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A game easy enough for young kids

Games with kids live or die in the explaining. Past the one-minute mark, half the room has wandered off. This one is a single sentence, and the screen keeps score for you.

Try a round

The whole rule, in one telling

The seeker picks four numbers from 1 to 8. Everyone else hides on one.
If your number is among the four, you are caught. If not, you escaped. That is the entire game.
No adding, no strategy trees, no reading. A child who can count to eight can play.
No adult has to run it — turns, reveals and scores are handled by the screen.

Why it works with children

It is not a reflex game, so slower kids are not at a disadvantage. Turn the timer off and it waits.
A caught kid can explain their own loss — "I picked 6" — which means fewer tears than a random draw.
Adults and kids compete as equals. It runs on hunches, not knowledge, and kids beat grown-ups regularly.
A match is short enough that losing one barely stings before the next begins.

In the classroom

Use it for indoor recess or a class party with zero prep — no board, no paper, no pieces.
On school tablets or lab computers it opens in the browser, so there is nothing to get approved and installed.
One room per table group keeps eight kids playing at once.
Turn choosing presenters or classroom jobs into the game itself — the deciding becomes the activity.
It even feeds a math lesson: four attacks across eight numbers is one-half, so why do some kids dodge so well?

At home with the family

When cousins visit or a nephew is bored, the phones already in the room are the whole setup.
A kid without a phone borrows one — you need one device per player, nothing more.
Grandparents far away can join over a video call and play along.
No accounts means no child’s name, email or phone number is ever entered, and rooms erase themselves after a day.

A gentle way to practise losing

Let kids take turns as the seeker — attacking uses a different kind of thinking than hiding.
Ask a caught kid why they got caught and they end up narrating their own reasoning out loud.
A losing streak can flip in a single round, which makes it good practice for kids who take losses hard.

Frequently asked questions

From what age can kids play?

If they can count to eight, they can play. Six-year-olds get the rule in one telling; older kids pick it up from the screen alone.

Can a child play alone?

Yes — there is a practice mode against the computer, with no account and nobody to talk to. Just the game.

What does a teacher need to prepare?

Nothing. Students open a link in the browser on any school device; with no installs or sign-ups, none of the lesson is lost to setup.

Does it collect anything about my child?

No name, email or phone number is ever asked for. Kids join under a nickname, and room data erases itself 24 hours after the last move.

Is it boring for the adults?

No. It is a game of reading people rather than knowledge or speed, so adults and kids genuinely compete on the same board.