Terzetto

Terzetto - A marble strategy game

Terzetto is a two-person game that uses marbles and that will require strategy, but it's also based on a certain amount of luck.

Each tray has 25 round holes (a 5 x 5 grid) on one end, this is where the game is played, and a large space on the other end, this is where you keep the marbles until you play them. The marble shaker is a little hard to see but it is enclosed and there are 3 small marbles inside. The bottom of the shaker is a 3 x 3 grid. It cannot be opened. There are 48 large colored marbles total. There are eight different colors and six of each color.

Object:
Be the first player to place all your marbles on your grid. Or, if the game ends and both players are stalled, whoever has the most marbles placed is the winner.

Set up:
Each player takes one tray and 24 marbles, three of each color. Place the marbles in the large empty end of the tray.

Play:
The first player shakes the marble shaker. Both players observe the pattern that the three marbles have landed in on the 3 X 3 grid.  Each player picks up three like-colored marbles, it doesn't matter which color, and places them in that exact pattern anywhere on his tray, in any orientation. Players use three of the same color so that they can keep track of where they have put marbles and to make sure they get the pattern correct. If you used three different colors, you could easily lose track of where you placed what. The next player shakes the marble shaker and the steps are repeated. The more marbles you have on your tray, the harder it will be to fit specific new marble patterns onto it. Try to fit the marbles in such a way that you are not left with spaces that require more than a 3 X 3 grid to fill. The game ends when someone uses all their marbles or when each player takes one turn shaking the shaker and no one has the specific patterns left on their grid to add new marbles. Whoever has the most marbles on the grid when the game ends is the winner. Players will need to be able to visualize the 3 X 3 grid in different orientations to place their marbles.

Try this:

• If a player cannot visualize the 3X3 patterns in different orientations, allow him to turn the shaker in different directions (without disturbing the marbles).
• Throw the shaker once. Using the same sets of three marbles, see how many sets of marbles you can place in that one orientation on your tray.
• Ask the individual to pick up all three marbles before placing. Push one to the fingertips for placement while holding the other two in the palm without dropping. Use this method to place each marble.
• Work on visual discrimination, spatial relations, figure ground, visualization, visual closure, manual dexterity, separation of two sides of hand, in-hand manipulation, critical and analytical thinking, socialization skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation  
  
  In the box: 2 plastic trays, 2 sets of 24 plastic marbles, one marble shaker
   

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