Rolley Hole Marbles (game) rules and interpretation document

[Marble_Go_Team]

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.

[RolleyHoleMan]

On 9/11/2025 at 10:35 PM, Marble_Go_Team said:

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.

The lineup is pretty good this year. These later games are pretty intense. 

[Marble_Go_Team]

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.

[RolleyHoleMan]

4 hours ago, Marble_Go_Team said:

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.

The final games were very interesting. Man it was the best showcase of Rolley Hole I’ve seen since I’ve been in it, but I’ll focus only on the last two games since it’s 2am and I just got home. 
 

This year we actually had a game for who came in 3rd and 4th place. Since 3rd and 4th have the same purse, the folks usually don’t bother staying and actually playing it. That game was Jack Tinsley and Kenzie Adams VS a team of Chris Graves and a fellow I’m forgetting. Because it’s not a serious game it was filled with a lot of good banter, jokes, etc which you see in a casual game. Pretty good funny stuff that folks don’t see much. 
 

The final game was something wild. It was Saylor and Powell Walden vs Robert and Dylan (I think) Emberton. Man it was an intense game. I had a group around me hanging onto every word I said as I went play by play. Amazing shots were exchanged as every player was for outs. What happened was Saylor made an amazing shot, but his marble bounced off the opponents and landed right in the hole. The crowd gasped and Saylor hung his head. That left Powell by himself and Robert and Dylan in span. When Powell missed his shot, the Embertons quickly spanned in. That was one hardcore game. 
 

I forget who was next to who. I think I know the man you’re talking about. He got into flint knapping which here is a slippery slope into marble making. 
 

This year I didn’t get any flints, but got well over 100lbs of fine rocks. Enough for a ton of marbles if they’re any good.