It's the ONLY rule. You can make treaties and gentleman's agreements with other players, but these are not extra rules. They're just something you do on the side, completely unofficial.
Here's an example of a game of touched your face, it's over:
Player A is sitting, watching TV.
Player B sneaks up from behind and touches Player A's face.
Player B says, "touched your face, it's over."
Player A can immediately start a new game and try to touch Player B's face. If he succeeds, he may say, "touched your face, it's over." Groups of players can adopt a COMPLETELY UNOFFICIAL HERETICAL HOUSE RULE of a time limit after a touch, but it IS NOT AND NEVER FUCKING WILL BE OFFICIAL. If someone claims it is official, you should touch their face with a soldering iron (which counts, but is a dick move and you shouldn't do it [unless they claim their rules are official]).
It's acceptable to shorten the phrase in case you're in a rush. For example, "face, over". You aren't even required to say anything. Other players should understand what happened to them and what it means (it's over).
The softer the touch is, the more respected it is. It's easier to touch someone if your hand moves fast, which results in a harder touch. Making it slow and gentle requires more skill. This isn't a rule, I'm just trying to teach you not to play like barbarians. You can play barbarian style if you want to, where more blood equals more respect. Touching with a knife counts, but not if they are thrown.
The origin of the game was when some guy was drunk and touched his friend's face and said "touched your face, it's over." His friend laughed so hard that IT WAS, INDEED, OVER.
Noteworthy occurrences:
- Some guy got his face touched while working in a bank and talking with a high profile / millionaire client. It was super soft and the client didn't notice.
- Bob touched Ralph's face with a warspork and it was over because Ralph was dead.
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