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Pitch Nut is a wooden tabletop game for two In which the game object is to finger-flick a striker disk, into your own object disks, propelling them into one of four corner pockets. Each player starts with 10 coloured object disks.

Location
Pitch Nut also known as Pitchnut is of rural French Canadian origin. Because it is of rural origin, there are many variations of the game.

Age
Pitch Nut is a recreational game which can be played for family entertainment, and as such there is no age constraints.

Description
The game is played using a wooden board of approximately 30 inches square with a gutter running around the entire circumference. Pitch nut has two guard pegs in front of each pocket and four pegs in the centre of the board.

The pieces consist of two striker disks, two sets of coloured disks, usually coloured white and black (One set of disks for each of the two players). And an additional piece coloured red or green called the "poison",

Dedication
Play begins with the players ten differently coloured pieces alternating in a ring in the centre of the board, the poison disk is placed in the centre of this ring.
The object is to score 50 points before your opponent does. A player earns five points for each of his opponents pieces that remain on the board at the end of a game.
To end the game, a player must pocket all of his pieces and then the poison. If the poison is sunk before all of the player's pieces are pocketed, that player loses.

Closely Related Activities
Carrom 108, Crokinole 1336, Pichenotte 1352.

Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.

Energy

Arms

Legs

Sight

Hearing

Speech

Learning

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