Manhunt refers to a number of variations of the game of
tag. The goal is to avoid being tagged by anyone designated as "it" or (for those already "it") to tag anyone who has not been tagged. It is played in the dark.
[Alana Wilcox, Christina Palassio, Jonny Dovercourt. The state of the arts: living with culture in Toronto. Coach House Books, 2005, p. 117.] Some variations include
teams and point scoring. In some variants flashlights are used. Other variants on manhunt include Takedown manhunt and Buildup Manhunt. In the Takedown manhunt version the player tagged "IT" will need to bring the player down to the ground often with force in order for it to be counted as a tag. In the Build up variant, the game starts as any normal game, but instead of players who have been captured waiting out the game they will join the hunter and also become "it" themselves.
See also
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Ringolevio
Ringolevio (also spelled ringalevio or ring-a-levio) is a children's game which originated in the streets of New York City, where it is known to have been played at least as far back as the late 19th century. It is one of the many variations of t ...
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Wide Game
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Street games
Pervasive games
Tag variants