Killer: The Game of Assassination

Killer: The Game of Assassination is a live action role-playing game derived from the traditional assassin game. Created by American game designer Steve Jackson and first published in 1981[1] or 1982[2] by his own game company, Steve Jackson Games, Killer is one of the oldest set of rules having been officially published to play the assassin game.

Killer: The Game of Assassination
Killer: The Game of Assassination cover
(Fourth edition, 1998)
Designer(s)Steve Jackson
Publisher(s)Steve Jackson Games
Publication date1981
Genre(s)Live action role-playing game
Language(s)English

Original editions

At least four editions of the game were published in the United States, all of them by Steve Jackson Games:

  • 1st edition: 1981[3]
  • 2nd edition: 1985[4]
  • 3rd edition: 1992[5]
  • 4th edition: 1998[6]

Translations

In 1991 the second edition Killer was translated into Spanish by the Spanish game company Joc Internacional.[7] In 1994 there was also an Italian translation.[8]

gollark: on some distros, I guess.
gollark: Well, you can *mostly*.
gollark: This Grandma™ does not need to "know CLI".
gollark: And is likely to suffer security issues less as most random files Grandma™ downloads from the Interweb™ won't run.
gollark: It probably works less horribly unreliably than Windows does.

See also

References
  1. Killer description page on Geekdo.com, a role-playing games' specialized website
  2. Killer as described on RPG.net, a role-playing games' specialized website
  3. Killer description page on Geekdo.com, a role-playing games' specialized website
  4. Killer description page on Geekdo.com, a role-playing games' specialized website
  5. JACKSON Steve, Killer: The Game of Assassination, Steve Jackson Games, third edition: August 1992, ISBN 1-55634-253-5
  6. JACKSON Steve, Killer: The Game of Assassination, Steve Jackson Games, fourth edition: November 1998, ISBN 1-55634-351-5
  7. JACKSON Steve, Killer, juego de rol en vivo, Joc Internacional, Barcelona, June 1991, tr. Lluís Salvador, ISBN 84-7831-052-5
  8. Italian edition cover (1994) in the RPGgeek website
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