🧠 Marble Solitaire—also known as Peg Solitaire—is a classic solo puzzle game that blends strategy with simplicity. Here's how it works:

🎯 Objective

Remove all marbles from the board except one, ideally ending with the final marble in the center hole.

🛠️ Setup

• Use a board with shallow cups arranged in a cross or circle pattern.

• Place a marble in every hole except the center, which starts empty.

📏 Rules of Play

• ✅ Jumping: Move one marble over an adjacent marble into an empty hole directly beyond it.

  • Jumps must be horizontal or vertical—no diagonal moves.

• 🗑️ Removing: The marble that was jumped over is removed from the board.

• 🔁 Repeat: Continue jumping and removing marbles until no valid moves remain.

• 🏁 Winning: You win if only one marble remains, ideally in the center hole.

🧩 Strategy Tips

• Work from the outside in to avoid stranded marbles on the edges.

• Try to clear one quadrant at a time to maintain control.

• Avoid leaving isolated marbles with no adjacent pieces to jump over.