Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Encounter is an international network of active urban games. Also known as " " (reads as ''skhvatka'') (translated Combat from Russian) the game that gave birth to this project.The game rules applied today were developed by Ivan Masliukov in 2001 as part of the Skhvatka project. Ivan Masliukov was supporting the game at his own expense before the project was ceased in the end of 2001. At the beginning of Spring 2002 Ivan started seeking for donors to continue the project. Minsk internet provider "BelInfonet" company was there to sponsor the game. By June 2002 "Skhvatka" games were resumed.