Crokinole Board

The game played with appears to have developed in rural Canada in the 1860s. Crokinole board games are a unique blend of several older English (Jaques croquet-in-the-whole), French, German and East Indian games, crokinole has been an enduring family favourite for close to 140 years.

Buy Crokinole Boards

When you Buy a Crokinole Board it will feature an 100 year-old original design, including a frame constructed from polished, solid Mahogany complete with a full set of playing pieces and comprehensive game rules. The earliest known set was made by craftsman, Eckhardt Wettlaufer in 1876 in Canada. Several other home-made boards of southwestern Ontario origin dating from the 1870s have been discovered since. It is very similar to the games of carrom and Shove Halfpenny (both games you can buy online at Jaques) and borrows heavily from other popular sports like curling and shuffleboard.