Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Assassins, curtsying on rafts, fanny pack wearing +

I love this game and think it has so many delightful aspects.  The premise is each player is given a target.  They are also given a location and an item.  They "kill" their target by getting their target to the proper location with the proper item.  So for instance, the location could be the library and the item could be an umbrella.  Once a player "kills" their target, the player takes the target's target.  Play continues until eventually there is only one player left.

I think kill and assasins may be a little harsh/violent, but the idea itself has so much promise. 

I set this up at my cottage this year with only a few people.  I made up cottage/family relevant actions and locations.  Then I had everyone draw a person card, an action card, and a location card. 

Actions
curtsying on the raft
eating a vegetable for breakfast
wearing a fanny pack
singing little bunny foo foo (lovely song, will gladly write lyrics if there is any interest)
reading a People magazine

Locations
on the raft
Sand dunes
in the lake
kitchen
on the paddleboat

Now I thought I should be at an advantage because I made up all of the actions and locations, but I came so close to wearing a fanny pack at the beach (and no I do not usually wear fanny packs, there was serious cunning involved!).   This game was so simple, but we had so many good laughs over the weekend, it added an air of excitement and fun.  It was so funny because it seemed like it would be quite difficult to get someone to curtsy on a rafy, but an innocent, "Mom, you never taught me how to curtsy," was all it took to get the job done.  It also matters who you get.  My mom would gladly eat a vegetable any time of the day, but then you ask my sister to do that, that's going to be tricky.

Now although this game is so fun to do in a small group, doing it with larger groups poses more of an organizational problem.  However, it could be awesome.  Imagine playing a ginormous game of assasins with people around the world.  Maybe the game would even last a year.  Maybe there could be prizes.  Oooh I'm getting chills, it could be so fun!

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