| What you'll need | The players | The field | The Rules | Passing | Foul Play | Set Up | Other sports board games |

Welcome to Marble Soccer the fun, easy to play game that'll turn your carpet into a stadium of the stars. It's time to dribble, aim and flick your way to football glory. 23 Marbles 11 of one type or colour to represent one team and another 11 of a different colour or type to represent the next team. 1 marble to represent the ball. Playing surface A piece of carpet,mat or astroturf approximately 150cm x 100cm (or 6 50x50cm carpet tiles) - this will be used as the field. Goals A set of goals, which you can download and print out here. The rules of play are very simple and are based on the rules of soccer - so if you know how to play soccer, this is really a piece of cake! The game is played by 2 coaches (That's you and a friend) who each control a team of 11 players, represented by the marbles. Coaches take turns to flick their marbles onto the ball in an attempt to get the ball into the oppositions goal. The game is played in turns starting with the team who kicks off. Each coach is allowed to flick one player per turn. Players are moved around the field by flicking, or nudging them with your fingers as shown in the diagrams below. Players can be flicked onto the ball in an attempt to 'Kick' the ball, or they can simply be flicked to move them into a better field position (i.e. to defend If you can flick your marble onto the ball and get the ball to hit another of your players then you have performed a PASS. Doing this means you immediately get another turn. So by stringing a number of passes together you can really get that ball moving down field. If you 'Flick' your marble and you it hits an opposition marble before hitting the ball, then you have committed a foul! The ball is placed on the spot where the foul took place and you opposition will receive an extra 'Flick' in his turn. If the foul occurs in your teams penalty box then your opposition are awarded a penalty! Place the ball on the penalty spot The marbles are positioned on the field as if they where real football players.