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 May Week 2024 game has now ended. Thank you to all of you who played, this was an incredibly packed week with tons of minigames.
You can still pick through game details in the Archive.
This game can be found at May Week 2024
The Lent 2024 game, which would be more similar to the Michaelmas 2024 game, is at Lent 2024
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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.
Happy Hunting!
On February 10th 2024, we played against Oxford in 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.
Our next varsity match will be on the 22nd of February 2025, this time held in Cambridge. The sign up form is now open.