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Hardly anyone does, anymore, but kids invented dozens back in the old days. By the time I was born, though (1951), marble games were already passing into history. They still make them, but I'm not sure what kids do with them anymore.
The most basic type were like Croquino, or Curling, except played on a smooth wooden surface small enough for a table-top. The board was circular, and had a gutter all around. In the very center was a shallow hole, with a set of pins surrounding it. They were spaced so that there was just enough room for a small wooden puck to fit through. Each player got so many pucks and took turns shooting them toward the hole in the center from the rim of the board. This was done with the forefinger, bent and straightened suddenly. You could shoot right for the hole, or shoot to remove the other player's pucks from the board -- too many on the board got in the way of your aim, so removing them could be essential. Pucks that went into the gutter were lost. Once the player had all his pucks on the board, he could shoot from wherever any of them lay. The player who finally got the largest number of pucks in the hole, won.
With marbles you used the floor or sidewalk. You drew a circle with chalk or crayon, and there was no hole in the middle. But otherwise the game was played the same. That's about the simplest of them.
The most basic type were like Croquino, or Curling, except played on a smooth wooden surface small enough for a table-top. The board was circular, and had a gutter all around. In the very center was a shallow hole, with a set of pins surrounding it. They were spaced so that there was just enough room for a small wooden puck to fit through. Each player got so many pucks and took turns shooting them toward the hole in the center from the rim of the board. This was done with the forefinger, bent and straightened suddenly. You could shoot right for the hole, or shoot to remove the other player's pucks from the board -- too many on the board got in the way of your aim, so removing them could be essential. Pucks that went into the gutter were lost. Once the player had all his pucks on the board, he could shoot from wherever any of them lay. The player who finally got the largest number of pucks in the hole, won.
With marbles you used the floor or sidewalk. You drew a circle with chalk or crayon, and there was no hole in the middle. But otherwise the game was played the same. That's about the simplest of them.
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