Tag (also known as it,tig, tips, touch, tiggy, tick, dobby, chasing, chasemaster, chasey, Cops and Robbers, and other names) is an informal playground game that involves one or more players attempting to "tag" other players by touching them with an object, usually their hands. Played throughout the world, tag is inherently simple — most forms require neither teams, nor scores, nor sports equipment such as balls — but it may be made more complex with various rule modifications. Both these aspects make tag a popular game among children, and it is often played in informal areas such as playgrounds or backyards.

Many forms of tag include additional rules regarding whether another player is eligible as a target. Thus a "no tag-backs" rule prevents a player from tagging the person who has just tagged him. Other things that render a player to be ineligible as a target is when the player is on or in a pre-determined safe zone (glue) "off the ground", "touching a particular structure", etc.

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