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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?

Clarifying questions on rules I can't seem to uncover in clarity anywhere: If a player has made a hole, can they strategically stay in that hole for several turns and defer their turns/shots to their partner, effectively "protecting" that hole from opponents for a period of time whilst their partner plays for other holes? If yes, can an opponent hit that marble in the hole (glancing it so-to-speak, but likely to stay in the hole) and ride that to get another shot towards the hole they're for? I know that would be rare, but I've come up with a few scenarios where I wondered. If you span, do you have to shoot? Or can you span and then defer the turn over to your partner? I'm fairly certain you have to shoot if you take a span, but I do want clarification. BTW, @RolleyHoleMan you said you taught with quarters indoors. We reduced our scoreline loops to 2" or so that that's been better than the 4", but then we've been experimenting (with success) using split rings (key ring things).

Really great. A meaningful channel name close to my heart coming from the start of the CT down here in Chattanooga and a lifelong backpacker.

Fantastic, detailed response! Thanks! I get the best aim without a major pull right or left from 3/4" with medium/large hands, but have zero experience with flint marbles and wouldn't know if a .78 - .8 would be better since all glass marbles are standardized (for the most part). Hoping I can pick some up for myself and my kids in September. I guess they're relatively non-existent outside the Clay County pocket, because I can't find them anywhere.

Question. What is the typical size for the flint marbles used traditionally in Rolley Hole?

I think I remember a more modern version of this from the 90s. Love the call to action to send 25c and self addressed envelope for the solution. Guess that was the only way in ‘75.