The dealer deals 5 cards to each player, starting with the player to his left, and puts the remaining cards in the deck facedown in the middle of the game board. That person then becomes the dealer for the first round of the game. The object of the game is to move all 4 marbles from your START row to your HOME row by moving clockwise around the game board.Īn arbitrary dealer deals cards to each player until someone is dealt a Spade. All players must use a unique colour for their marbles. Each player takes four marbles of the colour of his choosing and puts them in the 4 diagonal holes of his START row. 1 standard deck of 54 cards (Jokers are used)Įach player sits at one side of the game board.More room for creativity.Īdditional accessories needed to play: Marbles, Playing cards (I use 5 decks for the 4 player to avoid shuffling to often), and rules. Also usually to facilitate more room for a design on one side I place the holes for the 4 player game on one side and the 2 player games on the other. I usually stain my boards and paint the holes (alternating colors to help with counting spaces around the board) and paint a design in the middle depending on what my customers want. I prefer a round over on the top and chamfer on the bottom to help make the board easier to pickup.Īt this point you can finish the board as you see fit. (Depth of the bit was set using the template and a scrap piece to find a good depth)Īfter all the holes are done you can remove the template and route the upper and lower edges of the boards profile to your liking. After flush trimming the profile I move on to the holes with a plunge router with a 1/2' round nose bit and a bushing setup to help align the bit in the template holes. I prefer to use a jig saw to trim the outside profile close to the template to make the flush trimming go smoother. Once you have chosen the type of game board you want (solid wood, plywood, mdf) you can use double sided tape to attach the template to it and proceed. You are now done with the template and ready to use it to create your Marbles and Jokers game board. After all the holes are completed move on to the exterior cut and cut out the profile of the template. **You should offset the size of the holes on tool to match the size of your particular bushing that you are using with your router. They cut easily with helix mode and cut them all the way through you material.

After you have set up your workspace start with the holes.

The process to cut out the template is pretty straight forward.

Joker marbles seven card game rules