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Korean Childhood Game
A Korean children's game of rolling marbles
Gusulchigi is a children's game of rolling or throwing marbles to hit an opponent's marble or drop it into a hole and win it. Similar games have been played around the world for a very long time.
Children first used pebbles, acorns and chestnuts, then clay marbles hardened by hand and porcelain marbles fired in a kiln, and from the 1930s glass marbles.
Because it is all about aiming and judging distance, it is remembered as a game that trains a steady aim, a sense of space and fine control of the fingers.
Pull back opposite to the direction you want and release to roll your shooter. A marble that leaves the yard belongs to whoever's side it stops on, so hitting hard alone hands half of them to your opponent. Small marbles are worth one point and the big centre marble three; the first to nine points takes the round.
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Play Korean MarblesThe history and traditional play above are summarised from the public sources below. Names and rules vary a little from region to region.