In the game you play an assassin joining forces with one of six factions. Your faction assigns you missions to find specific groups of players within the crowd and "assassinate" them. Successful assassinations grant prestige for yourself and your faction.

Assassins Ball: Rise of Sorengard is a social game played during PAX Prime 2015 in Seattle, WA, from August 28–31.

The Sorengard faction will be sold in limited quantities. As players join additional quantities will be added.

Sorengard, a new Seattle-based faction, is joining the Assassins Ball! While their motives are unknown, they have the home field advantage. Caution is advised.

Game Overview

To play in Assassins Ball you will need to be attending PAX Prime 2015 in Seattle, WA, August 28-31 for at least one day. In addition you will need an Assassin Kit, which contains the physical materials you will need to play, and access to this website to view assigned missions, confirm kills and perform other actions during the game.

Assassin Kit

Assassins are only as good as their tools. Each Assassin Kit includes:

Player Badge - A large button with a symbol and your chosen faction printed on it.

- A large button with a symbol and your chosen faction printed on it. Kill Confirm - A small card to use when you are assassinated.

- A small card to use when you are assassinated. Faction Button - A small button to wear (optional) so you can show off your chosen faction.

Factions

Each player picks from one of six available factions. Factions are an optional but important element in missions. While you will never receive a mission to assassinate a player from your faction, this does not mean you are safe from your fellow faction members.

Select a Faction Sorengard Kingsport Raiders Robot Ninjas Varsity Dead Cowboy 'Verse Sparkly Ponies

Faction Name Theme and Inspiration Sorengard Umbrella & Rossum corporations Kingsport Raiders H.P. Lovecraft & Pirates Robot Ninjas Robots & Ninjas Varsity Dead Buffy, The Vampire Slayer & Sean of the Dead Cowboy 'Verse Firefly & The Dark Tower Series Sparkly Ponies Friendship & Magic Select a faction above for more information. You've heard of corporations too big to fail? Sorengard is the offspring of three heavy-hitters merging. What do you get when you combine cutting edge software, advanced bio-medical procedures, and military hardware? Anything. Ready to play? Grab a Kit! The Kingsport Raiders are known to be heavily involved with the procurement of occult objects and dealings with dark beings. They use their aquisitions to forward an unknown but assuredly malevolent purpose, acting swiftly and mercilessly against those who stand in their path. Is it the call of the sea... or the dark whispers of an elder god? Arrr the stars right? Ready to play? Grab a Kit! The Robot Ninjas are difficult to believe. With little evidence of their actions beyond blurry footage, shaky testimonials and blood drenched scenes of slaughter it's easy to see why their existence has been explained away for more understandable threats. Does your heart burn with vengeance or cold-hard logic? Ready to play? Grab a Kit! You figured the real world would be different, that your... hmm... special abilities would be better appreciated in the boardroom or classroom than in some dark alley. But no sooner is orientation over when every undead under the sun, and moon, comes out in full force. Is it your first day and the end of the world? Ready to play? Grab a Kit! We aim to do very bad things. Hmm, that doesn't sound right at all... have to work on that. You need to understand we're not bad people, just more often than not seen in a bad light, and to be fair that's only from the people we're stealing from and they're biased. Out of bullets, out of time, and out of luck? Ready to play? Grab a Kit! The Sparkly Pwnies were sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. They promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade into the underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as pwnies of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one can help, then maybe you can hire...

The HAY-Team. Ready to play? Grab a Kit!

Missions

Missions are assignments given to you by your faction, detailing the specific parameters of your target. Below is an example of a mission you might receive during the game.