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A collection of eleven games you can make. Patterns and/or instructions included for Chinese checkers played with ping-pong balls. BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Jan 1974 (v.52#1) pg. 56
Mankala marble game. A seemingly simple game for two that helps youngsters gain counting skills. Est. cost: $10. BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Feb 1984 (v.62#2) pg. 32, 41
Marble game of Fox and Geese. BOYS' LIFE Oct 1964 (v.54#10) pg. 28
Probability board. A marble game illustrates that falling marbles will concentrate in the middle of available slots. BOYS' LIFE May 1968 (v.58#5) pg. 60
Gift kit includes 4-section carrier made from a milk carton and 4 gifts, a paper airplane, ring toss, marble game, and an Indian head neckerchief slide. BOYS' LIFE Jan 1969 (v.59#1) pg. 44
How to play ringer marble game. BOYS' LIFE Oct 1991 (v.81#10) pg. 55
Tip shows how to make a pouch for marbles from an old sock. BOYS' LIFE Nov 1998 (v.88#11) pg. 11
Rockin' and rollin'. Reproduction of an Amish toy where ball bearings or marbles roll down a series of ramps and turn pin wheels. CANADIAN HOME WORKSHOP Feb 2000 (v.23#4) pg. 24
Table-top bowling game consists of a ramp with 5 holes into which marbles are to be rolled. CANADIAN WORKSHOP Mar 1983 (v.6#6) pg. 14
Cameron's game. A three-level marble game. A die is rolled and a marble is moved. If the marble lands on a hole, it falls through to the next lower level. CANADIAN WORKSHOP Oct 1988 (v.12#1) pg. 36
Marble drop. Marble rolls down four inclined planes and is launched toward 10 depressions with various point values. The highest score wins. CANADIAN WORKSHOP Feb 1990 (v.13#5) pg. 49
Decorative wooden gameboard for Chineese Checkers is made from two 22"-diameter plywood disks. CANADIAN WORKSHOP Jun 1994 (v.17#9) pg. 34
Marble hockey board with four paddles. FAMILY HANDYMAN #323 Nov-Dec 1991 (v.41#10) pg. 56
Chinese checkers board. FAMILY HANDYMAN #323 Nov-Dec 1991 (v.41#10) pg. 62
Making marble rolls, an enjoyable trial-and-error exercise in engineering and physics. Simple or elaborate wooden channels, switches, spirals, ... demonstrate the physics of motion, friction, gravity and momentum. FINE WOODWORKING #75 Mar-Apr 1989 pg. 78
Chinese checkerboard made from a 14"x14" scrap of plywood. HANDMADE #11 Nov-Dec 1983 (v.3#4) pg. 45, 57
Marble maze. A wooden paddle with holes cut into it. Object is to manipulate paddle and get marbles into holes with highest point value. HANDMADE #11 Nov-Dec 1983 (v.3#4) pg. 103, 83
Star-shaped marble game for three players (Chinese Checkers). NATIONAL CARVERS REVIEW Spring-Summer 1979 (v.10#2) pg. 18
Marble chute toy. A marble dropped into a hole travels a zigzag pattern down 6 chutes until it drops into a box. NATIONAL CARVERS REVIEW Summer-Fall 1980 (v.11#2) pg. 13
Marble tower occupies a child for hours. POPULAR MECHANICS Apr 1963 (v.119#4) pg. 158
Table top golf game using marbles. POPULAR MECHANICS Oct 1964 (v.122#4) pg. 170
Patience, a game to test your cool. Object is to manuver 7 marbles or ball bearing into the holes provided for them, all at the same time. POPULAR MECHANICS May 1974 (v.141#5) pg. 162
Correction POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1974 (v.142#2) pg. 10
Travel solitaire, the game you'll learn to hate. The point is to clear the board of all marbles except one, by jumping over the piece to be taken. Features a built-in storage compartment for the marbles not needed on the board. POPULAR MECHANICS Apr 1976 (v.145#4) pg. 210
Tabletop baseball game to build in a weekend. Levers on the side of the game shoot a marble up the board. Circular depressions that can trap the marble serve as bases, hits and outs. POPULAR MECHANICS Apr 1979 (v.151#4) pg. 122
Correction POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1979 (v.152#2) pg. 7
Marble ladder. SCIENCE & MECHANICS Nov 1963 (v.34#11) pg. 115
Mancala marble game features a stripped walnut and maple laminated playing board with routed pockets. WEEKEND WOODWORKING (PROJECTS) #9 May 1989 (v.2#3) pg. 8
Classic wooden board for Chinese checkers (14" diameter). WEEKEND WOODWORKING (PROJECTS) #31 Jan 1993 (v.6#1) pg. 22
Marvelous marble roll (18" square by 54" high). Among its features are curves, switch points, a centrifuge, loops, rough track to make a rat-a-tat-tat sound, cascade, and a bucket drop. WOODWORK #37 Feb 1996 pg. 47
On the ball "executive" toy. The object is maneuver two balls in different directions up a slope so that they fall into depressons at opposite ends of a valley. WOODWORKER Aug 1989 (v.93#8) pg. 749
Hidden maze toy. The object is to maneuver a marble through a maze which is inside a wooden box where you can't see it. WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL May-Jun 1979 (v.3#3) pg. 14
Marble race toy. Five inclined planes with two grooves are set into a frame. Two marbles are dropped through holes and they "race" down the grooves to the bottom. The frame is assembled with decorative dovetail joints. WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL May-Jun 1985 (v.9#3) pg. 45
Run-the-ramps marble game. Marbles roll down several slanted ramps arranged in a zigzag fashion. Built entirely of wood. WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1980 (v.36#6) pg. 78
Tic-tac-toe marble game. Wooden box features the game board on top and a drawer for storing the marbles. WORKBENCH Nov-Dec 1990 (v.46#6) pg. 28
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