Marble_Go_Team

Welcome. Collector? Player?

I certainly echo the sentiment here. Thanks; great space dedicated to marbles. Even though I'm on the play side and less on the collecting side.

Let us know who won. We stayed until there were maybe 3 games left in the bracket. We picked up a handful of flints from a couple makers which we're excited about. Got to talking with one maker (already forgot his name...solo guy next to the Marble Gem guy) that explained a lot about his journey in making over the last 20 years. Described how the moon fractures form [impact to backward cone] which is fascinating. Wish we had gotten there a lot sooner to see more of the other games' in action like TN Square and British and GA Rolley Hole. All in all, very pleased. Disappointed I didn't pick up a sweatshirt to commemorate. Next year, haha.

Excited about it. We'll be there in the afternoon, unfortunately missing any morning happenings. It'll be a fun first venture to the festival regardless.

Weather's lookin good.

Very excited to share that the adaptation ruleset is live here! We've spent hours and hours poring over this game and played the remix dozens of times. It's excellent.

That's great! More questions for you: - How do you "make" a hole with the quarters other than spanning in? Rest it on the edge (likely a rare case). - What's the shooting order when one of the players goes Out?

Got that ruleset written up. It's a great game, honestly. And, I have a Marble Go adaptation in the works that gives it some framework where some of the original game's finer rules and traditions seem to be lost to history. More to come on that. But, here's Conqueror. I hope folks give it a shot and enjoy it as much as we have been. https://marble-go.com/blog/conqueror-marble-game-rules

This is really great. Thanks for sharing! Pretty crazy to realize that the cancellations came from WWII and COVID.

Just stumbled on this thread, and it's really good timing. I'm working on some content for shooting techniques and want to include shot shaping. This'll come in very handy!

Old old English game where players would throw their marble at an opponent's marble who placed it in the field of play. If the player misses, their marble stays put and the next player can target either of those already in the field. If a player strikes a marble, then it's conquered (kept). Play continues until there aren't any left in the field or an opponent yields. Some mention throwing the marbles, some mention shooting. Some mention the intention of breaking the marbles, some mention just hitting it. I don't like the "breaking" and "throwing" parts of the tradition, but find the shooting and hitting style appealing alongside the concept of being a conquerer. I plan to work on a ruleset for just that in the near future.

Has anyone played Conquerer recently? We're compiling our research on the game and rulesets right now, and I'm curious if it was a popular one back in the day. Seems like an interesting way to play for keeps. I vaguely remember playing it or a version years ago.

Saw a Bocce post on YouTube and Reddit a couple days ago. Pretty neat to see. These marble runs have quite the following!

Checking in on the split rings. Did you end up trying them? We've pretty much permanently adopted them and are using 1.25" size. The game has become the dominant game we play nightly, followed by Knock Out and our other Marble Go games. Looking into Conquerer now too.

Okay I now see that detail in your rules (Sec IV, p.3) that I haven't found before about that laying in a hole. Not only can a player click on the marble, they can span in [leaning against it] with their extra shot. I didn't realize multiple players can technically be "in" a hole at the same time (the one laying in, and the one spanning in). Thanks!! How deep are the holes at Standing Stone?