Stomple

Stomple - As easy as roll, stomp and trap.

Stomple is not like any other game I own, or have seen. Every once in a while I see a game on Amazon that is pretty cheap for them (this one was $6). Prices can really vary on Amazon over time. For instance I just went and checked the price of this game and it is now listed at $30 and selling for $15. So you can't really trust the listed prices either because they vary also and you might not be getting the deal that you think you are.

I like games with different kinds of hand tools, so I went ahead and purchased this one. The hand tool (stomper) is made of wood and has an embedded marble on the top of it. There are six different marble colors and there are six stompers, each with a different colored marble on the top. The bottom, the part you stomp with, is a narrower piece carved out on the bottom and that is the part you use to push marbles through the board with.

WARNING: Marbles may look like candy to some. Monitor for safety. 

The board base is made of wood and the white piece you see in the image above is hard plastic and removable. Marbles will sit on top of the holes, but will only fall through if you push them through with the stomper.

The plastic marbles are a little smaller than your "typical" marble and they come in six colors. 

Object: 

The player with the last stomper on the board at the end of a game wins point. Play several rounds and the person with the most points is the winner.

Set up:

Lift the white piece off the top of the game and take the bag of marbles out. Take the stomper pieces out of the bag and then dump the marbles onto the top of the white piece. Each marble should come to rest on one hole. Tilt the tray if some marbles need a little push. Place the white piece with the marbles back onto the wooden base. Place the six stompers into the bag. Each player reaches in without looking and pulls out one stomper to use during the game. Set any extra stompers and bag off to the side, they will not be used.

 

Play:

Players take turns. On your first turn stomp out any marble on the border. You do not have to stomp out a marble of a matching color to your stomper. At the end of every turn you will leave your stomper sitting in the board where you stomped. On your second and following turns you must do one of the following:

• Stomp an adjacent marble
• Move to and stomp any adjacent marble of any color, horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
• Hop and stomp. Stomp any adjacent marble of your color, and then keep stomping an adjacent marble to any marble you stomp. You can stomp several marbles this way and you must keep going as long as there are adjacent marbles of your color. But remember, the goal is not to stomp the most marbles, but be the last stomper standing.
• Hop and stomp any marble on the board that matches the color on your stomper
• Instead of stomping an adjacent marble, you can choose to hop to any space on the board with a marble of your color and stomp that one marble. Your turn is now over.

If you can't stomp a marble at the beginning of your turn, you are out of the game, remove your stomper. Last stomper standing is the winner. Points are scored. Play multiple rounds (number determined before starting) and the person with the most points at the end is the winner.

  

Try this:

• Skip the game, just play with the pieces. Randomly place the pieces on the board, then call out one color at a time as the player pushes all of that color marble in. 
• Make a pattern using different color marbles. Ask the player to either copy your pattern or to continue your pattern. 
• Use the marbles and make a symmetrical design on the white board. Hold several marbles in your hand and push them to your fingertips, one at a time, for placement. 
• Skip the game. Randomly place the marbles on the board. Use one stomper at a time and push down all the matching color marbles. Time yourself. Grab another stomper and push down all of those colored marbles and time yourself, try to go a little faster. Play until all the marbles have been pushed through. Were you able to increase your speed as you went?
• Work on visual discrimination, figure ground, manual dexterity, tool use, separation of hand, process skills, socialization skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: Game board, storage tray, 48 marbles, 6 stomper movers, 1 stomper storage pouch

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