Rules

1. You will be sent someone’s name and photo

2. You will have to ‘assassinate’ them

3. There are various methods- these will be released in this document

4. Do not do anything illegal or anything that can be complained about

5. You are not allowed to ‘assassinate’ someone in a lecture or whilst they are at work

6. Once you have ‘assassinated’ your target, they will then email you their target and you continue your quest

7. The game will end when we have 1 assassin remaining

8. If you die, but have already killed someone, you will keep that victim as your own

9. The game will run until we have only 1 assassin left

10.  After every kill, please email assassinssociety@cardiff.ac.uk with your victim, and how you killed them

Any questions?

Email assassinssociety@cardiff.ac.uk

List of Methods

Melee

Toy knives, swords, axes, and so on, may be used. Homemade melee weapons must be no shorter than 15cm and composed of material no more basic than a full sheet of A4. All melee weapons have a 'handle', the area held by the weapon's wielder, and a 'blade'. A player is killed if the blade of a melee weapon held by another player touches any part of their person. Melee weapons must not have hard cores or constructed out of hard material e.g. a cardboard knife with a pen inside it for structural support. LARP safe weapons are allowed, providing they don't look realistic. 

Poison

You can poison someone by placing a marker or label with 'POISON' clearly visible on or under something another player intends to put in their mouth- typically food or drink. The marker or label should not contaminate any food or drink in any way. You can place the marker on plates, containers, packets, and so forth in order to poison the contents. The marker does not have to be visible to casual inspection. If the marker is removed or the contents are moved to a different plate, container etc., the contents are no longer poisoned. A player becomes poisoned if they place a poisoned item in their mouth. See Poisoned.

Hot Potatoes

Any device with conditional noise making capacity, other than mobile phones and personal attack alarms, clearly marked with 'HOT POTATO' may be used. Examples include egg timers, alarm clocks, light sensors wired to buzzers, and so on. The hot potato can be placed in a pocket, bag, or generally on the person of your target. If it triggers and emits its sound, it immediately kills the person on whom it was planted, and anyone within arm's length. Hot potatoes must not detonate for at least 10 seconds after deployment and may not be used on sleeping players.

Electric Chairs

A piece of paper clearly marked 'ELECTRIC CHAIR' can be attached to any object clearly designed to be sat on (e.g. chairs, sofa, benches). This marker must be attached to an upper surface of the chair's natural seat, arms, or back. The marker must be visible to casual inspection. A player is killed if they sit on a seat marked this way.

Garrotting

Any length of weak, easily broken material, such as toilet paper or strawberry laces, may be used. A player is killed if this toilet paper is broken across their upper torso by being pulled by another player from behind. If the would-be victim's limbs or any held items come between their torso and the garotte as it breaks, it has no effect.

Smothering

A smother kill is made by leaving a clearly visible sign on top of or beside a sleeping player. This sign must be no smaller than A4, clearly stating that the sleeping person was smothered, the time it occurred, and the name of the killer.

Rigged Vehicles

A sticker, clearly labelled 'RIGGED', may be placed onto the exterior of a vehicle owned by another player. This sticker need not be visible to casual inspection. The next time the vehicle is moved by its typical method of locomotion, every person on the vehicle dies.

Poisoned Lipstick

Any bright, exotic colour of lipstick can be applied to one's lips. Kissing another player on the skin then poisons them as detailed below.

Death Contract

A piece of paper with the phrase "I hereby forfeit my life to the Assassins Society" may be presented to an assassin. If the victim signs their name on the same bit of paper, they are then dead. The phrase must be visible to casual inspection (no invisible ink, coded messages, etc.).

Guns

Toy guns that fire soft ammunition, such as foam darts or elastic bands, may be used. A player is killed if live ammunition launched from a gun strikes any part of their person. Guns must not look realistic.

Grenades

Toy grenades, or grenade shaped objects may be used, providing they are at least the size of a tennis ball. A player is killed if any part of them is struck by a live grenade. If a thrown grenade is caught, it does not cause a kill. Grenades are explosive.

Miscellaneous Heavy Objects (M.H.Os)

Light pillows, cushions, duvets, blocks of polystyrene with no sharp edges, and so forth, clearly marked with 'SAFE', 'ANVIL', 'PIANO', 'FRIDGE', 'M.H.O.', and so on, may be used. M.H.Os can be dropped, propelled downwards, or indirectly released from a height of around one meter or greater. A player is killed if any part of their body is struck by a live M.H.O.

Bottomless Pits

Any size and shape of area covered with bubblewrap and marked 'PIT' as large and clearly as possible may be used. Bottomless Pits must be placed on the ground. A player is killed if both feet are in contact with a pit simultaneously.

Monsters

Players may dress up and act as any obviously threatening and stereotypical monster, such as the Hulk, a zombie, a creeper, or a Vulcan Starfleet officer. While doing so, they gain the ability to kill other players by touching them. Monster kill ideas must be approved by the Guild. (Costumes may not conceal the wearer's face)

Bubbles

You may propel bubbles at your target using a bubblegun, bubblesword, bubblewand, and similar devices. A player is killed if any part of them is touched by a live bubble. Any player carrying such a device is immune to the effects of bubbles.

Thinking of something else? Email assassinssociety@cardiff.ac.uk and we can confirm that it’s okay.