Murder Winks
A circle game where a secret murderer winks people to death while a detective tries to identify them before everyone is eliminated.
- Players
- 7–30
- Ages
- 8+
- Time
- 15 min
- Prep
- None
- Equipment
- None
How to play
To start this game, everyone needs to sit in a circle. There are two main characters in this game, a detective and a murderer. First, choose a detective and send them somewhere where they cannot see or hear the group, but somewhere they are safe and supervised. Ask the remaining participants to sit in a circle and choose a murderer. The murderer's aim is to kill everyone sitting in the circle, and the detective's job is to stop the murders as quickly as possible by correctly identifying them.
Call the detective back into the middle of the circle, at which point the murderer starts killing people by simply winking (or blinking) at them. When someone around the circle is winked at, they must die in an overly dramatic way. The detective has three chances to guess who the murderer is. If the detective guesses correctly, they win. If the detective uses all of their chances, or if the murderer kills everyone, then the murderer wins.
This can be great fun for everyone who is involved, including the people who die. Play as many rounds as you would like.
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