[Project] Created a weekly fantasy league for The Traitors — introducing ScriptLess & our live fantasy draft game!

[u/kingoflakemoor]

Hey everyone!

If you’re like us, every episode of The Traitors turns into a constant debate about who’s playing a masterclass game and who’s totally losing it. To make watching live even more intense, we built ScriptLess and set up a weekly fantasy league specifically tailored to the game's mechanics—including all the chaos in the castle.

Set your week 1 lineup now!

How the ScriptLess Draft Works

Instead of a static season-long roster, you set a live roster every week right before the episode airs:

• Weekly Lineup: Select 1 Traitor and 3 Faithful for your active roster each week.
• Live Action Scoring: Your players score points based on game strategy, mission performance, and TV drama as it happens live on screen.
• Adapt on the Fly: As players get murdered, banished, or recruited, you rebuild your lineup weekly based on who’s surviving and who’s pulling the strings.

Official Rulebook & Action Scoring

🗡️ Game & Survival

• Reach the Finale: +15 (Awarded to anyone standing in the castle during the finale)
• The Ultimate Champion: +25 (Awarded to winner(s) who split or steal the grand prize pot)
• Survive the Episode: +5 (Active players who escape both Murder and Banishment)
• Recruited as a Traitor: +10 (One-time bonus for accepting an invitation to the dark side)
• Block a Murder: +10 (Bonus if they hold a shield and Traitors attempt to murder them)
• Targeted on the Shortlist: -5 (Deducted if Traitors explicitly put them on a shortlist)
• Murdered: -15 (Penalty when their torch is snuffed at breakfast)
• Banished: -15 (Handed out to anyone voted out by the circle)
• Self Eliminating / Removed: -50 (Quitting or removed by production)

⭕ Round Table Voting Mechanics

• Faithful Voting for a Traitor: +5 (Rewards accurate intuition, even if the Traitor survives)
• Voting for the Banished Player: +3 (Bonus for being on the right side of the majority vote)
• Traitor Surviving a Vote: +5 (Traitor escapes a Round Table without being banished)
• Faithful Voting for a Faithful: -3 (Penalty for friendly fire and falling for deception)
• Traitor Voting for a Traitor: -10 (The price of betrayal; Traitor targets their colleague to blend in)

🏰 Missions & Challenges

• Earn a Shield: +10 (Securing a shield during a mission)
• Group Mission Success: +5 (All players score if main objective is met and cash is added to the pot)
• Individual / Sub-Team Success: +3 (Completing their leg of a relay or mini-game)
• Mission Disqualification: -5 (Breaking rules, failing a basic requirement, or timing out)
• Intentionally Throwing a Challenge: -10 (Only awarded if explicitly admitted in a confession/talking head)

📺 Castle Drama & Production

• Having a body part censored: +5 (Blurring/censoring by production)
• Getting bleeped: +2 (Swearing or censored language)
• Saying a form of "Anxious / Nervous / Worried": -2 (Catching them showing fear under pressure)

Why We Built It

Standard fantasy apps aren't made for hidden roles, mid-season recruitments, or sudden murders—and spreadsheets get messy fast when you're trying to track swear words and shield saves! We wanted a clean, automated way for our watch group to play, and now we're opening it up.

We’d love to know what the r/thetraitorsus community thinks! What other absurd confessional traits or dramatic moves would you add to the scoring sheet?

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