Police and Thief
Also known as Policeman and Thief, 3'askar w Harameya
A team chase game where police must capture all thieves and lock them in a pretend jail.
How to play
Players divide into two groups: police and thieves.
The thieves agree on a 'home base', a spot where they cannot be arrested.
The police agree on a 'jail' spot.
When the game starts, thieves run freely while police chase and tag them.
A tagged thief is escorted to jail and must stay there.
Thieves in jail can be freed if an untagged thief runs in and tags them without being caught themselves.
Police win when all thieves are jailed simultaneously; thieves win if they can keep at least one player free until police give up.
Keep it fair
A police player cannot guard the jail, if they stand within two steps of jail, any thief tag in jail counts as a free rescue automatically.
