Once a player was able to land their marble within the hole, they would immediately then fire his marble at their opponents' marbles. However, if any player hit another player's marble before their own marble had been to 'visit' the bunny hole, the act would be referred to as "a kiss"; the game would be over, and all or both players (in the case of two players only) would have to retreat back to the starting line to restart the game, without result. This could be frustrating if a player had already built up quite a few hits on another player's marble, so most skilled players did not resort to this kind of tactic.