Swasi: how to pick the first tagger

Every game of tag starts with the same argument: who is it? Tikkertje settles that with Swasi, a game you play together on one phone. It takes no skill at all, only a steady finger.

How it works

• You gather around the host's phone.
• Everyone puts a finger on the screen and gets their own colour.
• Hold still for five seconds. Lift a finger and the count starts again.
• The server draws one colour.
• The host confirms whose finger that was. There is no second draw.

Why the host has to confirm

On one phone, the app knows which colour won but not whose finger it was. So the host picks the right player from the list. That way the owner of the phone does not become the tagger by accident.

And then?

Only once the tagger is settled does the host start the game and the clock. From then on the role passes by tagging, or through the wrong half. The tagger is also the only one who sees others on the map, which makes the draw the most exciting minute of the day.

Try it yourself on the features page, or read how to set up the rest of the game.