The Assassins' Guild

Information Dossier

What do you do?

The Assassins' Guild plays a game in which Players have to track down and "assassinate" each other using a variety of simulated assassination techniques. The game is open to members of the society and is free to play. It can be as time consuming as you want to make it: you could spend hours of your day tracking your target around their lectures, setting up an elaborate ambush and lying in wait outside their residence, or constructing a weapon from scratch. Or, alternatively, once a week you could spend ten minutes walking down to a target's room and seeing if they are off guard enough to let you in.

How do you play?

During the game, the Umpire issues you specific targets, and in turn only a few assassins are targeting you. Many areas are out-of-bounds to prevent the game from ruining other aspects of your life, and you can request to be out-of-bounds for specific events/times. When you eliminate one of your targets from the game you, hopefully, should feel a well-earned sense of accomplishment, and the Umpire will issue you with a new target. There are circumstances in which you can eliminate Players who are not on your target list, but if you do this without justification the Umpire can place you on the "Wanted List", which essentially means all Players in the game are now targeting you; usually this is quite an effective deterrent. When you are killed, you are no longer able to win the game but can still participate as a member of the Inquisition. This acts as a law-enforcement body and hunts down "Wanted" players.

When's the next game?

Activities have ceased for the time being. Hopefully the new exec will organise something for term 1 next academic year.

How can I find out more?

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