About

Death! Destruction! Terror in the streets of Oxford! The Oxford Guild of Assassins are feared, hungry an-

Ok, so no. There was once a time where the Guild was more like… That, although I’ll leave you to do your own research. Now, however? The Oxford Guild of Assassins, or OGA for short, is an (unofficial) society of the University of Oxford, whose members dedicate several weeks of their busy Uni lives per term to repeatedly hunt down and kill fellow Assassins. Nerf guns, pens, spatulas, even boxes labelled as fridges are used to dispatch your rivals. Each day of any ‘Game’ sees cold, calculated murder, ruthless strategy and a hell of a lot of fun! Events and, in more recent years, lore and storytelling, bring Assassins together during the game - over the past year, they’ve battled rogue A.I.s, shadowy villains and many different apocalypses.

That’s just a few weeks in a term, mind. Outside of that, Assassins are very nice people - the Guild holds social events, as well as one-off events from time-to-time. Just to keep the blood pumping, and prepare you for the next time someone knocks at your door…

Our Games

The Games are the main feature of the Guild’s activities, they are typically a week-long, themed murder-fest in which several teams of Assassins compete for dominance over the city by carrying out assassinations on other players, using a wide variety of (mock) weaponry, pens and nerf guns being the most likely, but we’ve also seen foam swords, poisoned wet wipes, rainbow sock puppets, and a sentient football named Timothy.

The Golden Rules

• Don’t do anything stupid. You are responsible for your own actions.
• Don’t do anything that could damage anyone or anything (preferably including yourself).
• Avoid annoying, killing, or otherwise inconveniencing non-players.
• Weapons should be balanced (defensible) and safe. Please query anything unusual.
• The spirit of the rules is more important than the letter! If the Umpire feels you are unfairly exploiting a loophole, then the rules may be changed during the game to fix this.

Ultimately, it’s good to make clear that the Oxford Guild of Assassins neither commits nor encourages the inhuming of people in reality! Our assassination games are for amusement only and are good-willed events. Participants must take great care not to harm themselves or others, and furthermore not to damage property or disrupt public, University, or college business. The Guild is about having fun and meeting people in an interesting and unique way, not terrorising the population of Oxford.

Week 2 - BEGINNING OF THE END

A week long game run by Skai

Sunday week 3 (05/05/2024) - Post-game social

After each game, we have a post-game social - we meet up and discuss the game, play board games and video games, have snacks and chill for an evening. At the end of the social the teams' scores, individual awards, and closing messages are announced.

TBD - Pirate Punting

In Trinity we only run one full game, so to make up for this we also have Pirate Punting! This is an afternoon in which we rent a load of punts and play a number of different minigames, usually involving water guns. Date to be decided by poll on the discord server.

TBD week 8 - Dev-test

Experimental games run by Spark. A dev-test is an opportunity for us to test new game formats in a fun relaxed manner. Bring your best ideas and weaponry.

Guildmaster

Hi! I'm Finn your Guildmaster. I'm a second-year physics student. I use the pseudonym Stavromula in game.

As the Guildmaster, I oversee the running of the entire guild. I organise when games will run, who will run them, the annual Fresher's fair, stash, and anything else which doesn't fall under a specific role.

Treasurer

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As the Treasurer of the Guild, I'm in charge of the guild bank account and finances. I'm also responsible for taking in membership fees and managing the membership list.

Archivist

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As the archivist, my job is to manage the guild archives. I gather together reports, communications, and anything else interesting or worthy of archival. I'm also responsible for taking minutes at the AGM.

Social Secretary

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As the social secretary, I organise and run socials and other activities outside of the games. I'm in charge of booking rooms for events and ensuring everything (and everyone) is left in a good state afterwards.

MWP

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As an MWP I do not have specific job responsibilities, I instead help the other Cabal members where possible and, will be frequently consulted by the Guildmaster on assassin-related matters.

MWP

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As an MWP I do not have specific job responsibilities, I instead help the other Cabal members where possible and, will be frequently consulted by the Guildmaster on assassin-related matters.