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For other meanings, see Marco Polo (disambiguation)
Marco Polo
Players 3 or more
Setup time < 1 minute
Playing time no limit
Random chance Low
Skills required Swimming, Slyness, Hearing

The game of Marco Polo is a form of tag, often played in a swimming pool. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool Tag (also known as it, had, he, tips, tig, touch, tiggy, tick, dobby, chasing A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or The game is popular in the United States, Argentina, Canada, Paraguay, Spain, Brazil, in areas of the United Kingdom and possibly in other parts of the world. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

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Origins

Unknown.

Rules

The game is played by three or more people. At any time there is one distinguished player, "It", who must usually wait a certain number of seconds before swimming around the pool with his or her eyes closed, attempting to tag the other players. Tag (also known as it, had, he, tips, tig, touch, tiggy, tick, dobby, chasing Hide and seek (abbreviated HandS, sometimes also called hide and go seek) is a variant of the game tag, in which one or more players search for the other Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance The "It" player can only sense where the other players are by sound, but may call out "Marco!", at which point all the other players are required to yell "Polo!". When the "It" player succeeds in tagging another player, the latter becomes "It". It may also be played out of water and has the same rules


There are a few common minor variations. Fish-out-of-water allows the non-It players to get out of the pool (thus protecting themselves from being tagged by the water-bound "It"), however, should "It" call "fish out of water" while someone is out of the pool, that person becomes "It". If there is more than one person out of the water, the person who is "It" has the choice of picking anyone out of water to become "It". If "It" should call fish-out-of-water when nobody is out of the pool, "It" must redo the beforehand count.

"Mermaid on rocks" is a variant itself of fish-out-of-water. This is when a person is sitting on the ledge of the pool with their legs in but their body is out. When the "it" person calls "mermaid on rocks", and someone is doing this, they are it.

Alligator Eyes allows "It" to call out "alligator eyes" or "submarine" and then swim underwater with eyes open for one breath. Usually, "It" is limited to one use of alligator eyes. Other variations on this rule allow "It" to look around underwater but not to move until he or she is above water with eyes closed once again.

Variations

There are many variants to this game. It may be played on dry ground; in that case, it is similar to "blind man's bluff". Blind man's bluff or Blind man's buff is a Children's game played in a spacious area such as outdoors or in a large room in which one player designated as "It"

In Argentine Marco Polo, the one who is "It" has to grab the tagged one and say his name out loud. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. If said correctly, the tagged one becomes "It". If not, the player who is "It" has to start again.

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See also

Hide and seek (abbreviated HandS, sometimes also called hide and go seek) is a variant of the game tag, in which one or more players search for the other
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