_Editor’s Note: In an effort to not ruin the RSO’s game and reveal a member’s game strategy, our source is referred to by an alias name in the article._

It’s known as “the world’s most dangerous game.” Man hunting man.

But if this sounds a little too extreme, there’s a campus alternative that has all the thrill without the kill.

The Campus Assassins Guild pits players against one another in a two month, campus-wide “killing” spree. The Guild focuses solely around the paranoia-inducing game of Assassins.

The game of Assassins is a fairly simple game. Those who partake in the game are given a target, and once the game officially begins, the only way to win is to kill as many players as possible. For the Campus Assassins Guild, there are only two ways in which to kill a target: “stab” them with a spoon or throw a sock at them. Once the target has been eliminated from the game, you acquire your victim’s target.

“It’s basically a big targeting circle,” said Tim Bissaillon, graduate student in Business and president of the Campus Assassins Guild. “So when someone is eliminated, you just cut the circle out and reform it.”

Most people play Assassins with a small group of friends. For the Campus Assassins Guild, it expands the game to include the entire University.

“Given only their name, their picture and email address, you have to find your target,” Bissaillon said.

This is where being a Facebook creep comes in handy. For one member of the RSO and junior in LAS, commonly known as “The Slippery Noodle,” Facebook was his main source of information gathering which helped him win two years ago.

“Facebook is where you find everyone’s information,” he said. “I had access to everyone’s information, it was so easy to find people.”

However, merely finding information on Facebook isn’t enough to win. It takes a lot more elaborate schemes and planning to eliminate a target.

“I used a friend as a decoy a couple times, just in case someone was going for me,” The Slippery Noodle said. “I had other friends who were distractions if I knew where a target was going to be, so I can come up and get them. Or if I knew where someone lived, me and my friends could stake out every entrance and call each other if we saw them go in and follow them.”

The Slippery Noodle’s most elaborate plot required a team effort. At one point during the game, he had to determine his target from a set of twins. He created a student Christian group, made flyers and handed it out in his target’s dorm. When he was invited in he asked the twins to take a survey, and upon figuring out which one was his target, he “stabbed” him with a spoon.

For players in the game, there are very few guidelines to abide by. Players can’t cause physical harm, kill their target while they are in class or in the bathroom, and can’t kill someone in their room unless they are invited in. Apart from these rules listed on the Campus Assassins’ Guild website, everything is fair game.

Once a target has been eliminated, the assassin records their kill in the Guild’s system and the target has twenty-four hours to confirm or deny. Upon confirmation, the kill is published on the site, and the game continues.

The person at the end of the semester with the most kills wins $30.

However, for The Slippery Noodle, the game was more than just a means to win $30.

“It was something awesome I could do with my friends,” he said. “It was so much fun to be part of a game that didn’t end just because you were eating or sleeping or in class. You were pretty much playing the game for months straight and there was no break. And there was that excitement that anytime you could be on the run or go after someone.”

While the game allowed for creating many friendship to form over paranoia and scheming, the Guild may not exist next year.

“I haven’t found anyone yet to take over,” Bissaillon said. “We’re looking for anyone to take over the Guild this year. The only reason that it exists this year is because I took over four years ago and have kept it alive. It doesn’t take much, just one determined person.”