- One person is the untigger.
- The remaining players stand at random around the room – they should stand still, as if frozen.
- The “untigger” proceeds to run about the room, releasing people by “untigging” them.
- As soon as a player is released, they pursue the untigger and try to hold them back, to prevent them from releasing other players.
- When the untigger realises that they cannot free anybody else, they call the name of another “frozen” who takes over as the untigger (the first untigger is now frozen).
- Continue until all players have been released or the game runs out of steam.