ContributorCommunity HistoryDescriptionPlastic containers of glass marbles; various sizes and colours.CollectionChildhood daysDate createdUnknownMaterialsGlassHistorical details
Although the game's history dates back to around 2500 BCE, playing with coloured, glass marbles was a popular pastime for children during the twentieth century.
Different types of games can be played using marbles; a popular game in the United Kingdom and United States is called ring taw (or 'ringer'), in which a number of small marbles are placed inside a ring, which has been drawn on the ground. Players then take turns flicking a larger 'taw' marble at the smaller marbles, trying to knock them out of the ring.
In the popular dystopian Netflix series Squid Game, the contestants play a deadly game of marbles during the fourth game of the competition.
