Killer - The Holi Assassin

Last 3 days have been so hectic that I had to take leave from office today to refresh my mind and prepare myself for the office tomorrow. NO, I haven’t been working day n night, which demands this break. I have been holidaying with friends. 3 full days of pure fun n masti for us and bad luck for some other people (details to follow later, for the time being just one small part of it).

There were 7 of us in Hyderabad for this Holi and we enjoyed our days outside, whereas night time was for board games, card games, dumb charade and killer. We all assembled at M n P’s place and the ground rule was that no one will sleep until all of us feel sleepy. I learnt about this killer game in the process. Believe it or not, I had never heard of this game before (even though it seems it’s a very famous game). And it turned out to be pretty interesting. First the rules for the new comers. Pretty simple, paper chits are made with 1 K (killer), 1 D (detective) and rest just NIKE tick marks. One who is the killer had to kill tick marked people by winking at them (without the detective knowing about it). When a tick marked person dies, he/she has to say ‘I am dead’. After 3 people die, the detective has to guess the killer’s identity.

This game was sandwiched between dumb charade and LIFE. We played it for some 45 minutes, as it was getting increasingly monotonous. People were getting bored, when M suggested some changes to the game and all 7 of us started devising new rules for the game. After 15 minutes of brain storming and vetoing various rules, we decided on one basic change. We added a new person into the game, called suicide bomber. He is an agent of the killer and has the license to kill one person before exploding himself. So his job description is to kill 1 person by winking at him and the say ‘I m dead’ himself. This made the game much more difficult for the detective and excitement level suddenly rose. We enjoyed an extra hour playing killer because of this rule. LIFE followed killer and god knows what after that. It has been very very hectic 3 days and nights for us and we always wished if only these holidays could go on forever.

Anyways, I have learnt a new game and our group has devised some new rules for it. May be one day we will patent this rule and make it as famous as football. May be one day this will be a part of the Olympics and I shall be officiating in the final. Ok, now I guess I am day dreaming. Its 1 PM in the afternoon and instead of working in the office, I am writing this blog. Jai VELLA baba ki jai.

Next post – The black Saturday.