Crokin

Crokin was a strategy game that was played on the farming moon of Raada. The game was played in two teams. Each team took turns flicking small discs on a hexagonal board which had pegs on it. If a disc did not hit a enemy disc already on the board, it was removed. Points were scored by knocking the opposing team's discs off the board, and also by landing discs in the center of the board.
==Description==
Crokin was a strategic board game played between two teams of players. A pair of individuals could play against each other, or larger groups could be used to form teams. The game involved flicking small discs into positions across an enormous, hexagon-shaped board, with the goals of the game being twofold: to score your own pieces on the board and to knock opposing pieces off of it. The board included pegs that protruded from it. Players would move around the board to perform various shots. The discs were designated by color. Players would aim their discs at certain locations on the board, including the center of the board, as well as at other discs that had already been shot by players from the opposing team. Teams alternated turns taking shots. In the event of a player aiming for an opponent's piece and failing to hit it, that player's piece would be removed from the board. Players could position their discs adjacent to or behind the protruding pegs on the board so as to defend them. Discs that were shot accurately into the middle of the board resulted in points, which were automatically displayed on the scoreboard. The automatic scoring system was capable of recognizing when all the discs were played, meaning the game was over. The board also included wiring that allowed for music to be played when players scored.
==History==
After arriving on Raada, the Force-Sensitive Outcast Ahsoka Tano played crokin for the first time at Selda's cantina with her new acquaintances, including the farmers Vartan, Malat, the sisters Kaeden and Miara Larte, and the twin siblings Neera and Hoban shortly after the Galactic Empire arrived on the farming moon. Although she had never played the game before, the others insisted that crokin was very popular. After witnessing several shots, Tano mused that it would be very easy for her to cheat and use the Force to guide her shots. Tano decided that she liked the game, finding it oddly comforting, and thinking that her former Jedi companion Obi-Wan Kenobi would also find the game interesting. Her play improved over time, although Vartan was still a much better player.
As the locals plotted to resist the Imperial occupation, Hoban made a map of the new Imperial installation on Raada by positioning discs on the crokin board. When Tano noticed, she quickly knocked the discs across the table so no one would spot their plans. As their efforts continued, Tano attempted to plan a course of action by suggesting they subtlety manipulate the Empire's goals for the harvest, making the analogy of shooting at an opponent's piece on a crokin board instead of only trying to position your own pieces. Throughout what would become the Raada Uprising, Tano continually used crokin as a way to explain tactics to the farmers, noting that although she was capable of visualizing strategies in more simple terms, the farmers needed a medium to connect to military strategy, unlike the clone troopers she had worked with during the Clone Wars.
After Kaeden was imprisoned by the Galactic Empire, her dominant arm was broken during interrogation. After she was rescued by Tano, she hid in the caves outside of the town for several weeks with her sister Miara, practicing crokin with her other arm as a way to learn how to use her weaker hand. Following Hoban's death at the hands of the Empire, Neera also stayed with them in the caves. Neera, who seldom spoke following her twin's death, would routinely play crokin against Kaeden simply sitting down and organizing the discs as the invitation to play instead of verbally asking. Neera was a much stronger player then Kaeden.
==Behind the scenes==
Crokin first appeared in the novel Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston. Its description corresponds to the real-life Canadian board game Crokinole.
==Appearances==
*Ahsoka 
==Notes and references==
Category:Board games