Wink Murderer

Sit the girls in a circle. Pick a "detective", who moves to sit in the center of the circle. Everyone closes their eyes and then the leader walks around the circle, eventually tapping someone on the shoulder to indicate that they're the murderer. Everyone opens their eyes. The detective sets to work trying to determine who the murderer is. Meanwhile, the murderer "kills" people in the circle by winking (or blinking really obviously if winking isn't possible) at them. girls who have been winked at must die a "horrible, dramatic death" (or at least this seems to bring out the most giggles from the others). Dead people lay on their backs so the detective can tell who is already dead. The detective has three chances to guess who the murderer is. Once the murderer has been discovered, a new detective is chosen and the old murderer gets to go around the circle to pick the new one.

Other versions of Wink Murderer:

1) Double Wink Murderer: Basically the same as Wink Murderer, but with more than one murderer working at a time in each round. Usually I tell the murderers that they are not allowed to kill each other.

2) Wink and Squeeze Murderer: When the girls are seated in the circle, make sure they are close enough to each other that they can all hold hands behind their backs comfortably. The murderer can either kill girls in the conventional way by winking at them, or by sending a "deadly squeeze". For example: if the murderer wishes to kill someone seated 5 girls away, she squeezes the hand of the girl next to her 5 times. This girl passes on 4 squeezes, the next 3 squeezes, and so on. The girl who receives one squeeze "dies"! This makes guessing the murderer much more difficult.

3) Handshake Murderer: Instead of sitting in a circle, the girls are free to walk around and shake hands with each other. The murderer can kill people either by winking at them, or, when they shake someone's hand, they squeeze their victim's hand firmly. The detective must circulate through the crowd of hand shakers and try to guess the murderer.


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