Marbles

**Marbles** was the fourth game of the 33rd 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 the winners progressed to the next game, Glass Stepping Stones.

39 players entered the game; 22 died and 17 progressed to the next round. Notable eliminations include Player 199, Player 001 and Player 240.

## 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 10 marbles, the game's objective was to gain the other player's 10 marbles through any game of their choice within the 30 minutes given. 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.

## Players Eliminated

* Player 414
* Mun Jang-ho (002)
* Player 130
* Player 040
* Player 068
* Player 229
* Player 278
* Player 043
* Player 085
* Player 183
* Player 357
* Player 413
* Cho Seung-yon (005)
* Player 122
* Player 276
* Player 158
* Player 089
* Ali Abdul (199)
* Ji-yeong (240)
* Oh Il-nam (001)
* Player 196
* Player 083
* Player 032
* Player 303
* Player 028
* Player 081
* Player 070
* Player 187
* Player 228
* Player 236
* Player 126
* Player 095

## Players Passed

* Player 069
* Player 096
* Player 308
* Player 021
* Player 453
* Player 244
* Player 151
* Player 407
* Jung Min-tae (322)
* Ham Young-nam (360)
* Han Mi-nyeo (212)
* Jang Deok-su (101)
* Do Jung-Soo (017)
* Player 062
* Cho Sang-woo (218)
* Kang Sae-byeok (067)
* Seong Gi-hun (456)

## All Partners

* Player 456 and Player 001 (456 won)
* Player 218 and Player 199 (218 won)
* Player 067 and Player 240 (067 won)
* Player 244 and Player 196 (244 won)
* Player 276 and Player 021 (021 won)
* Player 101 and Player 278 (101 won)
* Player 040 and Player 303 (both lost)
* Player 360 and Player 089 (360 won)
* Player 083 and Player 032 (both lost)
* Player 122 and Player 357 (both lost)
* Player 096 and Player 229 (096 won)
* Player 308 and Player 158 (308 won)
* Player 062 and Player 130 (062 won)
* Player 453 and Player 085 (453 won)
* Player 151 and Player 068 (151 won)
* Player 407 and Player 043 (407 won)
* Player 322 and Player 028 (322 won)
* Player 017 and Player 413 (017 won)
* Player 069 and Player 070 (069 won)
* Player 414 and Player 002 (both lost)
* Player 095 and Player 126 (both lost)
* Player 005 and Player 183 (both lost)
* Player 417 and Player 092? (both lost)
* Player 225 and Player 086 (both lost)
* Player 236 and Player 081 (both lost)

## Players That Did Not Finish In Time

* Player 357 and Player 122
* Player 083 and Player 032

## Trivia

* There is an error where more than 39 people are seen in the episode.
* There was supposed to be a 40th player, Byeong-gi (111), but he was executed for cheating before the game began.
	+ This is the reason Han-Mi nyeo (212) survived this game. Due to the fact there is an odd number of people, she couldn't find a partner and was allowed to pass on to the next game.
* Even though only 17 people made it to Glass Stepping Stones, 27 people died in this game.
* Though it is unconfirmed, it is theorized that the Marbles game is completely survivable for all players involved. While the rules state that a player must obtain all ten of their partner's marbles to win, they do not specify that you have to possess all twenty marbles in play, meaning that if two players simply swapped all their marbles with their partner, they would both be winners.
	+ This is further reinforced by Oh Il-nam (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.

## References

1. ↑ Mi-nyeo did not participate in the game as she was taken away by the staff due to not partnering with anyone