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Petak Jongkok (Indonesian Crouching Tag)

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PLAYERS
4+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Outdoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Choose one player to be the tagger while everyone else spreads out across the play area.

2

Runners can become briefly safe from tagging by crouching down low to the ground at any moment.

3

A crouching player cannot be tagged, but also cannot stay down too long before having to stand and move again.

4

The tagger tries to tag any runner who is standing and moving between crouch positions.

5

A tagged player becomes the new tagger, and the previous tagger joins the runners.

6

Play continues freely with players darting between crouches and open running until the group decides to stop.