Traditional Indian street game
Goli (Marbles)
Goli is the marble game of Indian streets: a ring scratched in the dirt, a handful of glass marbles and a shooter flicked from the fingertips. It needs nothing more than flat ground, a few marbles and a steady finger.
Play Goli free on Google PlayHow it's played on the street
Draw a ring in the dirt or in chalk, and a throwing line a few steps away.
Each player puts the same agreed number of marbles inside the ring.
To set the order, everyone tosses a marble from the line toward the ring. The closest goes first.
Shoot from outside the ring: hold your shooter against one finger, bend that finger back with the other hand like a catapult, and let go.
Every marble you knock out of the ring is yours, and you keep shooting as long as you hit one.
Miss, and the turn passes. When the ring is empty, the player with the most marbles wins.
Other names
- Kanche Hindi
- Goti
- Marbles English
How it plays in Vilayo
Flick your shooter and knock the marbles out of the chalk ring. Like every game in Vilayo, it is built in real 3D, and the touch controls do what your hands would do on the street.
Levels are short, and each one gives up to three stars. Easy, Medium and Hard tiers bring new grounds and harder challenges, and the whole game plays offline.
Questions about Goli
How many people can play Goli?
Two or more. Street games often have four to six players round one ring, each with their own shooter.
What is the shooter?
The marble you flick. Most players keep a favourite one, often a little bigger or heavier, and never put it in the ring.
Can I play Goli on my phone?
Yes. Goli is one of the 12 games in Vilayo, free on Android. It plays offline, in English, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada.
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