After you:

One-Behindmanship is a game of stealth manners that turns good etiquette into a competitive pursuit. The objective is simple: be the last of a group through a doorway, without anybody realising what you are doing. There is no fulfilment quite like having your fellows turn to you from the other side of a doorway and call you a bastard.

No, I insist:

The elementary version of the game presented herein is designed to be engaged in throughout workaday existence. It can be played in any locale where there are doors, stairs, or otherwise narrow routes, such as manhole covers or the gaps betwixt headstones. Beware though: the instant anyone else realises the game is afoot, all is lost due to the inevitable resulting stalemate.

Why thank you:

While at first it may seem a trifle to thwart your gracious fellows, as they cease to telegraph their intentions an astounding panoply of dirty tricks can emerge. I caution you though, victories against non-players do not count; the proper technique is to distract your companions sufficiently for them to forget they are playing.

Is it right and proper?

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Site designed and written by David Hayward, licensed by Creative Commons. Original game devised by John Hayes, David Hayward, Jonny Peck, Will Wilkinson and Dennis Pung.