History of Crokinole Board Games
Crokinole – History of the board game
The earliest known crokinole board was made by craftsman, Eckhardt Wettlaufer in 1876 in Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Several other home-made boards of southwestern Ontario origin, and dating from the 1870s have been discovered since the 1990s. Crokinole is often believed to be of Mennonite or Amish origins, but there is no factual data to support such a claim. The reason for this misconception may be due to its popularity in Mennonite and Amish sects.
What was thought of Crokinole Games?
The game was viewed as a rather innocuous pastime – unlike the perception that diversions such as card playing or dancing were ‘works of the Devil’ as held by many 19th century Protestant groups. The oldest roots of crokinole from the 1860s suggest the British and South Asian games are the most likely antecedents of what became crokinole.
Crokinole on TV
In 2006, a documentary film called Crokinole was released. The world premiere occurred at the Princess Cinema in Waterloo, Ontario Canada
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