Wednesday, November 3, 2010

A brief history of the Carrom game tables

In 1889, Henry Haskell, a Sunday school teacher, was about the growing number of kids who hung around pool rooms in question. He decided to use his mind to create intelligent and innovative games for kids to be healthy and pleasant. Carrom is family entertainment for all age groups since then. Some games test your skills or strategy used, other games were just for fun.

The Carrom Company went through name changes over the years(Originally the Ludington Novelty Company until 1901), but today the company announced Carrom, as it was known from 1914 to 1939.

The original game was tables Carrom board games. They were usually of wood about 30 "square with rounded corners and often with some pockets in each corner for several games. Different play patterns were presented on each page by .

Here's a brief look at the game of Carrom boards composed1945.



A - the most beautiful and elegant, the board ever made, produced in 1941, no change of about 1902.

B - "on the edge surface 4 with removable panel, 1902-1939.

BB - Baseball / Crokinole, from 1938 to 1941.

C - "combination Corona w / Spider Flies game, 1899-1943.

D - n ° 2 - "Flags of Nations, 1902-1941.

E - N ° 1 - very popular at the table, 1899-1939, painted black and red with a1-1/2, D. "Thick edge very rare early editions of red and green" style in 1934, but was again briefly from 1937 to 1939 with a 1-1/4 "circle.

F - Austere (economically) version of "A", 1901-1938. Probably second to the "E" in popularity.

G - No. 2-1901 to 1930, a much improved edition Ludington Novelty Co. 's first card on the bags were made of wood. Rare first problems were red and green. All the others are red and blacks.

GP - half of 1940, referred to as "Carrom Checkers", an unusual variant of the implementation of old and "Design Checker" on one side and "C" Spider & Fly for the other. 29 "square.

H - Crokinole octagonal board, 1900-1936; 1904 catalog shows H-1, 29 "diameter, H-2, 31", H-3, as H-2, but green felt in the audience, with many other varieties are .

H-4 - Sharp-square-square board 28-1/2 ", 1937-1939, perhaps 1940, very rare for a costBoard of Directors.

J - Develop Baseball board produced from about 1908, still in a catalog of 1927. Very rare.

K - 1939 -1941 Carrom Viking "edition" with Chinese checkers on the back. Not marble - a flat playing surface with many wooden marker.

LF - 1938 - 1939 Baseball board honor Lew Fonseca, fame baseball 1920 and 1930, another side of the table is empty BB "." Identical to the game.

O -Late 1930 Carrom table games, backgammon board called Carrom. The Carrom / Checkers is the page just as the corresponding side of the "E" and the other side, does not contribute more than a full-size pattern of backgammon red and black.

P - Carrom Pleasure "at the end of 1930, 24" on board, one side led the game Spider & Fly and, secondly, the old game of Fox & Goose.

D - The Viking "board"introduced in 1934 as a replacement for the "E". Disappeared on 1947th

QS -) 1944 (? Only, identical to the "Q", but "finished in brown spot" for the ads (wartime shortage of supply of timber).

SP - Sports Board, 1939-1941, baseball, such as "BB", football on the other hand, hard to find.

T - "Tennis Carrom, 1940-1943, 168 pieces, the designer-5 Size Table Carrom Industries really had a ball with this fun edition, very scarce.

X- The end of 1930 as "Cadet".

Y - 24 "" Playboy "Council since 1935, might be a little stern and predecessor of the" GP "

YP - Similar to the "Y" during the war, the issue of board composition.

Carrom makes some classic games, but today it has developed over time through the introduction of the most popular games. Some of the Carrom game tables, the rooms are very popular with the family throughout the country has airHockey, football and hockey stick.

If you like the classic game, or the modern carrom game table, games can not go wrong with a game of Carrom, it's always nice to see a company all American company with a long history and big as the Carrom.

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