The Cambridge Assassins' Guild is a student-run society which organises termly live-action games in which players track down and eliminate each other with a variety of harmless (and often comically inventive) weapons. These weapons range from the quintessential pen labelled 'knife' to stuffed attack animals, water pistols and foam dart blasters. 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. We also hold friendly socials and varsity matches against other guilds across the country.
The Lent 2024 game is completed! If it's your first time playing or you want a refresher, please read the pocket rules here.
The theme of this term's game was Monsters and Magical Creatures. 'Twas a world where dragons, dwarves, demons and assorted other magical creatures and monsters with names beginning with D (and a few with names not beginning with D as well) mingled together, and assassination was everywhere! But if you were lazy or committed crimes, Phoenix (aka Bertie Politi, Chief of Police) and their army of monster hunted you down and made you pay!
This term's game was umpired by the Immortals Water Ghost, aka Shin Min Seo (of Hughes Hall), and The Dragon Queen, aka Emma Booth (of Murray Edwards). We could be reached on assassins-umpire@srcf.net, where you could email us about rules/dragon biology/our favourite fantasy stories/how to survive a horde of monsters/anything
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To get started, we suggest you read the FAQ for a general overview of the game, then read the pocket rules. Reading the main rules and weaponry rules at some point is also a good idea. If you want to see how a game usually runs, you can check out the reports from past games in the archives.
If you have any questions, please email the umpires at assassins-umpire@srcf.net and we'll be happy to help you out.
On February 10th 2024, we played against Oxford. The result was 3-1 to Oxford. We won One in the Chamber, and lost Commanders, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag. Casual duels were fought afterwards, and much fun was had by all.