<P> Manhunt is a mixture of hide and seek and tag, often played during the night . One person is "it", while the other players have to hide . Then, the person who is "it" tries to find and tag them . The game is over when all players are out . Manhunt is sometimes played in teams . In one variant there is a home base in which a player is safe . That version ends when all players who are not safe are out . </P> <P> In Prisoner's Base, each team starts in a chain, holding hands, with one end of the chain touching the base . The end two players on each team break from the chain and try to tag each other, taking them to their base if they do . The end pair progressively break from the chain and join the tagging . As with Cops and Robbers, prisoners can be freed by tagging them in the base . The game is thought to date back to the Renaissance period, and may be inspired by the act of bride kidnapping . A game of Prisoner's Base was played by members of Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery against a group of Nez Perce . </P> <P> One player is chosen to be Mr Wolf and stands facing away from the other players at the opposite end of the playing field . All players except Mr Wolf chant in unison "What's the time, Mr Wolf?", and Mr Wolf will answer in one of two ways: Mr Wolf may call a time - usually an hour ending in "o'clock". The other players take that many steps towards Mr Wolf . They then ask the question again . Alternatively Mr Wolf may call "Dinner time!", and turn and chase the other players back to their starting point . If Mr Wolf tags a player, that player becomes Mr Wolf for the next round . </P> <P> In Ringolevio, there are two teams . In one version, one team goes off and hides . The other team counts to a number such as 30 and then goes looking for them . In another version, each team has its own "jail", a park bench or other defendable area . The game goes on until all of one team is in jail . In many ways, Ringolevio is similar to Prisoner's Base . </P>

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