The Game was won by "Niflungr (2)" (Mike Bintley).

Mike and "TheSpicyMuffin (1)" (Tim Wendland) met in Russell Square and the Umpire turned up shortly afterward. Mike chose to use a classic 12-shot semiautomatic rubber band gun, with Tim opting for the foam disc shooter and rudimentary home-made two-shot RBG.

They stood back-to-back, and at five paces the duel began. Tim foolishly moved downwind of Mike and fired a disc or two, which flew majestically in no particular direction before landing unceremoniously. Spotting the ineffectiveness of Tim's weapons, Mike lunged forward and, at a range of around eight feet, administered a deadly shot to Tim's chest. It was all over!

Awards coming soonish.

GAME OVER! Well, almost!

Two assassins remain: Niflungr (1) and TheSpicyMuffin (1). They will duel tomorrow at Russell Square at 1:30pm.

Awards will be given out at the pub meet tomorrow, which will run from 5pm until 7.30pm. Check your email for the pub location. If you are not in the Guild but would like to come along, please email londonassassins@gmail.com. Everybody is welcome.

Email londonassassins@gmail.com to sign up for the next game, which should run next term, beginning halfway through January 2006. Thank you for playing!

Three-and-a-half hours remain. Two players still survive.

A duel will take place tomorrow, that is, Wednesday 14th December, in Russell Square at 1:30pm. Other assassins and police are welcome to come and watch.

Raccoon (Police) attempted to kill Niflungr (1)

Raccoon reports: "Finding myself with a spare few hours I decided to have a bit of an inco-bash, thus I made my way to the abode of Niflungr, only to find a locked front door, no idea of which flat he lives in, and lots and lots of CCTV...

Wandering around the back of the complex I find another couple of locked gates, sigh, and resign myself to walking in circles for the next $unforeseeable_time - after about half an hour or so I get lucky - someon is going into the complex as I walk past, I follow him in, and spot a list of what I thought would be flat numbers and names. Unfortuantely I find it's just flat letters, sigh, and resign myself to knocking on a lot of doors.

It didn't start well - the first resident I encountered seemed quite frightened of this strange man knocking on her door and asking where Niflungr lives, I decide then to take my gloves off...

3 (or possibly 4, can't remember) floors lately and everyone is out, or pretending to be, or not hearing my knocks, thus I sigh again and give up, since I was quite aware of the fact that if anyone had been watching all the numerous cameras I'd seen around here, it should've been a farily short time before someone would ask me what I was doing... oh well, was worth a try"

Niflungr (1) comments:

The end is all.
Even now
High on the headland
Hel stands and waits,
Life fades, I must fall
And face my own end
Not in misery and mourning
But with a man's spirit.

A man of the law hunted me.
I lay hidden
And awaited his departure
Whilst the thoughts of my mind
Grew with hatred.
Two ravens await my hands
Black hearts and grim feathers:
They shall not falter.

Þæs ofermode, þisses swa mæg.

Seven hours remain.

Siypole (Samuel Robinson) was THUNDERBOLTED (killed by the gods at the request of the Umpire) due to his uninvolvement in the game.

Two players remain: Niflungr (1) and TheSpicyMuffin (1). One of them (Michael Bintley) is still incompetent and may legitimately be killed by all members of the police before midnight tonight.

Should neither die by midnight, then a duel will be held tomorrow, before the pub meet, in Russell Square.

ONE MUST FALL.

Check your email for the details of the pub meet on Wednesday.

If you are not in the Guild and would like to come along, drop the Umpire an email at houseofsteel@hotmail.com or londonassassins@gmail.com . Everybody welcome.

Two days remain. Pub meet and awards ceremony will be on Wednesday 14th December at 5pm in a Central London Wetherspoon's pub. Will email location when I decide on it. There will be bananas!

TheSpicyMuffin (1) lurked for Niflungr (1)

Date: 11th December 2005
Time: 17:00
Location: his residence
Weapon: Faithful disk gun that has stopped working half the time!
Lurker reports: "What can I say. I went there, I waited for half an hour once again reading a book. I didn't see him go in or out. Though from the picture he supplied I don't think that I would recognise him."

Umpire notes: Have given assassin colour information regarding Niflungr's appearance! Black and white photos aren't exactly mega-descriptive. I should have spotted that earlier on.

TheSpicyMuffin (1) lurked for EvilReaver225 (2) but he was already dead or, at least, dying!

I tried to kill:Andrew Chee
Date: Thursday 8th 1:45
Location: Andrew Chee's room
Weapon(s): Disk shooter and carrot knife.
Lurker reports: " Once again Andrew wasn't in his room. I also tried to get him last monday after I got my kill at the same place, using a friend complaining of mail to lure him out but alas it was not to be! This time I merrily knocked but he was not at Fisher hall but instead he was doing a double death with indeh."

EvilReaver225 (Andrew Chee) (2) and iNDEH (Leon Vanstone) (3) double-killed each other! (CONFIRMED)

"I have killed:iNDEH AND I have been killed by:iNDEH AS WELL AS witnessed the killing of: iNDEH who was killed by:me AS WELL AS
I tried to kill: iNDEH (which suceeded) AND ALL THREE OF being attacked/stalked/waited for/ambushed by: iNDEH"!

Date:8/12/05 1:45
Location:Outside Computer labs, 3rd floor Electrical Engineering, Imperial College
Weapon(s): Him: Dagger, Me: Log Cos(h)

EvilReaver225 reports:
"Ah! such is is this world
We no longer stay henceforth
Due to some stabbing.

FINAL LOGS OF EVILREAVER225
(traitorous)Friend: Hey /evilreaver/, they want you down at the labs. Yes. This is not an attempt at luring you to YOUR DOOM!
evilreaver: Dur, ok.
*outside computer rooms, which has a suspicious person turns out to be iNDEH standing there*
evilreaver: Wait, why is there a suspicious person standing there who is going to turn out to be iNDEH?
iNDEH: lol stabby
evilreaver: GAH! *takes out mighty log cos(h)* *they stab each other*
Both: *X_X <-dead*
Friend: *laughing her head off*
TRANSMISSION LOST - OPERATIVE MISSING IN ACTION

AAAnyway, that's 3 assasins left! (I feel sorry for spicymuffin, no-one is left alive in Imperial!)

Umpire notes: never mind, there will be a duel if it comes to it!

iNDEH reports:

"Dear umpir got killed while killing andrew chee. Damn. 2 less assasins... one of them me!"

TheSpicyMuffin (1) KILLED "Bluewraith" (Ian Grieve) (CONFIRMED)

Date: 5th december 2005
Time: 16:30
Location: Outisde computing lab
Weapon: Pepper Knife

Killer reports: "Guessing that Bluewraith would return at the end of my lab session, I decided upon an early exit. He had attacked me in front of a friend who I asked to check where Bluewraith was and upon finding out his position, I snuck out of lab leaving another friend posing as me. Glancing round the corner I spotted Bluewraith and drawing my pepper knife I charged him down. He didn't realise what happened until the blood or pepper juice splatted his anorak."

Targte reports: "He had seen me waiting outisde his lab, but I figured to wait around the corner out of his view until he came out as scheduled at 17:00. However a henchman told him of my position, and he made an opportunistic rush almost 20 minutes early. I had no time to pull out my weapon when he was upon me." Umpire notes: This is the stuff of Boys' Own stories!

Bluewraith TRIED TO KILL TheSpicyMuffin

Date: 05 December 2005
Time: Just before 14:00.
Location: Outside the computing lab on the first floor of the Blackett Building
Weapon(s): Pen-knife (umpire notes: this is a pen labelled "knife", not a real penknife)

Lurker reports: "I waited around inside and just outside the computing area for about half an hour, having established that Muffin's group had a lab there at 14:00. No sign of him for almost the entirety of that time when round the corner from Huxley he came. In order to get a 100% ID I yelled "Hey, [Muffin]". He immediately turned and ran. I swiped at him with the knife, but mised his fleeing back by millimetres. He dashed like the clappers down the stairs, almost bowling some 50-year old looking professor dude. This caused him to yell, so I gave up the chase rather than cause a security alert. I had to go a lecture myself, so I didn't stick around for him to come back to his lab."

Umpire notes: You will be made wanted if you actually injure people! Consider yourself lucky, TheSpicyMuffin!

Target reports: "He was waiting for me outisde of physics computing lab. Full effort for research, but luckily once again my knowledge of the physics building paid off and I managed to run away. This time I have a witness to prove I wasn't killed. I ran ran ran, what is it with assassins and trying to ruin my education. I keep missing parts of important lectures/classwork. Anyway I am still alive and now I know the identities of two of my assassins."

Umpire notes: TheSpicyMuffin has surely used up all his good luck! One of these days somebody is going to cut him into little pieces.

Making an attempt now only gives you THREE days of competence. Game finishes in a week and a day. Kill your targets!

Niflungr (1) KILLED "Vera Lynn Black" (Jamie Karran) (CONFIRMED) with a poison letter

Target reports: "dear mr umpire,

i was killed by a poisoned letter yesterday. this, in itself is all well and good since i didn't really have the time to play properly) however i just wanted to alert you to the fact that my assassin may or may not have sent his envelope of flour through the royal mail... which as we all know, would be a bad thing. UMPIRE NOTES: The killer deposited the poison letter by hand, and will thus not be made wanted.

-jamie karran (deceased)"

Killer reports: "Looks like I got one..."

Umpire notes: More info from killer soon.

TheSpicyMuffin and iNDEH (2) both lurked for EvilReaver225 (1)

Date: 2/12/05
Time: 13:00
Location: Outside Lecture Theater
Weapon(s): Carrot Knife, Chili Knife (Umpire notes: Great weapons!)

iNDEH reports: "Waited out side lecture theater with spicey muffin (one covering each exit), would hav worked properly if the target had shown up! Lazy bastard, thats students for u i guess... Still the same number of assasins."

TheSpicyMuffin reports: "Indeh and I waited outside of the lecture theatre for the target. We each chose an exit and lay in wait, weapons at the ready. The target failed to turn up to lexcture the lazy git and a perfect ambush was foiled."

Target reports:
"Friday's study group
did mean no lecture at one
I avoided veg."

Sorry to lay down the law so severely, but the end of the game approaches with great speed.

From Sunday 4th December, making an attempt will only give you THREE extra days' competence. Kill your targets and the incompetents!

EvilReaver225 (1) tried to kill TheSpicyMuffin (DISALLOWED)

Date:1/12/05
Time:1.57pm-2.02 - actual chase time
Location: Outside Lecture theatre 1 Blackwell labs Imperial College
Weapon(s): Origami pistol

Killer reports: "Cannons to the front
of him, cannons to his back,
He may well be dead"

Umpire notes: If you're not sure you've killed someone, then you probably haven't!

Killer reports: "Lurking round the lecture theatre, I managed to see him and shouted his name. When he responded I drew my pistol and fired, but was well out of my pathetic 1m range, as he well knew and said. I closed quickly, but he backpedaled, and a merry chase was lead all round the building..."

Target reports: "Well after gaining a free lunch and being quite tired due to lack of sleep the night before I was in a happy bouncy mood. I let my guard down and carelessly accompanied by friends made my way to my afternoon lecture. Suddenly I was knocked from my euphoria by a call of my name and spinning I saw the assailant heading towards me. My quick spin surprised him causing him to fire too early. 5 Metres away from me. At this point my life flashed before my eyes as a bullet flew past and I came to the clear state that near death experiences give you. I could see everything in slow motion, I had two options. One charge him down with my weapon. I however had lost my weapon the previous day. Cursing myself I opted for the second option which was to make a tactical withdrawl. Knowing that he was in unfamiliar territory I dashed past him and away towards the stairs. He gave chase and pretending to slow I lured him into what I considered another missed shot for I was sure he was not within a metre of me again. I then ran round him again, down a flight of stairs, jumped another then ran into the maze that is the Huxley building lower floors. Sure that I had lost him I then procceeded to take a complex indirect route back to my lecture. As I neared the theatre I looked both ways and dashed into the lecture theatre just in time to get a seat before it started.
Both my assailant and I I believe agree that the first shot he made was not valid. I am not sure if we agree on the second shot, but he continued chasing me and most deffinitely did not catch me. I am pretty sure that the second shot was not from within a metre of me as he was on the other side of the corridor."

Umpire notes:

Unfortunately this is a game that requires the target to accept that they have died. If you want to kill someone, do it properly!
Don't use "bang" guns across corridors with people in the way! Your target will claim that you have killed an innocent and you will be made wanted.

It's important that assassins are sensible about making attempts. It's all very well being a long way away from your target and shouting "bang", but please remember the effective ranges of these sorts of weapons.

I think the best way to decide whether or not a "bang" kill is acceptible is if you could have lunged with a knife and made the kill from the same distance. Use common sense, both of you!

If you want to make ranged attacks, use a projectile weapon such as a rubber band gun, water pistol and so on. Remember that ranged attacks in crowded places carry the severe danger of wounding or killing an innocent. You cannot avoid this danger simply by using a "bang" gun.

I'll add a caveat to the rules regarding "bang" guns: they are useless in chases. You really need to use common sense when using a bang gun. Ideally the target won't know about it, and if they do, they'll be a sitting duck.

Please carry other weapons for more direct or definite methods, should your target start running away.

Above all, be honest with each other after the kill and try not to disagree on anything. if you die, you die (and the Police force is always open...).

EvilReaver225 (1) lurked for TheSpicyMuffin

Date:29/11/05
Time: Some time after lunch
Location: Outside lecture theatre...yes
Weapon(s): Mighty log cosh

Killer reports:

"There was profit made;
Though my target was not seen,
I found a penny."

Two weeks remain.

TheSpicyMuffin lurked for Bayushi Kaukatsu (Ernst Grosskopf) before he was brutally murdered. TheSpicyMuffin has been trying harder than was previously assumed! Beware him. BEWARE.

Date: Wednesday November 23rd
Time: Multiple different times between 5:00 and 7:30
Location: Beit Quad
Weapon(s): Punch Knife hidden in outer pocket and twin duelling pistols hidden in satchel.

Lurker reports: " Dressed in typical university wear I entered the Beit quad. First I entered the science fiction library, but finding it devoid of life I moved on to the top floor where research told me the Wargamers society were meeting. Knowing that the table football club played on wednesday I posed as a member and made my way past the rooms on the top beit corridor. Catching a glimpse through the door I got a visual on my target, and using a hidden camera on my way back 10 minutes later I took a picture and compared it to one on my computer to check suspect was correct. I also noticed a suspicious person hanging around outside, but I did not risk spying too long in case he was another assassin. I later learnt he was the notorious wanted EvilReaver225. Unfortunately when I went back to claim the bounty he was no longer there and the room doors were closed. The table football club had finished so with no valid excuse and pressing engagements I made my way back to my hall."

TheSpicyMuffin lurked for Siypole

Date: Friday November 25th
Time: 9-10
Location: Near target's residence
Weapon(s): Punch Knife hidden in outer pocket and twin cardboard duelling pistols hidden in satchel.
Lurker reports: "I sat, feigning the reading of a favourite novel. My main features disguised under clothing. 2 guns in my satchel and a punch knife in my pocket. I waited, half an hour later after no luck at either place I went back home."

Players who have not yet made an attempt since the start of the game one week ago are now Incompetent.

Incompetent players are effectively Wanted until they make a genuine attempt.

Game will end at end of TUESDAY 13th DECEMBER.

Post-game meet will be in a Wetherspoons on the evening of Wednesday 14th December. If nobody can make it, I will reschedule. Email umpire.

Competence for Assassins who have yet to make an attempt will expire on Monday. Those Assassins will be added to the Incompetence list.

From Monday onwards, making an attempt will only give you 5 (FIVE) more days of competence.

Bluewraith lurked for TheSpicyMuffin

Date: 25 Nov 2005
Time: 17:30 - 18:00 (approx)
Location: ##### Hall

Lurker reports: "I got in the Hall fine, but while I was trying to find his room two people stopped and questioned me. After the second one I decided it was too dodgy and got out. The route of 1) Get into Hall, 2) Find room 3) Wait 4) Kill doesn't work very well at Imperial Halls--the residents are too suspicious! Need to find a new approach I think."

Target reports: "I was waited for by a short, long brown haired assassin [note: not a long, short brown haired assassin. -Umpire] but they failed to kill me because I was out all evening and they were repelled by my hall mates."

"Davey McDave (1)" [Matthew Long] was KILLED by iNDEH (2) (CONFIRMED)

Date: 24/11/05
Time: 14:00
Location: Out side lecture theater
Weapon(s): Rubber band gun

Killer reports: "Waited for target outside lecture theater, they showed up i shot them. Need to use another wepon i think. One less assasin." Umpire notes that killer could be slightly more enthusiastic about kills....

Victim reports: "Afraid so, he did indeed shoot me."

Kodabar(Police) lurked for EvilReaver225 (1) yesterday

Date: 23rd November 2005
Time: 3pm
Location: Imperial College Origami Club
Weapon(s): Knife

Lurker reports: "I lay in wait outside the main doors of the EEE building where the Origami Club was being held. I had a full film crew with me as we'd been shooting nearby. Unfortunately, the janitorial staff decided to query our right to be there at the critical time and we managed to miss Mr Chee in the confusion. Damn."

Bayushi Kaukatsu (Ernst Grosskopf) was KILLED by EvilReaver225(1) (CONFIRMED)

Date: 23/11/05
Time: 19:15
Location: Chapel, Beit Hall
Weapon: 'fake' gun made of straws

" I correct my fault;
He reached for his banana
Too late, I had fired." - EvilReaver225

Victim reports: "What can I say? I'm fairly killed. Well done him and I wish him luck."

New targets assigned 24/11/05. Also, new targets for the killing of the Integrator by iNDEH very soon unless kill is disproven!

Bluewraith made an attempt on Uncle Hammy but found the target was already dead.

Date: 22 Nov 2005
Time: 19:45
Location: Beit Hall, second floor
Weapon(s): Water Pistol

Killer reports "I lay in wait in the kitchen opposite Hammy's room. Two treacherous floor-mates entered, I persuaded one to lure him into the kitchen. I shot him. That was when I found that Uncle Hammy was a member of the undead, having been killed in a lecture just hours before. 'Killed' 1, Scored 0. Oh well."

"Uncle Hammy" (Thomas Hammant) was KILLED by Davey McDave (1) (CONFIRMED)

Date: 22/11/05
Time: About 15:55
Location: Outside Blackett lecture theatre 1
Weapon: Banana

Killer reports: The target lay in wait still inside the theatre. The atmosphere was dreary, musky with the dullness of Professor McCall's voice, student's screams of boredom still echoing the halls. There he was. My trusty weapon, the banana, "GUN" emblazoned proudly on the side. Bang. The target, cold and lifeless on the floor. Or rather, he just muttered "oh, shit, well done".

23/11/05 Target reports "yeah he killed me :( the bastard lol".

New targets have been assigned to relevant Assassins.

LYING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! Assassins found to have lied to the Umpire will be made Wanted and may be ejected from the game.
Also, I would like to stress the importance of CONFIRMING what just happened with each other when a kill is made, and make sure both parties REPORT it to the Umpire.

The Integrator was "SKILLED" by iNDEH (1) (CONFIRMED)

Date: 21/11/05
Time: 13:00
Location: Beit Hall
Weapon(s): Rubberband Gun

Killer reports " Target was in room with friends, i walked in and shot them in the chest while saying bang, one less assasin. Lol"
Victim reports "I can comfirm that I was skilled by iNDEH in collusion with other assasins who set me up. He ran in whilst I was reading something and shot me in the chest with his rudementary rubber band 'gun'."

KILL DISALLOWED by EvilReaver225 (DISALLOWED)

Date: 21/11/05
Time: 13:25
Weapon: V V small spiky pointy knife

"The lull of sci-fi
Deafened his senses to me
So I stabbed his back. " -EvilReaver225

Target reports "I haven't been there for a long time".

EvilReaver225 admits he has killed an innocent and is added to the Wanted list. ("seriously, there are 3 guys there who matched the description... will now impale self with non-leathal sword :( my bad")