The overall aim was to hit a particular marble three times after getting into the hole, then to "run away" before the final contact shot was allowed to be played - which was called "the kill". Once a player made a kill on another marble, if the game was 'for keeps', the player would then get to keep the marble (or 'bunny') they had 'killed'. The format of playing this game was that each time a player successfully hit another player's marble, they were to have another shot - even if it was not the marble they had originally intended to hit.