Marbles

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Marbles

Arena
Lobby

Attendance:

38^[1]

Player statistics
Passed:	Eliminated:
17	22

Game Information

Game No.

4

Teams?

Yes (groups of 2)

Appears in:

"Gganbu"
"VIPS" (aftermath)

Money count

Money won from game:

₩2.2 billion

Total money:

₩43.9 billion

Continuation
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Tug of War	Glass Stepping Stones

It's marbles. Old man, we're gonna be playing with these.

Seong Gi-hun to Oh Il-nam in "Gganbu"

Marbles (구슬치기 Guseulchigi) was the fourth game of the 33^rd Squid Game held in 2020. The game involved players choosing one partner with whom they would play a marble game of their choice, with the losers eliminated, and winners progressing.

38 players (excluding Player 212) participated in this game. 22 players (around 57.9%) were eliminated and 16 players (around 42.1%) progressed to the next round. At this point in the competition, 439 players in total were eliminated.

Notable eliminations include Player 001, Player 040, Player 070, Player 196, Player 199, Player 240, Player 276, Player 278, and Player 303.

This game took place on June 28, 2020.

Game Information[]

The rules of the game are as follows: "Using your set of ten marbles, play the game of your choice with your partner. The player who manages to take all ten marbles from their partner wins."

Prior to knowing what the game would be, the players had to team up with someone. Afterwards, it was revealed they had to compete against each other.

They were each given a bag with ten Marbles, the game's objective was to gain the other player's ten marbles through any game of their choice within thirty minutes. The player who collected all ten of their partner's marbles won the game, and were escorted out of the game room. The players who had lost their marbles, or failed to complete the game before the time ran out were eliminated.

Though partners used a game where they throw their marbles, and if it lands in the hole or wall, they would pass, while the losers fail, some losers also fail on purpose to sacrifice themselves.

Players eliminated[]

Players passed[]

Do Jung-soo (Player 017)
Player 021
Player 062
Kang Sae-byeok (Player 067)
Player 069
Player 096
Jang Deok-su (Player 101)
Player 151
Han Mi-nyeo (Player 212) (did not compete)^[1]
Cho Sang-woo (Player 218)
Player 244
Player 308
Jung Min-tae (Player 322)
Player 360
Player 407
Player 453
Seong Gi-hun (Player 456)

Mistakes[]

There are certain players present during Marbles who were known to have been eliminated before that, and them appearing were just extras.

Players who weren't shown in any Tug of War team, but appear in Marbles[]

Players who were shown in erronous Tug of War teams and appear in Marbles[]

Players who were shown in erronous Tug of War teams, but didn't appear in Marbles[]

All partners[]

Marbles Pairs
Order Finished	Winning Player	Losing Player	Sub-Game Played (if known)^[2]
N/A	Player 212	N/A	Did not find a partner due to odd number of players.
?	Player 360	Player 115
1st	Player 062	Player 130
2nd	Player 303 (later eliminated for cheating)	Player 040
3rd	Player 151	Player 068
4th	Player 096	Player 229
5th	Player 101	Player 278	Odd or Even / Dig a Hole. After 278 won Odd or Even a few times, Deok-su (101) requested to change the game to Dig a Hole as doing so is only "fair". In the end, Deok-su ran out of marbles, but 278's last marble knocked one of Deok-su's marbles into the hole, allowing him to collect all 20 marbles.
6th	Player 407	Player 043
7th	Player 453	Player 085
8th	Player 021	Player 276
9th	Player 244	Player 196	Something involving throwing at a group of marbles. May be "Hit the Marbles Out".
10th	Player 308	Player 158
11st	Player 069	Player 070
12nd	Player 218	Player 199	Odd or Even. Ali (199) repeatedly won until Sang-woo (218) had only 1 marble left. At this point, Sang-woo convinced Ali to go search for other teams, and he created a strap for Ali's marble pouch, but discreetly stole Ali's marbles in the process. Sang-woo was awarded the win as he obtained all 20 marbles without violence.
13rd	Player 067	Player 240	Throwing a marble close to a wall. Sae-byeok (067) made a reasonable throw, but Ji-yeong (240) just dropped hers on the ground, having realized that Sae-byeok has a better reason than her to survive the game.
14th	Player 322	Player 028
15th	Player 017	Player 413
16th	Player 456	Player 001	Odd or Even. Il-nam (001) repeatedly won until Gi-hun (456) had only 1 marble left. Then, Gi-hun exploited Il-nam's dementia to win back his marbles until Il-nam had only 1 left. At this point, Il-nam revealed he was aware of Gi-hun's deception all along, but gave up his last marble anyways, saying they are "gganbu" who share everything.

Marbles Pairs that both died
Order Finished	Losing Player	Losing Player
N/A	Player 357	Player 122
N/A	Player 083	Player 032

Erroneous[]

Mistakes[]

While Player 040 and Player 303 are shown partnered up before the fourth game and walking together to their assigned spot, Player 040 is later seen playing and losing against Player 126, 126 and 303 are never seen again after the game ends.
Player 081 is seen walking with 017 to Marbles game area.
Players 407 and 043 were partnered in marbles, and 043 was announced eliminated, but he was seen later playing with Player 413.
There is an error where more than 39 people are seen in the episode and it seems that over 60 players survived Tug of War and passed to this game.
There is a large amount of added players who were already eliminated. The real eliminations are Oh Il-nam, Ji-yeong, Ali Abdul, Player 196, Player 276, Player 278, Player 040, Player 303, Player 083, Player 032, Player 122, Player 357, Player 130, Player 229, Player 413, Player 028, Player 043, Player 070, Player 085, Player 068, Player 158 and Player 115. All others either passed marbles, or were inconsistencies.

Trivia[]

There was supposed to be a 40th player, Byeong-gi (Player 111), but he was executed for cheating before the game began.
- This is the reason Han Mi-nyeo (Player 212) survived without playing this game, since there is an odd number of people and she couldn't find a partner and was allowed to pass on to the next game.
Though it is unconfirmed, the Marbles game is completely impossible for all players to win easily, while the rules state that a player must obtain all ten of their partner's marbles to win.
This is further reinforced by Oh Il-nam (Player 001) mentioning the concept of gganbu, alluding to the possibility that all players could survive if they shared their marbles, as true gganbu would do. Il-nam and Gi-hun swapping their jackets before the game was also likely a hint to this fact.
Within the credits of the episode containing this game, not every player is credited, rather only Gi-hun's team, Deok-su's team, the semi-finalists, and Player 069 & Player 070,
This game is the only game which is unnamed (as the speaker never mentioned the name when announcing the rules). It is assumed as "Marbles" since the players play with them.
Players 067-070 have the longest consecutive number of players, as they have four consecutive numbers.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mi-nyeo did not participate in the game as she was taken away by the staff due to not partnering with anyone.
↑ Refer to this article for the names and rules of some sub-games.

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mi-nyeo did not participate in the game as she was taken away by the staff due to not partnering with anyone.

[2] Refer to this article for the names and rules of some sub-games.

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