Tightrope: A Balance & Blocking Strategy Game
Tightrope: A Balance & Blocking Strategy Game Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 4 marble cups
- 24 pegs
- 20 stretchy silicone bands
- 64 small marbles (in blue, green, gold and red)
- 4 big marbles
- 1 game board
Object
Be the first to balance all your marbles on the high wire stretchy bands.
Set Up
Each player takes 5 pegs and 3 stretchy bands. Starting with the youngest player, everyone takes turns placing their pegs randomly into the board.
(If there are three players, take 6 pegs and 4 bands each; if two players, take 7 pegs and 5 bands each.)
Moving clockwise, everyone stretches their bands around three or more pegs, creating a web suspended over the board. Place them strategically, without leaving large gaps.
Finally, each player takes all the marbles of one color into their cup.
Game Play
On their turn, each player balances one marble onto the stretchy bands. Marbles may be placed anywhere on the web, such as against pegs, against other marbles, or even on top of other marbles.
Large marbles can be placed at any time, but they should be used strategically to fill gaps too large for the smaller marbles.
On their turn, if a player drops a marble or causes other marbles to fall off, they must take those marbles into their cup and play them on future turns, even if the marbles are not their color.
If a big marble is knocked off, it is returned to the box and can't be played again.
End of Game
The first player to place all their marbles is the winner! Any remaining players will finish the round, and if anyone else also places their last marble on the last turn, the game is officially a tie.
Note: If a player thinks there are no safe spots to put a marble, they can pass their turn. If all players pass, the game is over, and the player with the fewest remaining marbles wins.
More Ways to Play
Finishing Big
Played the same as a typical game of Tightrope, except you must use your big marble last.
High Score
Keep track of points to add another level of strategy! Add 1 point for each marble placed, subtract 1 point for each marble knocked off. Total up the points at the end to see who was the Tightrope champion!