King and assassins is an asymmetrical fantasy game of strategy and deception for two players one player controls a vile king and his knightly lackeys who try to force their way into the castle through a mob of wrathful citizens the other player controls the mob itself and more importantly three assassins who hide among the crowd hoping to kill or stop the ruler long enough for the people to deal with him using their bare fists the king has only so much time before he is overpowered by his own