Definitions of Terms
Body of Water
In general, a body of water should be marked as such in your mapping application. It should be publicly accessible, though if a fee is required (e.g. a public pool) then standing outside the entrance counts. It should also be uncovered. If a body of water is partially covered (e.g. a canal going through a tunnel), only the uncovered section counts for the purposes of this game.
Bridge
A bridge is an elevated structure, acting as a path, road or railway, intended to be crossed by pedestrians, cars, boats or other vehicles. Aqueducts are only bridges if they are intended for use by vehicles. Underpasses and tunnels do not count as bridges.
Building
A building is a human-made construction designed to shelter people, creatures or objects, that fully encloses an area, with walls and a roof that are connected, and directly on the ground or a human-made foundation, with a reasonable expectation of permanence in location for longer than a season. More than one human must be able to fit inside it with ease, maintaining reasonable personal space. They can be bigger on the inside than the outside. Constructions that are underground without a building on top of them are excluded. If in doubt, if it has a door through which you enter it, it’s a building.
Things that are buildings:
- houses
- office blocks
- signal boxes
- British telephone boxes
- wind turbines and windmills
- a triumphal arch
- the ticket office to the London Eye
Things that are not buildings:
- tents
- metro entrances that are not fully enclosed
- open bus shelters
- the TARDIS (no expectation of remaining in location for longer than a season)
- the London Eye (the structures designed to enclose are moving)
- model buildings (can’t fit a human in them. Minifigs are not human)
End Game
The End Game begins when the seekers have arrived at the hiding zone and are off-transit. There is no requirement for the hider to inform the seekers that the End Game has begun. If the seekers leave the hiding zone, then the players are no longer in the end game.
If the players are not in the End Game, then they are considered to be in the Long Game.
May not be played during the End Game
A card that may not be played during the end game may be played before the End Game even if it applies to the seekers during the end game.
Long game
See End game
Marked Path
A marked path is one that can be seen on the mapping app. It can be intended for vehicles or not, but it must be publicly accessible. If it is a road or street, then a vehicle must be able to drive into it without passing through some sort of control, such as a payment gate at a car park, or have passage prohibited by a sign, such as at the entrance of a bus station. Note that pedestrian traffic may be allowed in an area where vehicle traffic is not.
For the purposes of hiding, a square is considered a marked path. Parks are not marked paths but may have marked paths on them.
Off-Transit
Off-Transit means that the seekers are no longer aboard a Vehicle. If the seekers are required to be off-transit, then they must exit the vehicle at the designated stop and wait two minutes before boarding the same or a different vehicle.
Platform
A Platform is the contiguous area in a Transit Stop on which a person can board or alight from a Vehicle. This may include gravel or grass areas directly adjacent if they are obviously part of the platform. Sections that are marked as no unauthorised entry, or similar, don’t count. If the transit stop has no specific marked area, for example a bus stop, then the pavement or area immediately adjacent to the stop is considered the platform.
Street Intersection
A Street Intersection is the intersection between two roads or streets intended for cars, or any pavement or other surface intended for pedestrians that is part of a street or road. Bike lanes do not count for this definition. Neither do paths intended solely for pedestrians.
Structure
A Structure is a human-built creation designed to stand or bear loads, directly in contact with the ground or a human-made foundation, which cannot be moved by a human without the aid of tools or disassembly. Structures that the players bring with them are excluded.
Things that are structures:
- buildings
- tents
- large caravans that require towing.
- large parasols
- lamp posts
- pylons and radio masts
- artificial embankment or dijk
Things that are not structures:
- small self-propelled caravans
- trees
- hedgerows
Transit Stop
See Hiding Zones for a defintion of transit stops
Visible from the Stop
Something that is Visible from the stop must be viewed from outside an exit to a Transit Stop, if it has one. If the stop has multiple exits, then any of them can be chosen. If the stop does not have exits, e.g. a bus stop, then it must be visible from the stop marker or shelter.
Vehicle
A Vehicle is a machine used to transport people that belongs to a public transport network, such as a train, tram, bus or boat. You must be able to use the Vehicle under the rules for it to count. Specifically, cars do not count as Vehicles for the purposes of this game.