Pitchnut

Pitchnut is a wooden tabletop game of French Canadian origins, similar to carrom, crokinole and pichenotte, with mechanics that lie somewhere between pocket billiards and air hockey.

Many modern boards are in use, made mostly by Lee Larcheveque, and before him, by Achille Scalabrini, in Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Quebec, Canada.

The game is common on the farming villages near Coaticook, Quebec, Canada; in Maine;[5] and in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.

Pitchnut was primarily played in the farming villages around Coaticook, Quebec, where Achille Scalabrini built the games during the mid-twentieth century.

An additional piece is colored (red and green are common) and called the "poison", which is the disc equivalent of the eight ball in pool games.

Play begins with alternating ten differently colored pieces in a ring in the center of the board.

The shooter is usually shot with the index or middle finger and thumb in a flicking action ("pichenotte" in French).

Canadian pitchnut uses the same rules as pichenotte, a similar game that does not have pegs or recessed gutters.