How a round works, in five steps

1. The pickle chases the gloves. Everyone else is a glove: run away, jump, and drop through the platforms.
2. Or catch it. When the pickle gets close, press ACTION to swing your mitt. If it is in front of you, you catch it instead of being touched.
3. Throw it. Press ACTION again to throw it at someone else. A throw goes for the closest player; if it misses everyone, it boomerangs back.
4. When the timer hits zero, whoever is holding the pickle is pickled and out. Last one standing wins.
5. Out? Haunt. Ghosts switch doors, fans, springs and goo, one gadget per ghost.

That is all of it. The rest is learning when to run and when to swing.