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This should be the \u2018jail\u2019 on the side of the opposing team.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPlayers can be freed from jail when someone from their own team tags them.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWhen freed from the jail, the player who was jailed puts their hands on the head (to signal they\u2019ve just been freed and shouldn\u2019t be tagged) and walks back to their own team\u2019s base and tags it with their foot. Once the base has been tagged, they can then start playing again and trying to capture the other team\u2019s flag.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPlayers are safe and can\u0027t be captured any time they cross back to their own team\u0027s territory.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EA team wins by capturing the other team\u2019s flag first and taking it safely back to their base.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIf one team jails all the other team\u2019s players, they can also be declared the winners and retrieve the other team\u2019s flag.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIf someone captures the flag, you can decide what happens if they get tagged with it. The person could put it down on the ground where it is, or the team whose flag it is can return it to its original hiding place.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIf someone captures the flag, you can decide if it can be passed or thrown between teammates to get it over to their side to win. 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