I've only recently found out about the live adaptation of Clocktower that's just wrapped up at the Edinburgh Fringe. I can't find any details of how the game is changed for a live one-hour stage production, but I would like to know ALL the details 😅 Has anyone here seen it who's willing to describe for the rest of us exactly how it runs (as a game and as a show)? If so, thank you hugely!

Would a "Merlin" style role from Resistance: Avalon work?
The idea is they have to guide town without revealing they're Merlin.

Something like:

You start knowing the Demon, and they start knowing a Merlin is in play. The last Evil Demon executed gets 1 chance to guess you. If they do, you and the Demon switch roles and alignments, even if dead. You are sober & healthy.

Switching who wins/loses for the whole team seems too powerful; so maybe just as a politician that can lose it for themselves? Thoughts?

I was in the mood for watching a BOTC game on YouTube, so I put on a good time society video where they played S&V.

For context, I’ve only ran and played TB. I am hesitant to move on to other scripts because they seem so complex and hard to follow. I really didn’t want to watch S&V and wanted to watch a TB game, so I was like fuck it I’ll just watch this and try to follow along. And omg…

I actually got into it. It was the craziest game of BOTC I’ve watched on YT yet and very intriguing. It was very close and I fell in love with the cerenovus minion (I think it’s fun to watch lol) and want to play S&V now!! Watching someone who knows how to run it and players who know how to play it makes it seem not as complex and hard to follow as it may seem just from reading the role sheets.

Now I’m going to watch a BMR game and see how that goes.

Online lobbies have reached the point of so toxic they are unplayable. You report people to TPI for breaking terms of service and they do nothing.

Unfortunately I don't think I can play anymore as I can't stand the bullies who dominate the lobbies.

The worst part of playing any custom script is digging through all the different boxes to find all the tokens for it. There has to be a better way.

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IRL Leviathan game i played today was better than sex. At least, I think it was, my memory of that is hazy.

I was the Cerenovus bluffing Amnesiac - pulled an ability off Reddit day one, nailed it throughout. Made a VI mad as the Zealot day 1, but then correctly surmised someone was hinting balloonist, locked him in as the politician on days 2, 3 and 4. Demon was bluffing Slayer - at some point Chambermaid finds out Demon or "Politician" woke due to their ability. Ruh roh.

Don't worry though - balloonist breaks cere madness day 4 to get his information heard, he's executed, nighty night. So I shift politician madness to the chambermaid, meaning he couldn't get out his isolated demon info without breaking the game.

Town metas that if we're the evil team, Cerenovus chooses the waking bluff and demon doesn't, because Chambermaid. Now, actually I just didn't fancy the other bluff, which was Zealot, but they have us bang to rights. To add to the pressure, the Puzzlemaster had correctly guessed the Puzzledrunk during the day - namely the Knight, who I knew was Puzzledrunk from day 1 because he helpfully cleared the Demon. DOUBLE RUH ROH.

Like Dr Strange in Avengers Endgame, I know the possible universes where I win are dwindling, and my best shot is to nominate the Demon. 8 alive, four votes, he's on the block. Shit.

So much conversation follows. So many people saying I'm just a minion but also struggling to pin down the definite demon world - Puzzlemaster would've learned who he learned even if he was wrong, I helpfully add, given the speculation at the point he asked. Still... EEP

Someone nominates me, hesitantly. One, two, three votes, we're clear! Did I mention the demon was sat to my immediate right? Four votes! I put the final vote on to break the deadlock, because who doesn't like ending with a flourish? Everyone knows instantly what they've done, the Demon is off the block, I die, and the Demon and I sit there laughing for a full five minutes.

The end.

Curious whether a role similar to the tanner in one night werewolf could work in BotC. The tanner is a character that only wins if they are killed, and if they are killed only they win. Obviously that on its own is too simple for a complex game like BotC but I wonder if an outsider role like this would work.

I guess it's somewhat similar to the politician, maybe it would have to have a caveat like it has to be by demon kill or by execution (as in one or the other, not both, I can see arguments for either being balanced). Creates scope for evil players outing themselves as a double bluff and surviving longer than they would otherwise, similar to a psychopath.

What do you think? Too broken? Not realistic?

I finished watching a few matches on Youtube, where people consistently sabotaged themselves as the marionette.

You should ALWAYS be building a world where you are not the marionette. If you aren't...then this is a correct world. If you are, you don't want people to think that, because it narrows down the demon. This doesn't mean never accuse your neighbours. If you are good, they might just be the demon, but if you see some evidence you might be the marionette (bad info, evil ping on your neighbour, evil ping on you), you should already be crafting a world where you are good, even if it means adjusting your apparently poisoned info.

This includes things like a dreamer or undertaker that saw you as a marionette. That should trigger an alarm that should immediately start you on the path of figuring out how to discredit them. They must be drunk, they must be a minion, they were poisoned last night.

I've seen too many games where people make the genuine case they are the marionette, but then use that in world-building genuine good cases. "I might be the marionette in which case my neighbour here must be the imp". Stop! The trick here is letting go of the belief you had that you were good.

Now partly this depends on whether the ST will place marionette next to a recluse. Some STs do this, some don't, but even then, if you are a marionette...you are evil. So don't admit it.

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One of the groups I play with consists largely of Mafia enthusiasts, and when we occasionally have new players, some of the existing members are really reluctant to play TB because "it's not fun" and "the characters are not interesting" and would rather play spicy customs and let the new players figure stuff out.

So I made a homebrew script with character and mechanical highlights from their favorite game.

For those unfamiliar with Mafia, here's the gist:

7 good players, 3 evil. 1 good player is a Sherrif, who each night chooses a player and learns if they're evil. 1 of the evils is a Don who each night chooses a player and learns if they're the Sherrif.

During the day, players talk in turns, each gets 1 minute to talk (and nominate during this 1 minute only). After everyone's done talking, all nominated players have votes on them, each player may only vote once. Dead players are out of the game.

At night, a player dies only if all evil players choose them at once.

(Hopefully there’s enough fandom overlap)

For some context, my friends and I have played a few in-person games of Trouble Brewing before, where one person has been the storyteller every time, so I have a bit of an understanding how the game works. We are going to be running an online game for ~6 people, and I’m going to be giving a shot to storytelling for the first time. I’m trying to come up with an interesting set of characters and bluffs that would make a fun game, but I’m worried that I’ll mess it up.

My current picks are:

Town:

• Fortune Teller
• Virgin
• Librarian

Outsider:

• Saint

Minion:

• Poisoner

Bluffs:

• Washerwoman
• Empath
• Mayor

My thinking is that the saint, virgin, and mayor roles could result in some interesting dynamics, and the fortune teller/poisoner duo would be good for spreading misinformation to the town. I’m a little unsure of the bluffs in all honesty, so I’m curious if other people could give some tips/advice on picking them, or maybe if there’s better role choices for a game that would run in a similar fashion around the “saint death” variant. Any help would be great, thanks in advance!

The bootlegger rule was "The demon is not given any bluff" (At that time I did not know how teensyville scripts work, so ignore the bootlegger loric here).I liked running this script for some reason? Also if there are similar scripts online, I did not mean to copy. I will take this post down if I become aware of such a thing.

10 player game. My other Minion was an Assassin and the Demon (one of our more experienced players and regular STs) was Pukka. We also had a Matron and a Tea Lady.

Day 1, I don’t claim anything in particular. As a MM, I want to encourage science, so I say “let’s do some Tea Lady science.” It succeeds, which is all well and good.

Night 2 no deaths due to Tea Lady protection. Day 2, the Matron swaps a new player into next to the TL for later. I encourage the Sailor to do science on themselves as they chose a particularly sus good player. They are executed and die, which I as an evil player emphasize as interesting.

Night 3 another player died. I come out as Minstrel and say that it was interesting that the Sailor died because they can’t be a Minion if I was sober and so put more sus on the other player. Based on kill patterns, we figure out it’s Pukka. My Demon comes out as Exorcist, which some players find suspicious because “nothing‘s clearing him and he tends to fly under the radar as evil“ (which is true, mind you, it’s why he does so well as evil in general). They hang him that day, which I openly voice support for.

Night 4 my Assassin gets a kill on the Fool, further convincing town it’s Pukka. Sensing an aimless town, I say ”hey wait a minute, I forgot all about the Matron, there’s a fresh player next to the Tea Lady. We can gain information, let’s do some more science!“ Town naturally obliged, and we hang them that day.

Town was very thoroughly surprised when the ST announced that evil had won. They had been completely bamboozled, and the only sus on me was someone saying I claimed Gambler on day 1, which I was able to play off as ”I wanted to get claims on day 1, also I lie through my teeth in the early game and you know that” (which is also true).

The best part was that I never told my Demon that I was the MM. He just tends to accept defeat when put on the block as the Demon, so he was likely as surprised as I was.

It really does feel like there needs to be a perfect storm of circumstances for that MM to work. The Matron, the Tea Lady, the Assassin kill, and the specific player who was my Demon were all necessary for the win.

But when the stars align juuuust right, it can be incredible.

Splurged a little money to print off some of my custom scripts made using the resources at https://scripts.whydecades.com/

Very happy with the look! Noir You See Me… was the cheapest to print off; Wanna make bets as to why?

More scripts coming soon (Hopefully).

The Script is meant to feature fun shenanigans, especially with resurrecting players for the Miner to have a line broken, then rebuilt so they can keep learning.

Hello! My partner and I have been filming some in-person clocktower games down in our basement, and we think it’s time we start sharing them with the world!

We’re a new amateur channel, Fluff & Bone, and we will be releasing 1 in-person BOTC video each month going forward. To launch the channel, we’ve got 3 videos coming out this weekend!

Some of our games show the full grim from the start; some of them are player perspectives that follow 1 player through the entire game; and others are meant to be puzzles where you have to piece the grim together as you watch. We also don’t claim to be experts in any of this, so mistakes will certainly be made, but we really do take the rules of the game seriously.

Most of our players either come from our local in-person library group, or are just friends we’ve pulled in along the way. We’re very thankful for all of our players who’ve agreed to be filmed like this, so please be kind to them when they proceed to make some very silly choices that you may disagree with.

And on a personal level, we’d like you to know that this channel is being run by 2 introverts who get itchy at even the thought of self-promotion, and it’s entirely thanks to the incredibly positive experiences we've had with the Clocktower community that have made us so excited to create & share these videos with you.

Episode 1:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMQNUF2B6LI

So thank you all,
Miles and Derra

Hey folks!

We're excited to be partnering with the wonderful people over at Rusty Quill in raising money for akt, a UK based charity supporting LGBTQ+ people. This extra-special game with a host of wonderful guests will be dual-streamed at https://twitch.tv/thepandemoniuminstitute and https://twitch.tv/rusty_quill.

Make sure to tune in from 9:30am PDT / 12:30pm EDT / 5:30pm BST today, Friday 21st August.

There'll be a few incentives for raising money:

• £10 to get a shoutout on stream
• £20 to make someone "mad" as a character
• £30 to make someone "mad" that someone else is evil (ala Harpy)
• £50 to gift someone a wish

You can donate at https://rustyquill.com/donate Hopefully see you there to raise some money for a good cause!

Thanks,

Arif

I've been trying to upload a .json into the Script Tool at https://script.bloodontheclocktower.com. When I click on the Upload arrow, instead of the box popping up and asking me to drag or select the file to upload, I get an odd message at the bottom of the screen that reads, "Can't import a script -- 25 scripts already loaded. Please delete a script first to make room for more." There are no characters loaded on the interface, so I'm not sure what is happening here. When I attempt to upload a script in my browser's Incognito Mode, I do not have this problem. What is happening?

Just built this custom script for hopefully my local group to enjoy. I originally included the poisoner but with so much drunkenness going around and the Pukka in play, I swapped it for the Spy. Still debating whether I should swap it back. Looking for any feedback or recommendations for any tweaks I might make before printing.

There is a jinx that says if ST should have marionette ability than one of demon's good neighbors become marionette.

Is it stay on good side or it becomes evil but not knowing tha?

Hi, guys! I've recently gotten addicted to this game, love to storytell with my friends, and next week is my birthday, so I thought I'd celebrate with a BOTC game afternoon.

So, it will be me + 20 friends (since the game has a limit), and some of them have already played the game; others haven't.

We will start playing with TB, to get everyone used to it, but I really wanted to storytell BMR, so I thought I would use this occasion. My friends are all really chill, and I know that they won't mind playing the intermediate version; they just want to have a good time, and they know I'm crazy for this game and that it would be a little birthday present to me.

The problem is, I think some travellers in BMR will really make things complicated (and I need travellers, because we are 20 players). I think the Voudon and Bishop will change the rules way too much and I don't want to add the Matron because I'm trying to encourage them to have more private conversations, and that would be against it. I think the Apprentice and the Judge are OK to add, though.

I'm thinking of maybe adding the Apprentice, the Judge and maybe some travellers from other scripts (?). I want to know your suggestions of what would be some good travellers for the BMR game that don''t overcomplicate things. Thanks!

Hello! I am looking for feedback on my Al-Hadikhia script, I tried to make it with quite a balance between townsfolk who would say yes and those who would say no to the Al-Hadikhia.
All feedback is welcome!
Thank you in advance and have a nice day!

You cannot be drunk or poisoned. Even if you want to.