Tagg'd -- The New Way To Tagg

Tagg’d is a real-life game of tag where your phone helps keep track of what’s happening, while you do the actual tagging. Create a game, choose an outdoor play area, pick teams, and then put your phone away and start playing. When a Tagger catches a Hider, both players hold the Tagg’d button for five seconds to confirm the tag. Hiders stay hidden on the map, so Taggers have to find them on their own, and the only time a Hider appears on the map is if they leave the play area. Every five minutes, the play area can get smaller, giving everyone a reason to keep moving. Hiders also get a head start before Taggers can tag, with the host choosing how long it lasts. There are three optional power-ups: Blind, which temporarily removes map information; Close In, which moves the next boundary change forward; and Freeze, which temporarily stops everyone from tagging. Hosts can customize the game,…