Flicking games from around the world
Flick a small thing at a target: almost every culture has a game built on it. These are the best known.
Board games
- Carrom From South Asia. Flick a striker across a square wooden board to knock discs into four corner pockets.
- Crokinole From Canada. Flick wooden discs toward the centre of a round board; a centre hole scores 20.
- Pichenotte A French-Canadian family of games, close cousins of carrom and crokinole.
- Shove ha’penny An English pub game. Push coins up a board so they stop between the lines.
- Subbuteo Table football played by flicking little players at the ball.
No board needed
- Tiddlywinks Press one disc on another to make it jump into a pot.
- Penny football Three coins on a table. Flick one between the other two toward a goal made by your opponent’s fingers.
- Paper football Flick a folded paper triangle along a table to hang over the far edge.
- Marbles The original: flick a shooter with your thumb to knock marbles out of a ring.
Marble Rumble belongs to the same family: a round board, a centre hole worth the most, and a flick that has to be judged just right.
More game ideas
Common questions
What is the game where you flick discs on a board?
Probably carrom, played on a square board with corner pockets, or crokinole, played on a round board with a hole in the centre.
Is there a flicking game for tablets?
Yes. Marble Rumble is a flicking game for one to four players: flick marbles from your corner onto a spinning plate.
Ready to flick?
Marble Rumble is free, runs in the browser and needs no account or download.