Where to play Jackaroo online: a JAWNA guide for friends
Play Jackaroo free on JAWNA with friends in a browser, no download. Share a private table link, enjoy voice chat, or use the iPhone and Android app.
Open JAWNADoes Jackaroo suit our group?
JAWNA offers Jackaroo at jawna.app with 2 or 4 players. If you want a game that combines conversation and a challenge, agree on the count and variant first. Use a browser without installing, or check the download page for current mobile options.
Set up before the first move
Open Games and select the game. Create a private table, share its link and check everyone’s seat before starting. To meet new players, choose Quick match. Table voice chat lets you talk during play while following the community rules.
Rules and the result
JAWNA offers Classic and Complex Jackaroo. The rules below describe Complex; in Classic, King only enters a marble, and Five and Ten move your own marble without the extra effects. Teams: the players sitting opposite are partners. In a two-player game you each play one colour, facing each other. Ace or King brings a marble from home onto your base. Ace also moves 1 or 11. King moves 13 and sends home every marble it passes or lands on, your own too. No other card can pass your own marble. Jack swaps one of your marbles with another. 7 moves 7 or splits between two marbles. 4 moves one of your own marbles 4 back. 5 moves any marble forward. 10 moves 10 or makes the next player burn a card. Landing on a marble sends it home. A marble resting on its own base, and the front of two marbles in a row, can’t be passed — only a King breaks a pair. You can’t pass your own marbles. The card must take a marble into its safe zone exactly. You must play a card that can move. If you can’t move, you throw away one card of your choice. Once your four are home you play your partner’s marbles, with every card — even the rest of a split 7. First team with all eight home wins.
What is the best app to play Jackaroo online?
Choose according to your needs: does the player count suit your group, do you prefer the available variant, and do you want browser or mobile play? JAWNA is an option combining friends and voice chat. No one choice suits everyone. Check the detailed game guide before sending invitations.
Game guides
What to consider in Jackaroo
Evaluate the spread of your marbles rather than only the distance of your leading marble. A split Seven can be valuable when it gets one marble home and advances another. Complex gives Five and Ten extra effects that Classic changes, so check the mode before planning around them. Before swapping with a Jack, assess the destination and the next turn. In partnerships, clearing a route for your partner can be stronger than advancing an exposed marble.
Once your four are home you play your partner’s marbles, with every card — even the rest of a split 7. First team with all eight home wins.
Supported sizes are 2 or 4 players. The game page separates the turn rules from the result. Check its rules section if the group disagrees about a move before playing.