Tag

Tag is an annual game of tiggy played by Liam Tullett, Tim, Brad, Michael, Tom, Barney, Alec, Hayden and Tyler. First played in 2014, it is only played during the month of September. The loser is the player who is It at the end of the month. The game was inspired by a group of American friends who play a month-long game of tag every February.

Two players (Hayden and Brad) have ended the month It twice, while three players (Alec, Barney and Michael) have never finished the month It. Brad is the only player to have been It each year, while Barney is the player with the longest time since last It, having not been It since 2017.

Rules
As established before the 2014 month of Tag, there are three rules of Tag:
 * 1) No direct lying about who's It
 * 2) You can't tag the person who tagged you at the same event/gathering/occasion etc.
 * 3) Get Hayden

2014
During the first ever month of tag in 2014, the person who was It changed many times with players seeing each other often at school. Brad was criticised by some players for being It for too long and not tagging anyone. Near the end of the month, school holidays began and Hayden was It, but was unable to tag anyone else, despite numerous attempts to lure everyone to Cowwarr.

2015
On the final day of September 2015, all players were at school and many people were tagged. Brad ended up being it at the end of the school day. Brad got his girlfriend to call up Tyler, asking him to come over before work. Tyler fell for the bait, and was tagged by Brad.

Late that night after work, Tyler attempted to tag Rehfisch with some assistance from Rehfisch's girlfriend Taylah. Taylah and Rehfisch were housesitting out of town and Tyler drove out in the rain in an attempt to find the house, but was unable to.

2016
Tyler tagged Alec early on, and for a while the It swapped between Alec, Barney and Rehfisch. In the second week, Barney sneaked into Tom's house with the help of Molly. Tom stayed It for a while before tagging Tullett, with the help of Tullett's mother.

In the final few days of September, there were many tags with many players returning to their family homes for the grand final weekend. Barney and Rehfisch went on a multiple day bushwalk, but Rehfisch was tagged by Tullett soon after returning home. Late on the 29th, Rehfisch paid a late-night visit to Brad's house and was able to sneak a tag when Brad and his sister answered the door.

The final day of September 2016 involved a tense Mexican standoff, with Liam Tullett locked inside Brad's car and Tim trying to get in to tag him. After rain, heat exhaustion and near-suffocation, the stand-off ended after 4 hours when Liam made a dash for his dad's passing car but was just tagged by Tim. By the end of the month, all players had been It that month apart from Hayden.

2017
2017 started with a flurry of tags: by the 6th, 6 different people had been It. Tyler was It on the 12th and he soon tagged Alec. Alec then tagged Michael when they saw each other at university. Michael spent a good while trying to tag Barney but was unsuccessful. It was then brought back to the Brad-Michael-Tim sharehouse, where Tim finished up the month It.

2018
With It starting in the Brad-Michael-Tim sharehouse, for the first half of the month, the tag was just passed around between the housemates. On the 23rd, Michael tagged Brad early in the day and that evening Brad encountered Hayden at a bar. However, when Hayden asked if Brad was It, Hayden alleges that Brad shook his head and mouthed "No", before Brad tagged him. After much discussion, the legality of this tag was put to a vote, with players deciding that Brad's denial of It was a breach of the rules so It was returned to him.

With It back in the sharehouse, Michael took the opportunity of Alec's engagement announcement to catch up with Alec and surprise him with a tag on the 28th. Alec saw Tyler a day later and tagged him.

On the last day of September, Michael contacted Tyler to let him know that he'd hidden a key for the sharehouse so that Tyler could access Brad if he wanted to. In the evening, Tyler, though first going to the wrong suburb, got into the sharehouse and successfully tagged Brad. Michael and Tim, who were working in the city that day, spent the evening together and caught a late train back home to arrive just after midnight.

2019
With It starting in a house shared by Michael, Tim and Brad, all were keen for someone else to be tagged. Rehfisch got the tag from Brad early in the month and made a long train journey out to visit Hayden on the 5th. With the help of a conspiring housemate, Rehfisch was able to sneak into Hayden's sharehouse and tag him while he was playing Fortnite.

2020
Hayden started off It. He targeted Liam on the 6th, hanging around his house to try and tag him there. However, Liam was out but Hayden noticed his girlfriend's location on Snap Map, so was able to tag Liam at a nearby beach.

In a controversial play, on the 28th, Liam dressed up as a delivery person and knocked on the door of Brad's apartment. Brad's girlfriend opened the door and Liam quickly barged inside and tagged Brad.

2021
Tag started in the Brad-Michael sharehouse in lockdown, with Brad tagging Michael mid-month. In the evening of the 29th, Michael, with the company of Brad and assistance from Tom's sister, staked out Tom's house. After roughly thirty minutes, Tom arrived home and Michael ambushed and tagged him.

Past losers
The following players have not been It at the end of September: Alec, Barney, Michael