How to Play Manhunt
Manhunt is a large-scale game of hide-and-seek. It can be played in any outdoor area with definable borders, day or night.
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Things You'll Need
- Dark Or Camoflage Clothing
- Running Shoes
- Batteries
- Timers
- Binoculars
- Air Horns
- Flashlights
Instructions
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Setting Up
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Select an area appropriate for the number of players. A quarter of an acre per player is a practical guide.
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Establish boundaries.
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Establish a signal for the hunt to begin - car horn, air horn, or loud yell.
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Choose whether you wish to start with a single hunter or two or three hunters for a large group.
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Choose a time delay for players to hide before the hunt begins.
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Select a method for tagging players. Either the hunter tags players or just calls out their names and hiding places.
Playing the Game
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Give all hunted players a set amount of time to run and hide.
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Signal the start of the hunt.
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Begin searching the area if you are a hunter.
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Become a new hunter if you are found.
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End the game when all hidden players have been found.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep moving instead of hiding in one place.
Don't hide in groups or let others know your hiding spots. Newly tagged hunters will check known hiding places first.
Wear dark or camouflage clothing and good running shoes.
At night, allow the hunter to carry a flashlight and tag people with the flashlight beam.
Avoid hiding inside buildings unless they are open barns or the like.
The last player found becomes the first hunter in the next game.
Avoid dark areas with cliffs, drop-offs, broken glass or traffic.
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What? No executions?
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poppet456
Nov 24, 2010
Manhunt is awesome! me and my friends play EVERY night! i just looked up the proper rules of manhunt to see if the REAL way was better and it was!im very excited to show ALL my friends who play manhunt! -
kuraipuppy
Jun 18, 2010
it is an amazing game. one thing changed we make the first person found the new hunter as like a penalty, the last person found just gets to gloot about it.
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elite1985
Apr 21, 2009
We used to play this game in my suburban neighborhood as a kid. A few variations: we would tackle people to signal them captured
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apexminder
Apr 15, 2009
come to think of it this happened to me when I was a kid. Except the other kids were trying to kick my arse for beating up his little bro, so he got the entire complex of kid to get. I had to sneak back to my house. only to get sent to the store. I manage to get back home safely. But that was really scary though. :I
