Humanity is crumbling by the minute, and I’m not goin’ down without a fight.
Hear me out: a group of people agrees on, maybe… an abandoned lot/patch of land/park/field that’s close enough to civilization for safety but secluded enough for privacy. Then, we play a tickling game that’ll work like a hybrid of freeze tag/chess/soccer.
Players: Ideally 10 total, two teams of five
2 lees, one on each team
2 lers, one on each team
6 switches, three on each team
Referees to count laugh times and call eliminations, if ya got extra folks.
Time: 15-minute rounds, but adjust to your liking.
Objective: Win the game by avoiding elimination and tickling the feet of the opposing team’s lee. The first team to tickle the feet of the opposing lee wins.
Obstacles: As a switch- if an opposing switch or ler tickles you into ten seconds of laughter, you are eliminated and can no longer pursue the lee.
In the event two switches have each other laughing simultaneously for ten seconds, they both are out.
Should all switches on a ler’s team be eliminated before a lee is tickled, only the ler with no switches left has free reign to cross the ler-line and pursue the opposing lee. In the event all switches are eliminated, both lers have free reign to pursue the opposing lees, and the game goes to the ler who tickles their opposing lee first.
If no lee has been tickled in fifteen minutes, the game goes to the team with the most surviving switches. If the amount of switches is tied, the game can be called a draw.
Lers, even if they’re ticklish and are tickled, cannot be eliminated.
Gameplay:
Establish who’s a ler/switch/lee and split into teams so the roles are as even as possible.
Station a lee on each side to serve as the “goal”. They must remain in place and suffer their ticklish fate should the other team reach them and win.
Station a ler on each side as the “goalie” defending their respective lee. Set a boundary (henceforth referred to as the “ler-line”) that the lers cannot cross unless all switches on their respective teams are eliminated.
Switches begin and play in the center, and may only cross the ler-line of the opposing team. Switches may NOT, at any time, cross their own team’s ler-line to help tickle an opponent nor defend their lee; if an opposing switch manages to get past a defending ler-line, it’s the defending ler’s sole (giggity) responsibility to defend. Switches who cross their own team’s ler-line are disqualified. Opposing switches may NOT physically force a defending switch to cross their own ler-line, or they are disqualified.
Notes from the Creator:
“Giving people free reign to tickle people they don’t know well is… concerning.”
Potentially, yes- as is literally any game that involves touching another person. I like to keep platonic tickling to the five arbitrary spots: neck, pits, belly, ribs, feet. Definitely announce this before gametime and enforce it during, if need be. Also, make edits at will- maybe there’s a rib round. Neck-only round. A pit-off. Get creative!
“What if I’m not that athletic?”
Don’t underestimate yourself- it can easily become a game of smarts over brawns with the right set of people. And, if you don’t cut it athletically, you still get tickled 🤷🏾♂️ win-win, if ya ask me!
“But how am I supposed to play if the gender I prefer to tickle/be tickled by isn’t playing?”
Don’t 😊 and referee/cheer your buddies on, or Do 😊 and have fun anyway! Free country, bub.
“So… consent”
Yes. In this digital age, on whatever app everyone uses, maybe there’s a pre-game rundown of who all’s slated to play, genders, roles, all that laid out beforehand so everyone’s got a chance to know what the deal is and give their consent- IF it’s necessary for the group playing at all. If you’ve got a gang that’s loosey-goosey and down for pretty much any configuration, play ball!
And, if circumstances change come gametime, great- adjust! Propose alternatives, offer solutions, be kind, ya know- like people once did in a distant time.
“Outdoors, yuck”
Yeah, I could see this in a carpeted basement just as well- would have to be a big ass basement, though. Maybe a YMCA lets you use their gym? Good luck explaining it.
If you’re outdoors though, maybe the lees chill out in a car with their feet hanging out of the window.
“You expect me to find 9 other people that willingly leave their house in 2026!?”
Valid. I see this game working, bare minimum, with six people- one of each role on both teams, goin’ at it until a lee gets tickled.
“Recording/Content/Pics or It Didn’t Happen?”
No. Call me ol’ skool, but this feels like a “you were there or you weren’t” type deal- not to mention, people have lives; while this game (at least, in theory) leans much more platonic-kinky than sexual, we know how it can be perceived to a mostly-vanilla Internet, and we don’t know how sensitive some people’s personal/professional lives are to being outed for having a harmless, albeit abnormal hobby. Respect everyone’s privacy and do not record nor photograph anyone in any capacity without their consent.
Who’s in? 😏
Concept and IP feathermarked by @knismoe :: March 21, 2026 🪶
Hear me out: a group of people agrees on, maybe… an abandoned lot/patch of land/park/field that’s close enough to civilization for safety but secluded enough for privacy. Then, we play a tickling game that’ll work like a hybrid of freeze tag/chess/soccer.
Players: Ideally 10 total, two teams of five
2 lees, one on each team
2 lers, one on each team
6 switches, three on each team
Referees to count laugh times and call eliminations, if ya got extra folks.
Time: 15-minute rounds, but adjust to your liking.
Objective: Win the game by avoiding elimination and tickling the feet of the opposing team’s lee. The first team to tickle the feet of the opposing lee wins.
Obstacles: As a switch- if an opposing switch or ler tickles you into ten seconds of laughter, you are eliminated and can no longer pursue the lee.
In the event two switches have each other laughing simultaneously for ten seconds, they both are out.
Should all switches on a ler’s team be eliminated before a lee is tickled, only the ler with no switches left has free reign to cross the ler-line and pursue the opposing lee. In the event all switches are eliminated, both lers have free reign to pursue the opposing lees, and the game goes to the ler who tickles their opposing lee first.
If no lee has been tickled in fifteen minutes, the game goes to the team with the most surviving switches. If the amount of switches is tied, the game can be called a draw.
Lers, even if they’re ticklish and are tickled, cannot be eliminated.
Gameplay:
Establish who’s a ler/switch/lee and split into teams so the roles are as even as possible.
Station a lee on each side to serve as the “goal”. They must remain in place and suffer their ticklish fate should the other team reach them and win.
Station a ler on each side as the “goalie” defending their respective lee. Set a boundary (henceforth referred to as the “ler-line”) that the lers cannot cross unless all switches on their respective teams are eliminated.
Switches begin and play in the center, and may only cross the ler-line of the opposing team. Switches may NOT, at any time, cross their own team’s ler-line to help tickle an opponent nor defend their lee; if an opposing switch manages to get past a defending ler-line, it’s the defending ler’s sole (giggity) responsibility to defend. Switches who cross their own team’s ler-line are disqualified. Opposing switches may NOT physically force a defending switch to cross their own ler-line, or they are disqualified.
Notes from the Creator:
“Giving people free reign to tickle people they don’t know well is… concerning.”
Potentially, yes- as is literally any game that involves touching another person. I like to keep platonic tickling to the five arbitrary spots: neck, pits, belly, ribs, feet. Definitely announce this before gametime and enforce it during, if need be. Also, make edits at will- maybe there’s a rib round. Neck-only round. A pit-off. Get creative!
“What if I’m not that athletic?”
Don’t underestimate yourself- it can easily become a game of smarts over brawns with the right set of people. And, if you don’t cut it athletically, you still get tickled 🤷🏾♂️ win-win, if ya ask me!
“But how am I supposed to play if the gender I prefer to tickle/be tickled by isn’t playing?”
Don’t 😊 and referee/cheer your buddies on, or Do 😊 and have fun anyway! Free country, bub.
“So… consent”
Yes. In this digital age, on whatever app everyone uses, maybe there’s a pre-game rundown of who all’s slated to play, genders, roles, all that laid out beforehand so everyone’s got a chance to know what the deal is and give their consent- IF it’s necessary for the group playing at all. If you’ve got a gang that’s loosey-goosey and down for pretty much any configuration, play ball!
And, if circumstances change come gametime, great- adjust! Propose alternatives, offer solutions, be kind, ya know- like people once did in a distant time.
“Outdoors, yuck”
Yeah, I could see this in a carpeted basement just as well- would have to be a big ass basement, though. Maybe a YMCA lets you use their gym? Good luck explaining it.
If you’re outdoors though, maybe the lees chill out in a car with their feet hanging out of the window.
“You expect me to find 9 other people that willingly leave their house in 2026!?”
Valid. I see this game working, bare minimum, with six people- one of each role on both teams, goin’ at it until a lee gets tickled.
“Recording/Content/Pics or It Didn’t Happen?”
No. Call me ol’ skool, but this feels like a “you were there or you weren’t” type deal- not to mention, people have lives; while this game (at least, in theory) leans much more platonic-kinky than sexual, we know how it can be perceived to a mostly-vanilla Internet, and we don’t know how sensitive some people’s personal/professional lives are to being outed for having a harmless, albeit abnormal hobby. Respect everyone’s privacy and do not record nor photograph anyone in any capacity without their consent.
Who’s in? 😏
Concept and IP feathermarked by @knismoe :: March 21, 2026 🪶
