50th Anniversary Collection

We celebrate our 50th year in business and couldn’t be happier still having our marbles!

We started making quality wooden boards for games from a warehouse in England in 1973. Since then, we’ve been delighting generations of families with timeless products, from marbles and jacks to board games and puzzles, and a headquarters brimming with nostalgic appeal and entertainment for all our many visitors each year. Below you will find the celebratory range of our bestselling games from the last half-century, with special packaging to signify this ‘marbellous’ milestone.

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Mini Board Game – Nine Man’s Morris

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Mini Wooden Board Game – Knights

£9.99 Add to basket
Wooden Chess & Draughts Set

£39.99 Add to basket
Mini Wooden Triangle Marble Solitaire

£9.99 Add to basket
Toppling Tower Wooden Puzzle

£6.99 Add to basket
Wooden Shut The Box Game

£8.99 Add to basket
Standard Marble Solitaire

£29.99 Add to basket
Tower of Hanoi Past Time Wooden Puzzle

£6.99 Add to basket
Wooden Chess Set

£29.99 Add to basket
Mini Board Game – Noughts and Crosses

£9.99 Add to basket
Wooden Dominoes in a Box

£7.99 Add to basket
Wooden Jericho

£8.99 Add to basket

Lost your paper instructions?

Not only do we supply some of the best traditional games. We know how frustrating it can be to lose the paper instructions, but with our website, you’ll never have to worry about that again. Visit our puzzle solutions page to find all the information you need in one convenient location. Whether you’re looking for the solution to a challenging puzzle or need to refresh your memory on how to play one of our games, you can find all the solutions here.

History of House of Marbles

Back in 1973, we produced wooden game boards from a warehouse based in Chudleigh (a quaint Devonshire village) for several years. With increasing sales and an ever-growing business, we faced new challenges due to the popularity of our handcrafted products. One of our original products, the wooden marble solitaire board, was in such demand that we needed to source more marbles (each set has 33 marbles). Not the most significant issue by today’s standards, but who would want to buy a marble solitaire board when the main component parts were scarcely available? Realising a gap in the market and presenting a solution for this adverse situation, the decision was made. It was time to start making marbles! In 1981 we created a glassworks studio to fulfil this need, and so, out of a relatively minor (but rather essential) issue, two companies emerged from the figurative flames: House of Marbles and Teign Valley Glass.

Although Teign Valley Glass was first set up to make specialist handmade marbles for board games, the team had the skills and glass-creating knowledge to make more than just that. As Teign Valley Glass developed and grew, it became a separate business enterprise and glass-making studio you will find today. You can visit us in Bovey Tracey, Devon, where we are now based (in The Old Pottery heritage buildings) and see our glassblowers and sculptors live in action. You will also be able to view their current glassware collection, including vases, sculptures and figurines, to name a few types. You can also discover some of their unique products directly from our website here!

Alongside the stunningly handmade marbles made at our visitor’s site, we have a wide selection from other makers from across the globe. You can view our Collector’s Marbles range, including some makers such as Hot House Glass and Kevin O’Grady

Mini Board Game – Nine Man’s Morris

Mini Wooden Board Game – Knights

Wooden Chess & Draughts Set

Mini Wooden Triangle Marble Solitaire

Toppling Tower Wooden Puzzle

Wooden Shut The Box Game

Standard Marble Solitaire

Tower of Hanoi Past Time Wooden Puzzle

Wooden Chess Set

Mini Board Game – Noughts and Crosses

Wooden Dominoes in a Box

Wooden Jericho

Lost your paper instructions?

To View Our Puzzle and Game Instructions

History of House of Marbles