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HIDE × RESCUE

Kick the Can

Hide-and-seek gains a jailbreak button in the middle of the field.Classics & remixes · JoyRiders rules edition
classic gamehidingchaserescuestrategy
PLAYERSgroup
TIME8–35 min
ENERGYhigh
PLACEoutdoors
SETUP2 min
COMMUNITYNot yet rated

HOW TO PLAY

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YOU’LL NEEDOne empty can, plastic bottle, or kickable ball
  1. 1Mark the boundaries, a visible home-base spot for the can, and a nearby jail. Choose one player to be It.
  2. 2A hider kicks the can away from base. It retrieves it, places it back on the base spot, closes their eyes, and counts while everyone hides.
  3. 3It searches. To capture a visible hider, It returns to the can, touches it, and clearly calls that player’s name and hiding place; the captured player goes to jail.
  4. 4Any uncaptured hider may sprint to base and kick the can away before It completes a capture. That kick frees everyone in jail; It retrieves and replaces the can while the freed players hide again.
  5. 5The round ends when It has captured everyone at once. The first captured player becomes It for the next round.

REMIX THE RULES

Complete twists.

One-prisoner jailbreakA successful kick releases only the person who has waited in jail the longest, rather than the entire jail. Everyone pauses while It retrieves and replaces the can; during that reset, the released player gets an untagged walk to the boundary and hides again. Play then resumes. It wins by capturing everyone at once, and the first person captured becomes It for the next round.
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