whiskeyman
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Back when I was a kid, we played marbles 3 ways.
"Ring"...where we drew a ring in the dirt or chalked one on a sidewalk...each player anted up to the middle of the ring, and we took turns shooting from outside the ring - keeping whose ever marble we knocked out.
"Chase"...you didn't even wanna be 1st in this game. The loser in a cointoss led off by shooting his marble anywhere. The follower then would shoot and try to hit the marble....getting to keep it if he did...but getting set-up for losing his own if he didn't.
and 3...which we didn't play too often -
"Chinese Checkers"
I've picked up a few of the latter games over the years. Being painted tin they are hard to find in good condition. Also hard to find unused or , with all the marbles & checkers.
"Ring"...where we drew a ring in the dirt or chalked one on a sidewalk...each player anted up to the middle of the ring, and we took turns shooting from outside the ring - keeping whose ever marble we knocked out.
"Chase"...you didn't even wanna be 1st in this game. The loser in a cointoss led off by shooting his marble anywhere. The follower then would shoot and try to hit the marble....getting to keep it if he did...but getting set-up for losing his own if he didn't.
and 3...which we didn't play too often -
"Chinese Checkers"
I've picked up a few of the latter games over the years. Being painted tin they are hard to find in good condition. Also hard to find unused or , with all the marbles & checkers.
