Marbles have been made of all kinds of materials throughout history.
Types of marble games.
There is the standard marble which is made at a inch diameter in size.
Often referred to as ducks or mibs.
The classic game of marbles is one that many of us grew up playing.
The first game is miniature golf played with marbles.
This is a unique type of marble and it has some.
Players shoot marbles in or out of a circle.
An alley is your best marble and might even be your most expensive marble.
Off the wall games.
The process for making marbles has changed over the years as new materials and technologies spread.
Players shoot marbles off a wall stoop or board.
Marbles ricochet as in a game of pool.
In zuma games you shoot balls into chains of different colors and you need to connect at least 3 of the same colored balls.
Marble madness 1984 an atari game wherein players race each other to the finish line.
Taw shooter marble.
So before you toss out that box of marbles that s been collecting dust in your closet here are a few fun types of marble games that you can try with your friends and family.
A taw is one of your shooters simply put it is your favorite marble the one you use to shoot the most often and the one you don t want to lose to an opponent.
Beola marble has a light brownish white coloring with dark dotted marking inside as well as some veining.
Overall bardiglio is a marble type which comes in a brownish gray color and the subtypes of it simply have different hues with a variation of different veining throughout.
More recently they have been made of actual marble clay porcelain glass and steel.
Whenever a marble goes into the hole both players start over from the starting line otherwise all shots are made from wherever the marble stopped rolling.
Oxyd 1991 a game for amiga atari st and macintosh.
Here are three simple games to get you started.
Mibs or kimmies the marbles in the center of the circle.
Next you have the large marble or the shooter or taw.
But if the rules are a little cloudy don t sweat it.
These are the smaller marbles you see on the marbles playing field the circle.
These are the marbles players try to knock out of the ring.
Marble drop 1997 a computer game wherein players place marbles in a complicated apparatus in an attempt to solve a puzzle.
It s usually a heavier marble than the ones in the center so it can knock them out of the circle.
Players shoot marbles at target marbles or into a hole arch or can.
Nine holes this name is given to two different marble games.
First player to reach one hundred points wins.
Friendlies games where the marbles are returned to the original owner at the end.
