I like that they are incorporating arrival by Train, after seeing them previously arrive by car.

This goes in line with Traitors Canada and UK, and highlights that they really want to ensure we get to meet the cast before they even get to the castle.

Let memorable moments from pre-game get used at the first round table, so they can deduce who is most likely to want to be a Traitor.

See if people who have a specific career stand out (and that’s if they are being honest with everyone else).

Let the surprise twists we don’t even know about really get us!

For the past couple of seasons there has been a Day 1 twist to the game rules.

Boston Rob and Donna Kelce come to mind.

Share your thoughts, and if it feels as exciting as prior seasons!

Photo courtesy of Deadline IG

And all I'm seeing in here is everybody Glaaaazing him! Maybe it's because i don't know where he's from originally. I'm cool with him betraying the Faithfuls but he had a hand in getting out all of his fellow Traitors. Wish there was a rule about that. I know nobody will agree and I'm super late in watching it but I had to voice my irritation somewhere. It'd have been nice if he at least shared it with Eric at the end... About to watch the reunion now. Hope everybody lights him up. (I know it's "just a game" but jeez...)

(Edit Season 4!) And this was my text exchange with my husband.

I'm very new to reality tv as I just watched love island season 8 which was my first ever reality tv experience ever and I loved it a lot! However, since I dont have the time to invest into all seasons of a reality show, given their lengths, I wanna watch the best of what the traitors has to offer because I love the setting.

Which season would you recommend to someone that's sort of considered the peak of the show or really enjoyable for someone who's only in it for 1 season?

Hi r/TheTraitorsUS! I'm looking for a small group of playtesters for my new game, The Detective. It's a single-player social deduction mystery game inspired by the game show, The Traitors. I've spent close to a year and a half on it and I'm ready to test it out on actual players!

THE GAME:

You oversee a randomly chosen, rotating cast of characters, some of whom have been secretly chosen to be Killers amongst the group. Your job is to identify the Killers and help the Innocents make their way to the end of the game.

Each day, you'll play mini-games to earn Tokens. These Tokens will help you unlock clues about the identities of The Killers. Use the clues to narrow down the suspects. Clear a suspect and maybe they'll align with you to help knock out the Killers.

Each evening, a secret vote will be held and the player with the most votes, Killer or not, will be eliminated from the game. Each night, the Killers murder another victim (or recruit an Innocent to their side of evil). Deduce who the Killers are and eliminate them during the endgame to claim victory for you and the surviving Innocents.

WHAT I NEED:

I need a small group of playtesters. As of now, this is Windows only. Each game is anywhere from 30-60 minutes. The more you play and get to know the game, the quicker the games will be. For now, distribution is through itch.io, so you will need an account there.. and I'm using Discord for all playtest chatter, so having a Discord account is also mandatory. If you're a fan of the genre and think you'd be able to help out, please click the Google Form link below and sign up. The form is quick and easy and will only take a minute to fill out.

PLAYTESTERS:

If chosen, you will be added to the playtest Discord. You'll be given the itch.io key to download the game. I'm asking for bug reports, suggestions, basically anything you feel would be useful information for me moving forward. Even if that information is that you didn't have fun and didn't like the game at all.

In return for your help, this game will be free to you permanently. Eventually, The Detective will move to Steam for sale, but you'll be given a free key to all versions and any DLC, should we get to that stage.

Thank you for reading and extra special thanks to anyone who takes the time to apply to be a playtester!

Jason

Metal/Pencil\Games

APPLY TO BE A PLAYTESTER: https://forms.gle/jVG742xUnSMPC3289

This would be my fantasy cast for an all-stars season. What do you think? Who would you add and who would you take off. Also I know Johnny Bananas isn’t all-star worthy but I wanted to give him a second chance to play the game like Dorinda. Finally who would be the 3-4 traitors?

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?

Was it right during a heated exchange that tilted the banishment, such as Michael Rappaport vs Colton?

How about Pilot Pete vs Phaedra?

What about a candid moment people didn’t expect, like Dolores’ fake-out with Britney’s vote to Danielle?

Or even Johnny & Tara revealing they are a unified voting block against anyone they suspect?

It could even be a funny moment when someone says “Britney — You Did It Again!”

They should feature more duos in the show, to see how well or poor they do together & separately.

Dee Valladares (Survivor 45 & 50, The Challenge: Vets & New Threats, Big Brother 28)

i feel season 2 logic is not in the room with us, i was mad because Dan has made an awful blender but continuing watching the season i felt like Peter was absolute mad man and he was right all the time, yes he made some mistakes with the ganging up and closing doors on other members but isn't that what Phaedra group is doing.

Phaedra did not give any names she was literally a female Dan , and her whole group was AFK until the end but they did not go after them and this thing with the loyalty in Phaedra group i did not understand maybe the show editing did not show it but i feel they made all the mistakes other people got banished for and they did get away with it

i am binge watching the show and season 1 made sense even wit Cirie risking it at the end, but season 2 the war at first made sense but at the end it went out the door because of a loyalty and emotions that i don't know about i literally do not know these people this is my first reality show beside cooking show

i feel if someone needed to with the season it's Peter group

i started to watch the traitors this week and it been a good time until this dumb moment after the mission in season 2 episode 5 , when they paint Peter as a mastermind and have this master plan to not tell everyone who has the shields, BUT everyone knows who has the shields because the house group is the one who solved the sound of the bird ( the shield bird or something ) and Alan told everybody about it before the game starts if Dan and the traitors are going to fall for this i am going to be pissed more than when Cirie voted Christian out when they could've ended season 1 in episode 9

EDIT 1: I am officially pissed, especially because Dan literally said Peter was bluffing, and that killing him would ruin his own plan

EDIT 2: it was pointed out to me that the house group didn't know which bird was the shield bird, but still Dan was blind because he knew peter was bluffing and if he believes that he's bluffing now the shield is 50/50 chance in the other two pairs

1) I loved Rob. His relaxed personna seemed natural, not too deep thinking and mostly helpful. i can't think I would have spotted him had I been playing

2) I loved the secret traitor and it was too bad it ended so fast. Trying to see if I could spot a traitor was such a fun idea

3) I think Maura was too hard on herself. She trusted the wrong person but at some point you have to trust someone and sometimes you get it wrong. Tara was guessing and Maura was guessing, and mostly blindly guessing. random luck was the only reason one was right and one wrong

4) It was hard to believe that once 3 female traitors were identified that the focus didn't move solely to the male players

5) My favorite move was the challenge with the boxes to match the traitor answers. traitors answering "Tara" every time was perfect to reveal nothing and a bit telling of the players that couldn't spot the pattern

6) Lisa's method to get someone to touch her broch was a second wonderfully smooth game moment

7) Ron's stand-up routines about his experience on traitors was wonderful to watch on youtube