In addition, the KerPlunk Game to Go features a collapsible tube, making it more portable than the standard version. There are also other versions of it, such as a Toy Story–inspired version that uses a tube shaped like a rocket ship and Little Green Men figures instead of marbles. The current UK version – formerly New KerPlunk, although this was changed upon rebranding from Milton Bradley to Hasbro Gaming-uses a red and green colour scheme, with an additional yellow marble dubbed the golden ball, which can be used for either adding or subtracting five balls from a player's total, or ignored.
The modern US version of the game uses a pink or blue tube rather than the original yellow tube. The game is manufactured and marketed by Hasbro in the UK, and formerly by the Milton Bradley Company, and by Mattel in the USA. The player who accumulates the fewest dropped marbles wins. Once a player has committed themselves to a particular straw by touching it, they must remove it. Players take turns removing a single straw from the tube while trying to minimize the number of marbles that fall through the web and into their trays. Game of physical skill involving marbles and rods in a cylinder The original 1967 British edition of KerPlunkĪt the start of play, the entire tube is rotated so that a hole in the base of the tube is aligned with the active player's tray.
