Crokinole

Crokinole is a Canadian game invented in the 1870s and we have the only full-size boards in the UK. It is a fantastic game whether played seriously or by just as a family game for fun. Points are scored by flicking disks as near to the central hole as possible. The added twist that makes the game so engrossing is that your disk must move the disk last flicked by your opponent.

Note from the owner of Masters Traditional Games: Crokinole is my favourite table game and my Canadian Crokinole board is often brought out after dinner to play with friends. Importing the boards from Canada is not an easy task but at long last we have managed to bring full-size, high quality Crokinole boards to Britain & Europe. I hope you enjoy the game as much as I do.

Premier Octagonal Crokinole Board

At Masters Traditional Games, we specialise in quality games and our Octagonal Crokinole boards exemplify this in every way.  The Octagonal board, pictured above is a classic example of a beautiful, hand-made, traditional-style Crokinole board. Made as closely as possible to the early heritage crokinole boards. The playing surface has five to seven coats of finish and is buffed to perfection. A real showpiece with great playing performance.

Playing surface is Russian Baltic Birch, Backer and ditch are from Canadian Pine. Pegs are covered with 2mm high-reflex rubber. Pieces and rules included. Diameter 31inches outside, 26 inches playing surface (79cm & 66cm surface).

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Traditional style Octagonal Crokinole Board (with 24 disks) Price includes delivery!	£182.52	£209.90	1 + transit time
Set of Crokinole disks (12 black, 12 natural wood) and 2 spares in a drawstring bag	£16.43	£18.90	2 + transit time

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For our American and Canadian customers, the Octagonal and World Championship boards are sent from a dispatch point in Canada and shipping is included.

World Championship Round Crokinole Board The round boards are also hand-made by the same craftshop but in a more modern style. In fact, these are the boards that are used at the Crokinole World Championships, each year. Given that there are quite a few places that make Crokinole boards in North America, you can be sure that these World Championship boards are excellent quality and will play perfectly. The round boards have computer-generated markings for consistent quality and the playing surface has five to seven coats of finish and is buff finished. Although not as beautiful as the Octagonal board, this board is in great demand at many of the major tournaments due to its quick, smooth, fast surface with snappy shot reaction at an excellent price. Made for the fun of the game, with competition quality in mind. Round board: Playing surface is Russian Baltic Birch. Backer and ditch is manufactured particle board. Pegs are covered with 2mm high-reflex rubber. Pieces and rules included. Diameter 31inches outside, 26 inches playing surface (79cm & 66cm surface). Click on the picture to enlarge.

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World Championship Crokinole Board (round style with 24 disks) Price includes delivery!	£168.61	£193.90	1 + transit time
Set of Crokinole disks (12 black, 12 natural wood) and 2 spares in a drawstring bag	£16.43	£18.90	2 + transit time

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Fun Crokinole

Jaques also produce a Crokinole game. The dimensions are 70 x 70 x 4cm (27 x 27 x 1.5 inches) and the game comes with 30 stained wooden disks.

It is important to note that this is not a full-size board and, of course, it lacks the beautiful feel of a genuine hand-made game. The surface is not perfectly smooth but the disks slide OK without powder so it's a good starter game for those on a budget.

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Jaques Crokinole	£86.09	£99.00	4 + transit time

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The Origins of Sjoelbak, Shuffleboard and Shove Ha'penny

The original English ancestor of most of the games involving shoving discs of some sort on a table was called Shovelboard.  Popular in Tudor times, Shovelboard was played by the English upper classes on enormous narrow tables as long as 30 feet (9 metres). Players shoved metal weights down the tables, attempting to get them as near to the other end of the table without falling off.    

By the 1800's Shovelboard had been abandoned by the aristocracy and nowadays, Shovelboard tables are confined to museums in England but three major derivatives still survive.  In Holland, the game of Sjoelbak came about sometime prior to 1900 and is still big in Holland, Belgium and Germany.  In America, Shuffleboard, became quite popular during the early 1900's in an outdoor format which still survives.   A smaller table version is now reasonably common in American bars and is very similar to the original Shovelboard.

In England, at a much earlier date during the 15th century, an indoor version of Shovelboard for play in taverns developed called Shove Groat.  The game evolved through Slide-thrift and Push-penny and eventually Shove Ha'penny came into existence around 1840.  It would originally have been played on any flat surface that could have the requisite lines inscribed on it but the official board these days should be made of slate or hardwood with indented lines defining the beds.  In all such games, players take turns to push coins up a board with horizontal lines across it.   The areas between each pair of horizontal lines are called a "beds" and the objective is to push the coins so that they land squarely in the beds without touching the horizontal lines.  To win, a player needs to get a coin in each bed 3 times which is no easy task for the beds furthest away from the front of the board. 

You can learn more about the History of Shovelboard, Sjoelbak and Shove Ha'penny from The Online Guide to Traditional Games.

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