It’s been said that a good definition of the game of marbles is “any game played with marbles.” In the 19th century there were hundreds of different games, and hundreds of variations of each game, as ...

Decades ago, as Jeff Kimmell and his small band of fellow fanatics like to point out, the game of marbles was king. On the playgrounds of America, thousands of kids once crouched over improvised ...

Part of our NPR Ed series on why people play and how play relates to learning. The game of marbles might seem simple, but behind it is an extensive vocabulary. "After you're in it for a little while, ...