How to Play Assassins

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Put down the game controller. It's time to organize the fantasy battle of the century – in your own backyard.

Step 1: Establish a play area
Establish a play area. Your play area can be as small as a player's backyard or as large as a neighborhood.

Tip
The number of players will dictate the size of the play area.

Step 2: Set a time limit
Set a time limit. This can be as specific as one or two hours, or as open-ended as until only one player is left.

Step 3: Select a moderator
Elect someone to be the moderator. The moderator keeps track of kills, enforces rules, and umpires disputes.

Step 4: Select weapons
Select your weaponry. You can use almost anything for a weapon -- toy guns, water balloons, sticks -- anything.

Step 5: Designate safe areas
Designate safe zones where no kills are permitted. These can be a porch, a bush, a building -- whatever's convenient.

Step 6: Assign victims
Randomly assign a victim to each assassin if you are the moderator. Picking names out of a hat is common practice.

Tip
You can alter the rules to allow players to form alliances with other.

Step 7: Start the game
Determine a start time if you're the moderator. Announce that play starts at a certain time.

Step 8: Stalk your victim
Stalk your victim. No one knows who their assassin is, so be careful. When you kill your victim, you assume responsibility for their victim.

Step 9: Win the game
End the game by being the last assassin alive or by having the most kills when the time is up.

Did You Know?
The assassin bug earns its name by using its straw-shaped mouth to stab its prey, inject a poison, and suck out its juice.