30) Assassin

Supplies
* a small piece of paper for every player, folded in half, with an x on only one

How to Play
Have players form a circle, and draw a piece of paper from a hat/bowl/etc. Whoever draws the x is the assassin, but should give no signs that he/she is it. The game begins, and everyone must look around the circle, for any sign of who might be the assassin. The assassin may "assassinate" anyone in the circle by winking at them. When someone is winked at, he/she may wait one or two seconds, then dramatically "die." By waiting, it is less obvious who the assassin might be. While alive, anyone may guess the identity of the assassin by saying, "I suspect ______". If the guesser is right, he/she wins. If the guesser is wrong, he/she gets to die a dramatic death, and the game continues. If the assassin gets all but one person out, the assassin wins.

Variation
In one variation, it takes two people to make an accusation. The first person says, "I suspect____", and the second says, "I second suspect_____"
In another variation, two or three people- or for a finale, everyone can draw an x. Of course, an assassin cannot kill an assassin, so if you are one, you do not need to die when you are winked at.

from 12/31/06, 4:58pm