http://www.metafilter.com/tags/crokinole Posts tagged with 'crokinole' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:42:56 -0800 Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:42:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/18661/ Although <a href='http://www.crokinole.com/'>Crokinole's</a> popularity has waned since its heyday in the early 20th century, it is still enjoyed by many and even has it's own <a href='http://www.worldcrokinole.com/'>World Championship</a>. Players flick "cookies" on a <a href='http://boardgamegeek.com/viewboardgameimage.php3?id=300&title=crokinole'>25-30 inch wooden board</a>, each trying to knock his opponent's disks from the playing field while positioning his own in the high-scoring regions.<br><br>Not only is the Crokinole great fun to play, but the boards are often quite <a href='http://www.frontiernet.net/~crokinol/heirloom.htm'>beautiful</a> as well. Interested? Well, you could splurge for a <a href='http://www.crokinole.com/product.html'>top-of-the-line board</a>. But perhaps you'd prefer to start with <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/toys/B00001ZUKL'>a $15 cheapo jobbie from Amazon</a>. Heck, you could even give <a href='http://home.istar.ca/~gbedard/'>Virtual Crokinole</a> a whirl, or dust off your band saw and <a href='http://vgwoodplans.com/top1.html#crokinol'>make your own</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.18661 Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:42:56 -0800 boardgames crokinole Shadowkeeper