Remember my buddy Ian Shantz from college? Kicked my ass at crokinole second year. Haven't played since. My bro and I played it all the time as kids.
My grandparents have one, and as a kid I used to play Crokinole a lot. When my mom was a teenager, every friday night, her and her friends and my uncle's friends would go over to my grandparents house, drink, play crokinole and listen to music.
I remember in Grade 10 in English class, my teacher Mr. Bartley (who looked like John Lennon) mentioned Crokinole. My cousin was also in my english class, and we were the only people in the class that has ever played the game. We challenged my teacher, and got schooled fairly easy by my teacher and another teacher.