Editing Assassin (game) (section)

===Direct===
In a direct elimination, a player uses a fake weapon to touch their target.

[[Image:NerfAmmo.jpg|thumb|Darts made by such companies as NERF or Buzzbee are frequently used for ranged eliminations]]
The most common ranged weapons are [[water pistol]]s, [[NERF]]-type weapons, and [[rubber band gun]]s. Other weapons include tennis balls, balled-up [[sock]]s,<ref name="Socks are being used more">{{cite web|title=U. of Nebraska Targets Assassin Game |year=2008 |url=http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0308/501939.html |access-date=2008-06-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019192703/http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0308/501939.html |archive-date=2008-10-19 }}</ref> blue pens, or rubber bands fired by hand. Some rule sets simply make "water" a weapon, whether splashed with bare hands, conveyed by water balloon, or fired from a water gun. [[Basilisk]] rules count simply looking in the eyes of the target as a successful assassination. Some rule sets require photographic proof that a true sighting occurred.

Melee weapons are typically fake [[stabbing]] weapons. Melee weapons are more easily concealed than ranged weapons but require more stealth to employ effectively. Melee weapons must touch a player's body to eliminate them. Common examples of melee weapons are cardboard and plastic knives, plastic [[lightsaber]]s, spoons, pocket combs, and toothbrushes. Plastic spoons are commonly used to prevent injury from aggressive players. [[Sharpie (marker)|Sharpie markers]] can be used as melee weapons by marking on a player's exposed skin.

There is a stickers-based variant that has been played a lot at conventions. It allows play in hotels or places which would upset other guests. The game tends to be very quick, often lasting less than 20 minutes. The stickers have words like dead, kill etc. on them. The people involved in the game wear stickers, saying such things as "I am alive". They attempt to kill each other by sticking them to another player's body. Pulling a sticker off its backing is considered 'arming' which allows for accusation in killing circle based games.