Hiding Rules

Hiding Rules

Valid Hiding Zones

Valid hiding zones include all train stations (S-Bahn, RE, IR, IRE, IC, EC, EXT) within the ZVV zone (the white area of the map).

• The S18, despite its tram-like appearance, counts as a train station for this game.
• The physical hiding zone extends 500 meters in every direction around the chosen station.

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Final Hiding Locations

Your final spot must be reachable from the train station without leaving and reentering your 500m zone.

Outside Hiding

• Permitted on all public property and free, publicly accessible private property (the public access must be completely clear).
• Hiders may not lie down; you must either sit or stand.
• It has to be within 5 meters of a path/road (not counting height difference) that is marked on google maps and within your zone.
• Forbidden Terrain: Under water, in the canalisation (sewers), in caves, or on roofs (unless the roof is explicitly accessible via a public path or staircase).
• You must hide in a spot where the seekers would not need to walk more than 10m from a marked path to be able to clearly spot you. This boils down to hiding behind a bush is fine, hiding under one is not.
• It must be a spot where photo of the widest street does not give a null answer.
• You must hide in a spot where the seekers would not need to walk more than 10m from a marked path to be able to clearly spot you. This boils down to hiding behind a bush is fine, hiding under one is not.

Inside Hiding

Hiding inside buildings is allowed only if the space is free to enter, open for the foreseeable duration of the game, does not pose a comfort issue for seekers staying multiple hours, and falls under this strict list:

• Allowed: Public buildings (libraries—do not disturb people), malls (public corridors only, not inside individual businesses), and transport stations.
• Prohibited: Cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, stores of any kind, public toilets, parking garages (people have been kicked out before) and cinemas.
• Note: When inside an allowed building, the Outside Hiding rules do not apply, but the entire route to get there must be publicly accessible during game hours.

Out-of-Bounds Emergency: If you are in a prohibited spot (like a shop or cafe) when the Endgame is triggered, you must immediately walk to the exit of that business and hide right there.

The Endgame

The Endgame is triggered the moment the seekers enter the hiders’ zone and exit the physical station building/platform area.

• Once triggered, hiders can no longer move.
• If the seekers travel twice the hiding zone radius away from the center of the zone (1000m), the game will continue as if the endgame never happened.