Tag is a popular game which is played globally. Children widely play it in school campus and parks. The name has arrived from the acronym of "Touch and Go". The player chases other players and touches them to signify a tag.
The game has various names in different regions such as in Romania, it is known as Leapsa, and in Modern Greece, it is known by the name kynigito.
It's widely regarded as tig, it, tips, chasey, etc. The sport requires various skills such as speedrunning, hiding, ditching and stalking.
The objective of the sport is relatively straightforward where the chaser is required to touch other players to make them out by tagging them. After tagging a person, the chaser or tagger (it) is required to say "Tag you are it!" and the last one who is tagged becomes the chaser (it) for the next round.
After a few successful tags, the original chaser gets the help of other tagged players to catch the remaining players. This may be done by linking each other's hand in a chain system to catch the rest of the participants.
The first record of the game was found in Ostrakinda written by a Greek writer known as Julius Pollux in the second century. Generally, two teams participate in this game. Both the teams are required to stand on a marked line either side before beginning the game. The game starts after a shell's spun on the ground or a toss in the air deciding which team will be the chaser.
In other versions, the chaser turns his/her back, and the rest of the participants follow a short distance by humming a chant or ask, "What's the time, Mr. Bear?"
After this session, the chaser can turn in suspense and shout any word or a phrase such as 'Dinner Time' and then try luck in catching the fellow participants.
In this version of the game, the players avoid the "it" by stepping on another player's footprint.
,It's a similar sport to blind man's bluff, but in Marco Polo, it is played inside a swimming pool. The game is played via sound localization where the "it" player shouts 'Marco' at regular intervals responding to which the other players have to shout 'Polo' and the chaser guess and try to tag them. The tagged player eventually becomes the new "it" for the next round.
,The objective of the sport is relatively straightforward where the chaser is required to touch other players to make them out by tagging them. After tagging a person, the chaser or tagger (it) is required to say "Tag you are it!" and the last one who is tagged becomes the chaser (it) for the next round.
After a few successful tags, the original chaser gets the help of other tagged players to catch the remaining players. This may be done by linking each other's hand in a chain system to catch the rest of the participants.
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