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The traditional types of marbles games found around the world are the circle, chase and hole games. But there are many other ways marbles have been used by children for amusement. These games vary from the familiar Chinese Checkers and Aggrevation games in stores today to some lesser known games that children invented over the centuries. Here are just a few tp try.
From the The Great American Marble Book on other marble games:
BridgeboardSeveral non-traditional marbles games, including Ho-Go, Toodlembuck and Spinner, led to the creation of this and similar games. Bridgeboard and other varieties are games of chance, most of them were ingeniously designed with carefully computed odds. The materials used for these games are also carefully selected. Bridgeboard is an English game, and probably the predecessor of similar games. The board is about a foot long with notches cut along the base. Nails may be used to make the notches. Numbers are drawn above the notches to indicate a quantity of marbles. With the base placed on the ground, the object is for players to shoot marbles through the holes. The shooter is paid whatever number of marbles was indicated above the hole through which his marble passes. Or if he misses, he loses his marble to the house.An American version from Connecticut uses a paddle-shaped piece of wood with five holes of varying sizes cut into one end. Numbers are written above these holes indicating a quantity of marbles to be awarded the shooter shouldf his marble pass through. Naturally the smaller the arch the larger the bounty. The Canadians used a mounted board with a different set of numbers. Another American version comes from Brooklyn, New York, and is called Shoot The Shoe Box. It utilized a Thom McAn shoe box, and had its own set of numbers. And a cigar box was used in East Bronx, with a Garcia Vega Box being the preferred type. The holes were cut along the top edge of the front side of the box which was then used inverted on the ground. Even smaller boxes were used in the West Bronx, where the wooden Kraft chees boxes are favored. This game was called Chickie Needs More Corn, and the house had a better stake. A preference for Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese boxes can be found in Queens, where the game is aptly called The Creamer. This box is long, thin and as hard to beat as a one-armed bandit. Cigar boxes are used on Long Island, where the house might payoff in candy, nuts, checkers or pennies. This version is called Getting It Into The Box, and most people don't.
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Song: "Woofie"
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