Next in my series of Card Games is “Killer”.
Killer
A fairly simple game, Killer is about investigating a murder at your party, with any of the players involved being either a Killer, Detective or Victim. The Killers aim is to kill every other player who is not the detective before the detective can determine who is the killer.
To begin, take a King and Jack out of a standard deck of cards. The King represents the detective, and the Jack the killer. Next, take a random selection of cards, being sure not to get another King or Jack from the pack. Take as many cards as there is players. If there are 6 players, you will need a King, Jack and four other cards.
Shuffle the cards and distribute one to each player. Players examine their cards and determine if they are the killer, detective or just a victim.
The Killer, or person holding the Jack must then, as subtley as possible, wink at whom they suspect to be victims. When a victim notices the wink they must say aloud “I’m dead”. The Killer aims to kill all the victims they can.
While this is going on, the player holding the King card, the Detective, is trying to determine who is the killer. They can accuse someone; but they have only one chance to do so. If they accuse an innocent person the round is over and the killer remains secret. Cards go back in the pack, are shuffled and the process starts over. The round can also end when the Killer has killed all the victims or if the detective correctly accuses someone of being the killer. Scores can be kept but most of the time the game is just played for the fun of it.
Killer a fairly easy game and very entertaining, especially when players are skilled murders.
I’ve still got a few more card games to go up, so keep watching that “card games” keyword.
