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Novuss

Also known as Koroona

Novuss: photograph by DVQuebec
Photo: DVQuebec, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Stand at one edge of a small square table and use a cue to shoot the striker puck into 16 discs, pocketing your eight colour before your opponent.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Latvia, Estonia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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