One principle of the game is that a marble called a shooter or taw is launched by your thumb at smaller marbles in a circle on the ground. The shooter wins the marbles driven out of the circle.

Another form is when players shoot or roll marbles from a good distance away from the circle. One target is in the middle that players try to shoot. All marbles that fail to hit the target become the owner owns the target marble in the middle of the circle.

See the "Playing Marbles" Video!