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Anyone know how to play marbles?
The way we used to play it was to find a patch of dirt, gouge out a marble sized hole/dent with our fingers, scatter our marbles on the "playing field" (AKA the patch of dirt) then try to flick/nudge our own marbles into the hole (giggety). Generally you could only use one finger (again giggety) to launch your marbles.
There was also pre-arranged marble gambling that took various forms. They were like little soldiers/betting chips. Some were easier to launch/sink and (to us kids) had different values depending on the size, weight and aesthetic of the marble in question (plain/standard size marbles which were like pawns then you had Cat's Eyes, Swirlies, Crokers, Jumbo Crokers, Steelies (which were essentially just steel ball bearings), Mirrored/Gassy, etc.
The winner would generally take the other kid's marble(s) based on the prearranged bet. IIRC we referred that as "Playing for Keepsies".
There used to be a few brawls over the results too.
lol
Good times.
Good times.