JOLEN/MARBLES

Oberhol is a popular game played with marbles. Draw a line on the ground, that is the starting line (where you manukad), from there, measure a yard (the distances can be raised or lowered depending on level-of-difficulty) and bore four equally-distanced holes, the size of a marble. The hole-designations are 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th. This is a two-player-minimum game, but the more the merrier. There is also minimum standard of marble you can use, that is agreed-upon before the game starts. Ha! If you think you can use your karapatsoy against our mamords, in your dreams! From the starting line, each player throws a marble into any of the four holes that is agreed-upon. The closest to the hole, gets to play first. From the starting line, roll your marble into the 1st hole. If you make it, proceed to the 2nd, and so on. When you make it to the 4th, go back to the back-3rd, back-2nd, then to finish or pinis. If you miss a hole, you leave your marble where it is. The next player would either take a shot at it, or roll his to the hole. Shooting the target-marble is done either by throwing-a-dart like motion, or shatik (place a marble between your thumb and middle-finger then–fire!). You skip a hole every hit you make. So, a player can theoretically finish a game without making it to a hole. This is continued until everyone, but one, gets to the finish-line.