HOW TO PLAY

One set of marbles is placed at the center of an approximately 10- by 15 square foot ground or floor arena, in the form of a triangle or square. The number of marbles may vary from 2 to 8 or even more, depending on the number of players and agreement among them. Each game may last from 20 to 30 minutes. Each player has his or her own shooter marble to shoot the set. Shooting is done by placing the shooter marble between the index finger and the thumb and moving the thumb outward to shove the shooter marble in order to hit the marbles in the set. Player number one starts the game by shooting at the set and goes on playing until he/she misses hitting any of the marbles from the set. Then, it is the other player's turn to shoot the set. Each player temporarily keeps any marbles that he/she can hit and move out of the triangle or square. The final session the game is scary. All the players take turns beating each other. If a player's shooter marble gets hit, he/she loses and must give his/her temporary wins to the one who hits him/her. At the end of the game, the winner takes all.