my child of the 90s used them with a wooden track - built up the track to make the marbles roll down in various cool ways
i also never knew any rules of the game back in the 60s
"Ariadne Moore" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:
> I am a child of the 80's, and had hundreds of marbles and jacks given to me
> by various aunts and uncles -- to my recollection, my sister and I never
> played with them because we had no idea HOW one was supposed to use them.