There are nine dark or black pieces and nine light or white pieces plus a red piece called the 'Queen'. This thin rectangle with circles at either end is called the 'baseline' and the baseline nearest to a player is the area that the player's striker must be played from. They should be about 3.8cm apart and the long thin area between them is terminated just before the diagonal foul lines at either end by a red circle of 3.8cm diameter. Outside the circles and a short way in from each side of the board are two straight lines parallel with the edge of the board. In the centre are two concentric circles - the centre circle is the size of a piece, the main circle having a diameter about six times larger. Two lines are drawn on the table along the diagonals.
In each corner is a circular hole that can be 51mm in diameter and underneath each hole is a net to catch the pieces in a similar way to a snooker table. A Karom board is a square smooth flat wooden board that can be 72cm or 74cm square and which should be positioned 60 - 70cm above the ground. The following dimensions vary considerably and are given only as an example of a tournament board.
