The rules differ from the basic game as follows.
Marbles rules basic.
You can use chalk on the sidewalk or blacktop or use thread or string to make a circle on the carpet.
You must play an ace or face card to begin movement.
The objective of marbles is simple.
2 to 8 players.
Each player puts a few marbles into the ring and the goal is to shoot the marbles from the starting line out of the ring.
Choose a marble bigger than all your other marbles so.
Choose your shooter marble this should be bigger than any of your other marbles.
Step 1 draw a circle on the pavement in chalk.
When one team knocks all of the other team s ducks out of the ring they win the game.
Each player uses 1 game paddle and selects a peg color.
Rules to the game of marbles setting up the game a circle is drawn on the ground usually with a diameter of 3 6 feet.
Move a marble out of your starting area by playing an ace or face card.
Marbles are placed inside the circle usually near the center and often arranged in an x pattern.
Put 5 to 10 other marbles in the centre of the ring to play.
To move all five pegs clockwise around the board from your start position to your home position.
Draw a ring on the ground either with a piece of chalk or with a stick in the dirt.
Each duck knocked out of the circle is worth one point.
Knock as many of your opponent s marbles out of the circle and win them.
When it s your turn kneel outside the ring and flick your shooter marble out of your fist with your thumb trying to hit as many marbles out of the ring.
Draw a large circle usually about 5 to 10 feet across and place 13 marbles in the center spaced 3 inches apart to form a cross.
The goal of the game is to place all own marbles into the hole as first.
First player or team to have all their pegs in the home position wins the game.
A traditional chalk circle should be around 3 feet 0 9 meters across.
Two players compete against each other.
If you cannot play a card discard any of your six cards.
Draw the circle as evenly you can to ensure a fair game 2 x research source use string as an alternative if you are playing marbles indoors step 2 choose a shooter marble.
Draw a starting line just outside the ring.
After your turn has ended play moves to the next player who can try to move marbles from the starting area.
This will be your marble ring during the game.
Your shooter or taw marble will be what you use to knock other marbles out of the circle later.
Using a designated shooter marble players take turns shooting from outside the circle and trying to hit a target marble out of the ring while keeping the shooter marble inside the ring.
Both players have to use marbles of different color.
5 cards are dealt to each player as usual but a turn consists of first playing a card to your discard pile then moving a peg or pegs using the power of the played card and finally drawing a card from the face down deck so that you have 5 cards again.
Discard your played card.
