jackaroom
How to play
Play a card, move your marbles, and reach your home lane. Opposite colors are teammates.
Card rules & turns
- Ace / King
- Bring a marble out, or move 1 or 11 with an Ace and 13 with a King.
- 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 / Queen
- Move forward by the card’s number. A Queen moves 12.
- 4
- Move your marble backward four spaces.
- 5
- Move an unprotected marble forward five. Only your own marble can enter home this way.
- 7
- Move one marble seven, or split the seven steps between two marbles.
- 10
- Move ten spaces or skip the next player.
- Jack
- Swap one of your unprotected track marbles with another player’s unprotected track marble.
- Home & protection
- Enter home without overshooting or landing on your own marble. Marbles in base, home, or on their own starting space are protected.
- Burning cards
- The game offers a single-card burn when allowed; otherwise an unplayable hand is burned automatically.
- Slow turns
- After 30 seconds, all three other players can vote to skip the current turn.
What is Jackaroo?
Jackaroo is a popular game among friends across the Middle East, bringing people together around a board for cards, teamwork, and friendly competition.
I created Jackaroom to share that experience online and bring the game to a wider global audience—whether you grew up playing it or are discovering it for the first time.
FAQ & patch notes
Are you adding boards for more players?
Yes! Six- and eight-player versions of the board are being worked on.
Will there be cosmetics for boards and marbles?
Yes, board and marble cosmetics are planned, but they’ll take a little while to arrive.