Pocket marble runs10/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ~~johnsveitch~~ - Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnsveitch ( talk ![]() Any marble you knock off the line is yours to keep. They then take turns firing shots from another line perhaps a meter or more away. Players place on marble each on the line. A chalk line was drawn about 15cm from the wall, or a natural line like a division between concrete slabs would do. Liney - A bit like "ringy" but usually played close to a wall. When it's your turn again you fire from that spot. If you missed your marble stays where it stops. Once underway players took turns shooting at each others "shooter" (Often a prized marble) and if you hit it, it was yours. I can't recall how this game was started. ![]() Aerial shots using you weak hand as a tripod rest, or firing from your knee as a rest were alowed. If you succeeded that marble became yours.Ĭhase - Often played on rough ground. Players took turns trying to shoot the target marbles out of the circle. Each player put one marble on a line in the centre of the circle. Ringy - A chalk ring was drawn in the ground. There were several games of marbles, one of the rules was that when the thumb propelled the marble from the hand, the hand must remain still (Usually on the ground). Sources would be nice, but probably a lot of this information (like my entry) comes from personal experience. Perhaps into geopraphical regions or even better into types of games (eg games name), since many games were probably played in one region, with some overlap between regions. ![]()
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