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Blind man's buff

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Blind Man's Buff is a children's game played in an enclosed area, such as a large room, in which one player, designated as It, is either blindfolded or closes his or her eyes. The It player gropes around blindly and attempts to touch the other players without being able to see them, while the other players scatter and try to avoid and hide from the It player.

There are several versions of the game:

  • In one version, the first player tagged by It then becomes It, and another round of the game is played.
  • In another version, whenever any player is tagged by It, that player is out of the game. The game proceeds until all players are out of the game, at which point another round of the game starts, with either the first player or the last player to be tagged becoming the next It player.
  • In yet another version, It feels the face of the person tagged and attempts to identify the person, and only if the person is correctly identified does the person become It.

A children's game similar to Blind Man's Buff is Marco Polo.