: [Carrom pocket golf](http://www.tigerhawkgolf.com/pocketgolf.html) [Same thing, but from Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000BYRVJ/qid=1090133053/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2_sg/002-4299571-3496856?v=glance&s=sporting-goods&n=3375301) The original carrom maze game is apparently discontinued, but here’s a play-alike update with a dungeon theme: [Carrom dungeon maze game](http://www.tigerhawkgolf.com/mazegame.html) ---
**Author:** ![Certainly\_If\_You\_Please](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Certainly\_If\_You\_Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Certainly_If_You_Please)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrom-maze-board/255637/6 "2004-07-18T14:01:06Z")
rjung, You’re my hero! Of course, the original is always the best, but the maze board and pocket golf at Tigerhawk look like it could be fun thanks!