Have they broken into each other's houses in the middle of the night to get a tag? It happened in the church, not at the grave site. In real life, Patrick Schultheis was tagged at his father's funeral. Eight years later when the group was gathered together for a weekend, they reminisced about the game and the fact that Joe was still 'It.' Someone suggested the idea of starting the game up again. At that point, he was essentially 'It' for life. Joe Tombari, who went on to become a high school teacher in Spokane, was last to be tagged. The first iteration of the game concluded when high school ended.

Back then it was mainly a slap on the shoulder or arm while going in and out of classrooms, or strolling down the halls. The Tag movie's true story reveals that the decades-long game of tag began in Catholic high school in the early 1980s on the campus of Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington. 'It forces us to meet and has formed a strong bond between us, almost like brothers.'

'The best thing about the game is that it has kept us in touch over all these years,' Joe Tombari told Mirror Online. They are Bill Akers, Patrick Schultheis, Sean Raftis, Mike Konesky, Brian Dennehy, Joe Tombari, Rick Bruya, Joey Caferro, Chris Ammann and Mark Mengert. The Tag Brothers movie trims the number of tag players down to five, but in real life a total of ten friends participate in the game.

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