[vezzy-fnord]

This appears to be a digital variation of an already famous and commonly played game called Assassin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_%28game%29

That said, considering the negative attention received by the latter, which is remarkably benign, I don't know how Dustcloud will fair with authorities.

[girvo]

I much preferred "Get Down, Mr President!". You have a group of people, usually at a party. One person, without saying anything puts their two fingers together and up to their ear, as if they're talking on a hidden microphone like in the movies. Everyone else sees, and copies. The last person is "Mr President", and as you're all secret service, you tackle them to save their life ;)

[dpcan]

Yes! And the old creative way was so GREAT - all these new "toys" seem very unnecessary.

This had to be one of the most fun role-playing games we did in my first year of college. Looking over my shoulder going into the Library for Nerf packing friends, then having to scan the dorm room for watches with timers or booby traps. Or the worst - making sure my soda didn't have a blob of Tobasco at the bottom of it at lunch :)

Awesome memories.

Can kids these days still play this type of game in college? Or do they end up getting expelled or arrested or something? I was in college a couple years shy of kids having cell phones, and South Park and Jerry Springer were the world's worst (and best) evils. It was a great time.

[InXorWeTrust]

There is a similar version that I know a friend plays at a large university. It's Humans vs. Zombies. If you get "bit", you are a zombie and have to wear something that identifies you as such (normally a bandanna tied around an arm). If you're a human, you carry a nerf gun with you. If you hit a zombie with a nerf bullet, they can't bite you for a while (next time you see them, or such).

[nammi]

Yea, this is a popular game. For a while (at least at a big state school), the rules were similar to "Assassin", but have since been changed. At my university, the game is only 'on' during defined sessions, typically after classes have ended. So people aren't sprinting through large groups of students waving fake guns, and campus police know when the game is being played. It works out because the people with Nerf guns are in large groups, and the people hiding and sneaking around don't have guns.