The Assassins' Guild
The Assassins' Guild
The Cambridge University Assassins' Guild is a student run society which aims to engage players in a game of mock assassination across Cambridge in the spirit of fun and frivolity. It is in no way a society of actual assassins. (Apparently we have to clarify this...) Games are usually run for the duration of the Michaelmas and Lent terms, with a special May Week game following exams. There are also socials and other events throughout the year to encourage players to meet up for some fun and games without threat of impending death.
The Assassins' Game is a variety of the game known as Killer, which was at one point published in a book by
Steve Jackson Games.
The object of the game is to track down and eliminate the other players, while also
staying alive yourself.
“Assassination” is carried out with a variety of harmless toys or fake weapons which range from
pens labelled as ‘knife’ to water pistols and the popular Nerf weaponry.
Often people come up with more inventive and amusing ways to dispatch their targets.
To find out more, I suggest you read the reports of past games available in the archives, and read the current game rules. Alternatively there is an archaic list of frequently-asked questions and answers which may be enlightening as to the basics and technical side of the game, and a much more recent (2014) second FAQ which covers the culture and tactics of Assassins.
If you wish to be notified with details of games and events,
please join the mailing list or email the Umpire to be added.
If you have any questions, please email assassins@srcf.ucam.org
and someone will be able to answer your query.
Signups for the Lent 2015 game are now closed (although sign-ups for Guild-police players are as ever accepted throughout
the game - email assassins@srcf.ucam.org with the required details if interested).
The game will be starting on Thursday the 29th of Jan at the stroke of midnight.
The Umpire this term is Max Baxter-Allen of Robinson College, who can be contacted using the above Assassins' email address.
The rules for this term's game are below:
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