Killer

How it Works:

1. Get the group into a circle. 
2. Everyone closes their eyes.
3. The facilitator chooses someone to be the killer by tapping one person on the shoulder.
4. Everyone opens eyes and then walks around shaking hands with one another and introducing themselves. 
5. The "Killer" can choose to kill someone by double squeezing their hand while shaking it. 
6. If a person receives the double squeeze of death, they need to shake hands with two more people and then fall to the ground, in their most dramatic (and often noisy) death scene. 
7. If at any point a member of the group believes that they know who the killer is, they can yell "STOP!" At this point everyone freezes. The person who yelled stop then accuses someone as the killer (ie: "STOP! The killer is Derek!")
8. If the accused actually IS the killer, THEY die dramatically. If the accused is NOT the killer, the one who yelled "STOP!" dies dramatically. 
9. Once the killer is discovered, the game resets and a new killer is chosen. 

Notes: 

• The killer does not have to kill with every hand shake, but they MUST kill at least every 3rd person they meet, otherwise the game gets boring

Options: 

• Have the deaths be acted out silently. 
• Introduce 2 or 3 killers in a game. This is often interesting if you select 2 people while the teams eyes are closed, but don't tell the group that there is more than one killer.