Kanchay

کنچے
Research in progress

This page for Kanchay exists as a structure. Its history, rules, variations and regional names are still being sourced from documented material, and nothing is published here until it can be attributed.

  • oneLiner
  • history
  • rules
  • variations
  • faqs
  • sources
  • safety
  • alsoKnownAs.region
  • quickFacts.currentStatus
  • Regional names to confirm against a source: Bantay

If you have played it, or hold photographs or printed references, contribute what you know.

Kanchay
1

Pull back from the striker to aim, slingshot style.

2

Release to shoot. Longer pull means more power.

3

Knock marbles fully outside the circle to win them.

Arrow keys aim and set power, space fires.

Quick facts

Players
2 or more
Age range
6+
Equipment
glass marbles
Playing area
Flat patch of dirt or street
Category
Street Games
Season
Year-round
Regions
Played Nationwide
Current status
NEEDS SOURCING — describe how widely the game is played today, with a source

Regional context on the main library: Played Nationwide