How to Play Marble Mibs

Draw a circle 10 feet in diameter on concrete with a piece of chalk. You could also use a long piece of string set in a circle if you don't have a concrete playing space. Place 13 of the target marbles, or mibs, inside the circle in a cross pattern right in the middle.

Choose the player to go first. You must use your shooter marble to try to knock the mibs out of the ring. First, you must "knuckle down" with your shooting hand, which means you have to keep your knuckles on the ground and flick the shooter with your thumb. You must begin your first shot outside the ring.

Take any mibs that roll out of the circle. If the shooter also stays inside the circle, you take another turn beginning inside the circle where the shooter landed. Your turn continues until you miss a mib, don't knock one out of the circle or roll the shooter out of the circle.

Take turns with all of the players until all the mibs roll out of the circle. Once the shooter rolls out of the circle, not only is your turn over, you must also "knuckle down" outside the ring on your next turn. The person with the most mibs wins the game.