Killer: The Game of Assassination

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Killer: The Game of Assassination
File:Killer 4th edition 1998.jpg
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 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]

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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