Kho-Kho

Kho-Kho is one of the oldest chasing games in South Asia, and this is it on a phone: one chaser, three runners, a line of seated team-mates, and seven stages that get faster every time you clear one. HOW IT PLAYS Drag anywhere and the active chaser follows your finger. Run into a runner to catch them — catch all three and the stage is yours. Run into a seated team-mate instead and the kho passes: they jump up, you sit down, and the chase carries on from where they were facing. That hand-off is the whole game, and learning when to use it is what separates a scramble from a plan. THE RULES THAT BITE You may not touch the yellow centre line between the poles. Four touches and the runners win the stage. You may cross around either end pole — the free zones — so the lane becomes a problem to solve rather than a corridor to sprint down. SEVEN STAGES Each one is quicker than the last. There is…