Carom billiards JH001

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Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole (and in some cases used as a synonym for the game of from which many carom games derive), is the overarching title of a family of games generally played on cloth-covered, 5 by 10 feet (approximately 1.5 × 3 m) , which often feature heated slate beds. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score or "counts" by one's own off both the opponent's cue ball and the on a single shot. The invention as well as the exact date of origin of carom billiards is somewhat obscure but is thought to be traceable to 18th-century France.

There is a large array of carom billiards disciplines. Some of the more prevalent today and historically are (chronologically by apparent date of development): , , , three-cushion billiards and . There are many other carom billiards games, predominantly intermediary or offshoot games combining elements of those already listed, such as the champion's game, an intermediary game between straight rail and balkline, as well as games which are hybrids of carom billiards and , such as played on a table and its descendant games, American four-ball billiards, and .cowboy pool.