Carom is a board game played by 2 or 4 players against each other. The principles of carom are very similar to pool, snooker or billiards (without the cues). The objective of carrom is to pot all your carom pieces before your opponent, using skill, determination and a little bit of luck.

Carom itself in various forms originates from Asia and carom is played all over the world. This game has many names including (Indian billiards, carrum, carom, karum, or karrum). The carom board and carom pieces are usually made from wood although acrylic strikers and pieces are often used as well.

Carom is becoming more and more popular and there are now carom competitions and tournaments with Big Cash Prizes and carrom clubs where you can meet other players and socialise.

If you are looking for a fun and interesting board game this is ideal whether you have ever played before or not. Carom is now being played in clubs across the UK. Carom and the Carrom Association UK were also recently featured on Zee TV, going out to millions of viewers worldwide.

Just look through our carom site and you can discover more information. There are also lots of links to other useful carom sites such as the Carrom Association International and Carrom Association UK.