Scones, 4 o'clock tea, rainy weather. These are all things you might associate with the wonderful world of the United Kingdom. But Marco-Polo? Students all across her lady's lavish land have been playing equestrian Marco-Polo right on the quad. It all started at Lord Blewhersh's University, where two students, Maximillian Poppindale and Frederick Avamont, began playing the game sort of as a joke.
"It just caught on," says Poppindale. "People thought we were being serious, so they all started to join in. It ended up being pretty cool, I would say." So far, 12 students walking on campus have been trampled by a blind, mounted participant. "We play a dangerous game, those kids should have kept their heads up. Not my fault they were trying to get to class. Or whatever"
After relaying all of this information with our experts here on staff, we have discovered that the game plays a similar role as ultimate frisbee does in the U.S.A. Poppindale went on to say "it's just so convenient, I mean everybody knows how to play, and everybody's got a horse. What better way to kill a few hours between classes?"
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