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Play a Hunted-style chase game with friends

Shows like Hunted and YouTube chase formats such as the Dutch Jachtseizoen have something everyone wants to feel: being hunted in an ordinary city. Playing it yourself with friends works well, if you get a few things right. You do not need a camera crew, but you do need fair rules.

What to borrow from those formats

  • A clear playing area with a hard border.
  • A hunter who knows more than the runners, but not everything.
  • A clock that visibly runs down.
  • A reason to keep moving, instead of hiding for hours.

The problem with sharing live locations

Many groups share their location through a map app and agree that the hunter may only look now and then. That almost always goes wrong: someone looks anyway, or forgets to switch sharing on. Tikkertje solves it with the role. Only the tagger sees positions, and as soon as the role passes on, they disappear from their screen. More in why only the tagger can see you.

Why everyone needs a goal too

In a pure chase game, whoever hides well can stand in a doorway all day. That is boring. So give the runners something to win: in Tikkertje you conquer neighbourhoods with missions, and taking an area from someone else takes a point from them. Whoever gets caught becomes the hunter.

A finale that comes by itself

Just like on TV, the playing field gets smaller. Plan closures per district and set a deadline on the wrong half: whoever is still there becomes the tagger. That way every game ends with a real chase. Want to try it first? Play a mini round on the home page, or read the rules of tag first.

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