We decided to get a crokinole board when our London, ON cousins posted some videos on facebook. We shopped around and decided to go with Crokinole Canada. Also the boards looked to be of higher quality than others in the pictures.
When looking at the website there was a dizzying array of boards and kits to choose from, so we requested a callback. Ted was able to quickly assess our desires and point out the correct kit to get. We are very happy with our choice. The only thing that we didn't get with the "The Crokinole Canada Tournament Board Game Kit (Meets NCA Standards)" was the holders for the discs. So we wrote an email and Ted shipped off some, which are on their way. Otherwise the kit had everything that one might need. Nothing extra to buy.
The game surface is really smooth and polished, making the discs slide really well. The kit came with some gliss that makes the board amazingly slippery. With the gliss the discs kept sliding into the gutter, so we had to level the board on our table with some paper. I think the discs slide more than on an air hockey table!
We wanted to be able to send the discs around the outside gutter to return them, and this board makes it easy to do that since it doesn't have cork or felt in the gutter.
We are extremely pleased with our new board, and are looking forward to a tournament or something with our cousins, when we can get together.
I highly recommend this board and this kit.
