Youth Ministry Games : Murder in the Dark

1. Murder in the Dark Submitted by: on November 9, 2000
Website: http://www.wellspringgeorgetown.org/youth
Materials: nothing
Messy Rating: No Sweat Duration: 40+minutes Cost: $0.00

Intro:

Okay, murder isn't really a Christian principle, but this game rocks, and I know that you can derive spiritual conversations from it.

Preparation:

This game is very simple. Make a room be able to go from pitch black to full light with the flick of a switch, and I'm serious pitch black. Cover up emergency lights and exit signs, unless it's illegal in your area.

Game Play:

Shuffle and pass out a deck of cards. Make sure that there is only one Ace and one King in the stack. The student who draws the Ace is the murderer, and the student who draws the King is the police officer. When everyone has drawn cards, turn off the lights. The job of the murderer is to walk around amongst the students and kill people by slicing throats with their index finger. If a student "runs into" a dead person they yell out "MURDER IN THE DARK." At this time the lights need to be turned on. If the person killed was the police officer, the game ends. Everyone should guess who the killer is, and if the police officer chooses to reveal him/herself they can make one person show their card. They do not have to reveal their identity. If the guess is correct, the game is over. If not, the lights turn back off. The police officer only gets one chance per round. This repeats until all people are killed, the officer is killed, or the killer is identified. When this is over, take up the cards, shuffle, and play again.

Winning:

Evidently there is no way to win. The game is incredible fun, and students usually end up playing for hours.

Adding Excitement:

To add excitement, make two killers or police officers.
Cheating:

Many students will try to cheat by forming alliances with the killer. They cannot tell what their card is! Also, non-killers will sometimes join the game. Tisk, tisk, tisk. Many students will also trade cards when they know someone saw them. Try to avoid these cheats.

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