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Marbles is a class of children's games played with glass, clay, or agate balls usually about ½ inch (1¼ cm) across. However, they may range from less than ¼ inch (6 mm) to over 3 inches (7¾ cm), while some art glass marbles for display purposes are over 12 inches (30 cm) wide. Marbles are often collected, both for nostalgia and for their aesthetic appeal.
Gameplay
One version of the game involves drawing a circle in sand, and players will take turns knocking other players' marbles out of the circle with their own. This game is called ringer. Other versions involve shooting marbles at target marbles or into holes in the ground. A larger-scale game of marbles might involve taking turns trying to hit an opponent's marble to win. A useful strategy is to throw a marble so that it lands in a protected or difficult location should it miss the target. As with many children's games, new rules are devised all the time, and each group is likely to have its own version, often customised to the environment.
One such specialized game is called gaipar, popular in Bengal. Each player contributes four marbles, which are positioned on the edge of a rectangle. One special marble (the gai) is placed in the center. Players take turns to hit the marbles on the rectangle with a bigger marble (often called a boulder or matris). The marbles hit by the matris must be propelled out of the rectangle. If they are hit but remain within the rectangle, the player plays one more marble as a forfeit which is placed within the rectangle. The aim of the game is to hit the central gai and take it out of the rectangle. This is not easy when there are marbles on the periphery. If a player can take out the gai, he wins all the marbles. However, other players then get a chance to hit the gai-taker's boulder and, if successful, all the marbles change ownership.
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here are some TT ideas for different days: #wackywednesday and #sundaySUNDAEsunday. okay, i've lost my marbles...
thereelBT (Brandy Tilley) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:23:01 -0000
here are some TT ideas for different days: #wackywednesday and #sundaySUNDAEsunday. okay, i've lost my marbles...
Tomorrow NIght is the Acoustic LIVE Challenge Finals at the Ugly Monkey! All the marbles are on the line!!! http://lnk.ms/5BRwK
TheRob23 (robert snodgrass) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:18:28 -0000
Tomorrow NIght is the Acoustic LIVE Challenge Finals at the Ugly Monkey! All the marbles are on the line!!! http://lnk.ms/5BRwK
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TheRob23 (robert snodgrass) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:18:05 -0000
Tomorrow NIght is the Acoustic LIVE Challenge Finals at the Ugly Monkey! All the marbles are on the line!!! http://fburls.com/27-uLdl3m89
Wow...Hiro has lost his dang marbles!
hebb (hebb) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:09:07 -0000
Wow...Hiro has lost his dang marbles!
RT @msicism: Note to kid: When you cover the floor with marbles, disrobe, stand on a plastic chair and assume the position, that pissing ...
MaryaMurphy (Marya Murphy) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:07:58 -0000
RT @msicism: Note to kid: When you cover the floor with marbles, disrobe, stand on a plastic chair and assume the position, that pissing ...
Note to kid: When you cover the floor with marbles, disrobe, stand on a plastic chair and assume the position, that pissing's no "accident."
msicism (Michael Sicinski) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:03:57 -0000
Note to kid: When you cover the floor with marbles, disrobe, stand on a plastic chair and assume the position, that pissing's no "accident."
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