Conquerer game

[Marble_Go_Team]

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.

[Steph]

Not sure I've heard of that before.  What's the general idea of it?

[akroorka]

16 hours ago, Steph said:

What's the general idea of it?

X2--keep us informed.

Marble--On!!

[Marble_Go_Team]

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.

[Marble_Go_Team]

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 

[Marble_Go_Team]

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.