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Increase Pound

In most respect resembles Ring taw, the variations being, that if before a marble is shot out of the ring one player's taw is struck by another's (excepting his partner's), or if his taw remains within the ring, he puts a shot in the pound, continues in the game, and shoots again from the offing before any of his companions. If his taw is struck after one or more marbles have been driven out of the ring, if he has taken any shots himself, he gives them to the player who struck him, puts a taw in the ring, and shoots from the offing, as before. If, however, he has not won any marbles during the game, before his taw is struck, he is "killed" and put out of the game; he is likewise out if, after any shots have been struck out, his taw gets within the pound--if it remains on the line it is nothing. He then puts the marbles (if he has won any) into the circle, adding one to them for the taw struck, and shoots again from the offing. In case he cannot gain any shots after his taw gets "fat," as remaining in the ring is termed, he is killed, and out for the rest of the game. When only one marble remains in the ring, the taw may continue inside it without being "fat." Each player seldom puts more than one marble in the ring at the beginning of a game.