"Never laugh at live dragons." ― J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit Relax & have fun! This Isn’t Rocket Science! We always had fun collecting marbles. Over the years we have traveled in search of marbles and we have found over 2,700 marbles in 239 different communities. Check our story Far-Flung in Wimauma in this magazine. We have … [Read more...] about Dragons and Farbles With A Pinch of Pewter
A Little Bit of Japanese Marble History
Authored By The Marble Avenger The Early Years Japanese marbles have been documented in books dating back to the Heian (794-1185) period. Adults gambled with marble games in the Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama periods. Gambling with marbles was banned in the Edo (1603-1867) period. Sometime late in that time period marble … [Read more...] about A Little Bit of Japanese Marble History