Marble Game

[rgerding]

A friend asked to use my CNC router to put the pockets and wording on a board he had glued together. He didn't show me how to play the game, but he said it worked out so that they could play it.

[highpockets]

Nice job.
I think that's a form of Chinese Checkers. We use to play back when dinosaurs were young....

[scottp55]

You're a good friend Ron!
Looks good

[Tex_Lawrence]

That game would be called "Aggravation". A similar game in Texas is "Wahoo" and generally is cut from a square for four players. In addition there is a marble location in the middle for a "shortcut" play. Same game north of us would be called "Pegs and Jokers".

[jfederer]

I grew up with a version called "Mensch Ärger DIch Nicht" - "Man, don't get mad". And yes, it is common to lose one's temper while playing it, especially with 6 competitive players.

[rgerding]

I'll be searching Google for instructions for these games that you fellows have mentioned. I might have to make my own marble game. However, I'm not so sure about the "Mensch Ärger DIch Nicht" - "Man, don't get mad" version. Very interesting!! Thanks for all your replies.

[tatinc2000]

This game is Carbles. It has more holes than aggravation. It is big in MN. I make lots of them.

[FabLab Wageningen]

'Our' (Dutch) version is called 'Mens, erger je niet', so very close to the German version. As far as I know there are 4- and 6 -player versions. The far, far, far origin would be the Indian Pachisi. Naming seems different all over the world, rules almost universal.

Marcel.

[RickW3DS]

Too funny! Working on some of these right now, two sided for four player and six player. My German mom (from eastern SD) calls it Sh** on Your Neighbor. Don't drink alcohol while playing or the board may get broken...