Indoor Sports
Carrom score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
Flick a striker to knock your coins into the corner pockets. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the winner, or the score of every set, game, frame or board. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Carrom
Record the winner, or the score of every set, game, frame or board.
- Three of you? Play 1 vs 2. log8 counts it like any other match.
- Record who won. Add boards won too if you like, say 2 to 1.
- No draws. Someone has to win the last board.
The basics
How to play Carrom
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- Players2 or 4 players. In 2v2, partners sit opposite each other.
- How to winPocket all your coins before the other side does. The red coin, called the queen, has to be pocketed and covered along the way.
- The official gameOfficial games go to 25 points over up to 8 boards. The board winner scores 1 point for each coin the other side has left, plus 3 for the queen if they covered it.
- How groups differSome groups let you pocket the queen any time. Others only after your first coin. Agree before you start.
- Each side gets a colour, white or black. White usually goes first.
- Shoot from your baseline. Flick the striker with one finger.
- Pocket one of your coins and you shoot again.
- Pocket the queen, then pocket one of your own coins on the next shot. That is called covering it. Miss, and the queen goes back to the middle.
- Pocket the striker and it is a foul. You lose your turn and one of your pocketed coins goes back on the board.
- Clear all your coins, with the queen covered, and you win the board.
Play better
Carrom tips
- Aim at the coin, not at the pocket.
- Use soft shots when a coin sits near a pocket.
- Cover the queen with a coin that is already close to a pocket.
- Leave the other side awkward shots, not easy ones.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Carrom, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the winner, or the score of every set, game, frame or board.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
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Questions
Carrom in log8: questions
Can I keep Carrom scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Carrom is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the winner, or the score of every set, game, frame or board. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Carrom?
Pocket all your coins before the other side does. The red coin, called the queen, has to be pocketed and covered along the way.
How many people play Carrom?
2 or 4 players. In 2v2, partners sit opposite each other.
Do people play Carrom differently?
Some groups let you pocket the queen any time. Others only after your first coin. Agree before you start.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Carrom rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team