BANO

The Nairobi marble game

or

A game by The DLL Studios

Enjoying Bano? Gift Ken, the creator:

How to play

  • The pill is the hole in the middle.
  • Lag: everyone flicks from the line toward the pill. Closest plays first, farthest plays last.
  • Shoot: press your marble, pull back (it stretches), let go.
  • Knock a rival’s marble and you keep shooting. Knock as many as you can — you’re collecting them.
  • Get back to the pill and every marble you knocked is yours.
  • Miss and the turn passes — your knocks are lost.
  • Landie: draw a little hill under a rival so it sits up high and is easier to catch. Knock it off and the landie stays behind, then crumbles away.
  • Place: after the lag throw, everyone puts their marble anywhere on the dirt.
  • Your pouch: you bring 5 marbles. Lose one and you can put in another — or quit. Marbles you win go in your jar.
  • Pick your marble: before the lag, choose which marble from your pouch to put at stake.
  • Your jar travels with you: marbles you win are saved on this device. In the lobby, bring them into your pouch for the next game — but lose one and it's gone.
  • Bonus marble: every few turns one rolls onto the dirt. Knock it into the pill and it's yours.
  • Rare marbles: some are rare (◆) and a few are ultra rare (★), like the heavy Steelie that never cracks.
  • Crack: a glass marble knocked 20 times cracks and is out.

Bano — made by The DLL Studios

My marbles

Pick your marble

Which one do you put at stake? Win and you keep collecting. Lose it and it's gone to someone's jar.

Room code
----
Bring marbles from your jar

Brought marbles are at stake: lose one and it's gone from your jar. Empty slots get fresh marbles.

Crackie no payee
Knocks to crack
20
Marbles each
5
Landies each
2

A game by The DLL Studios

Enjoying Bano? Gift Ken, the creator:

M-Pesa QR code to gift Ken of The DLL Studios