Killer: The Game of Assassination
Killer: The Game of Assassination cover
(Fourth edition, 1998)
DesignersSteve Jackson
PublishersSteve Jackson Games
Publication1981
GenresLive action role-playing game
LanguagesEnglish

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.

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 1988 the second edition Killer was translated into French by the French game publisher Jeux Descartes.[7] In 1991 it was translated too into Spanish by the Spanish game company Joc Internacional.[8] In 1994 there was also an Italian translation.[9]

Reviews

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. ↑ French edition cover (1988) in the RPGgeek website, ISBN 2-904783-70-9
  8. ↑ JACKSON Steve, Killer, juego de rol en vivo, Joc Internacional, Barcelona, June 1991, tr. Lluís Salvador, ISBN 84-7831-052-5
  9. ↑ Italian edition cover (1994) in the RPGgeek website
  10. ↑ "GDW Challenge70".
  11. ↑ "Jeux & stratégie 13". February 1982.
  12. ↑ "Jeux & stratégie 21". June 1983.
  13. ↑ "Jeux & stratégie 55". February 1989.
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