Marble League 2025: Sunrise

By the time they had trudged up the field, Rapidly was completely covered in sand. At their station was a towel—the team was waiting in the stadium. 

Though other athletes were frantically drying off, Rapidly lazily slung the towel around themself. Sure, they were happy to medal, but silver was no longer a cause for celebration.

SD2024 Memo #2: Sticking Together

While Rosaka had a karaoke bar on every block and street corner, Glidavik had only one, a small place hidden underneath a busy city street mostly popular with students and the occasional Rosakan tourist. A limited offering wasn’t going to stop the Pinkies from celebrating a win in their usual fashion, however, and in theContinue reading “SD2024 Memo #2: Sticking Together”

ML2023 Memo #2: Whether You’ll Weather the Storm

Buses drove the teams out to the Buzznyan Foothills for the Steeplechase. Reaching the inclines that the teams must race down required slow and cautious driving. If many athletes were getting bored, there was one exception: Team Plasma’s Ghosto, fidgeting with a contraption topped off by a weather vane. “Excuse me, but… what is thatContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #2: Whether You’ll Weather the Storm”

ML2022 Memo #9: Block Pushing

The stars had perfectly aligned for Team Galactic. “I didn’t realize that we’d broken the record until we heard all our fans going wild,” commented Pulsar. “But we hit the block with everything we had, and it paid off.” Next to them, Starry looked over the block pushing course and shifted their medal to theContinue reading “ML2022 Memo #9: Block Pushing”

RetRollSpective – Mellow Yellow

Hello and welcome to another RetRollSpective, where we reflect on the history of marble sports teams that have appeared in the tournaments of Jelle’s Marble Runs. This time, we’re going to focus on Mellow Yellow, the champions of Marble League 2021. Read on to find out how this team has kept the competition mellow! PerhapsContinue reading “RetRollSpective – Mellow Yellow”

Marbula One Season 2 / Pre-Marble League 2021 Offseason Moments – Part 4

This is Part 4 of Nordique Whaler’s Offseason Moments series. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 3, click here. Amalanta Mellow Yellow. There was really only one moment that I could think of for this season. I’ll let Greg Woods quote the moment. “What happened there? Yellup is gone!”Continue reading “Marbula One Season 2 / Pre-Marble League 2021 Offseason Moments – Part 4”