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Games of Marbles

In these games, players shoot their marbles—small, colored glass balls—at their opponents' marbles. It they hit the other marbles, they win them. Traditionally, games of marbles have been played in countries all over the world, including Turkey , Cyprus , and Indonesia .

Marbles from Turkey

Marbles is a well-know game in the world. Having lots of marbles was a sign of power. We had different colorful marbles, and some of them were our favorite marbles. Even if we did not have enough money, we tried to save our money to buy more marbles.

Actually, I do not remember how it began that we used to play this game when we were in primary school, but we played the game differently, depending on who played with whom. I imagine different cultures and different countries have different rules for playing.

How We Played the Game

Before beginning the game, we drew a triangle. The size depended on the number of marbles we had. After putting all our marbles into the triangle, we shot our favorite marble at the others so that we could win some marbles by throwing the others out of the triangle. It continued until all the marbles were gone.

Why We Played the Game

I think the important thing was to have as many marbles as we could. There was quite a competition to win the most marbles, so we practiced in our free time. The one of us who won the most marbles was the leader of the group, and everyone tried to be the leader. Now I realize that this small competition was our first experience with power and leadership.

Peirilia from Cyprus

Bit by bit from the deepest part of my memory, I can see my self at the end of a tunnel as a child. Sometimes when I'm alone and trying to relax, I remember things I did when I was a child.

As a kid, I used to play a lot of games with my friends, especially in the summer when the weather was good and we had a lot of time because we didn't have school. Late in the afternoon when the sun was down and the climate not too hot, every kid in my neighborhood was playing a game. One of the best games we used to play is marbles. As I remember, we had a lot of fun playing that game.

How we Played the Game

Every player had to bring 6 marbles. Then we drew a triangle in the middle of the yard. We put the marbles in the middle of the triangle with 2 centimeters space between each one. Then we counted to feet and made a line. The game started.

Now you are going to ask me how we played the game. First of all, you had to go back to the triangle and throw one of your marbles. You took one from the triangle. You had to throw it as near the line as you could. The player whose marble was nearest to the line played first.

When you all finished throwing, the player who had his marble nearest to the line started first. His goal was to throw his marble and kick some other marbles out of the triangle.