[Deptheads] Banned game "The Assassination Game" - revisiting an idea

[Tim Keennon]

Yeah I only played once. Then common sense took over, given my circumstances at the time. 

Tim

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On May 14, 2013, at 4:41 PM, "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at mac.com> wrote:

> Never ever play this when the L.A./Oakland Raiders are staying in the same hotel. Just don't.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On May 14, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Tim wrote:
> 
>> Yeah my favorite was a dry ice 'bomb'...
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/14/2013 11:43 AM, Victor B wrote:
>>> I remember "Killer" by steve Jackson . We were playing that in college dorm in 1981. They had to ban it because it was too disrupotive. Put a starlight mint into someone soda and a note underneath that says "you have been poisoned". Or disconnect their car battery and when they look under the hood it has a sign that says "boom, you are dead". I am sure Eric A.. Paiva, and many others here have played.
>>> At conventions TAG, killer, etc. became distractions. Very fun games but you always had that handful of players that got wild.
>>>  
>>> If you have a rule-set in mind that allows for safe zones (participating a game, participating in a larp, talking to payouts, flea market, sitting at a seminar, painting at paint-n-take, in dealers room shopping, etc)  as well as no running, no use of props that look like weapons (use cards for guns etc) then I see no problems with trying it again at Gateway.
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>>>  
>>> V
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>>> From: Nekojin <nekojin at gmail.com>
>>> To: Strategicon Dept Heads <deptheads at strategicon.net> 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:07 AM
>>> Subject: [Deptheads] Banned game "The Assassination Game" - revisiting an idea
>>> 
>>> I know that "The Assassination Game" (or TAG, for short) has been banned from the convention for excessive disruption (kids running around with toy guns is not a good mental image, after all). Would it be worth opening a discussion about this with rules set up to minimize disruption among the convention? I've got a rule-set in mind that should help keep the disruption to a minimum, and absolutely prevent kids running through the halls (any more than they already do, anyway). 
>>> 
>>> Just for clarification, I'm not talking about doing this at Gamex - there's too little lead time on it. I'm considering doing it at Gateway. 
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