Chain tag

This is a variant of Tag in which each person to be caught joins hands with “it,” and the chain thus formed must chase the others as a pair. As more people are caught they too join hands with the “it” players, forming a lengthening chain. This variation is also called Blob. Only those at the ends of the chain are able to catch someone, as they are the only ones with a Free hand. A variant has chains of four splitting in two.