HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Blood On The Clocktower - Trouble Brewing (Level 1)

Welcome to Blood On The Clocktower!

Come join us for an evening of mystery and deception at Beer Shop | St Albans. Blood on the Clocktower is a social deduction game where a set number of players, guided by a Storyteller, role-play as either good Townsfolk or evil Minions and a Demon. The goal of the good team is to identify and execute the Demon, while the evil team wins if all good players are dead or if only two players remain. Grab your friends and get ready for an unforgettable experience!

This Halloween we’re bringing a special edition of Blood on the Clocktower to Beer Shop | St Albans, hosted by Rob.

We’ll be playing Trouble Brewing (Level 1) – a chaotic and exciting setup filled with demons, outsiders, and plenty of twists to keep you guessing until the end. Expect bluffing, deduction, and some truly spooky moments…

Fancy Dress Encouraged!

It’s Halloween after all, so feel free to get into the spirit and come in costume!

A little bit about the game...

Trouble Brewing has a little bit of everything. Some characters passively receive information, some need to take action to learn who is who, while some simply want to bait the Demon into attacking them. Both good and evil can gain the upper hand by making well-timed sacrifices. Trouble Brewing is a relatively straightforward Demon-hunt, but evil has a number of dastardly misinformation tricks up their sleeves, so the good players best question what they think they know if they hope to survive.

Good players will need to figure out who is good and who is evil by using logic and intuition. Some players may want to reveal which character they are and share their information immediately (such as the Chef or Investigator), while others may want to lie about their identity so that the Imp avoids attacking them (such as the Undertaker or Fortune Teller). Some may lie about who they are so that the Imp does attack them (such as the Ravenkeeper or Soldier)!

Other good characters gain information by doing something and noticing the effect. Sacrificing one’s life by nominating a Virgin, attempting to kill the Imp as a Slayer and noticing what happens, or deliberately killing good players so that the Undertaker can confirm which character they were—these are all ways to sacrifice life and power to gain information and achieve victory.

Evil players will need to pretend to be good characters and do so well, giving false information to confuse the good team if necessary. With only true information, the good team will usually find out who is evil with enough time to spare. But with even a little believable falsehood in the air, evil has a chance. The Poisoner and Spy, if they pay attention, can cause huge confusion in the good team’s ranks by using their abilities sneakily. Evil will also need to decide when to make sacrifices. Will the Scarlet Woman kill the Imp to save their team? Will the Imp kill themselves to turn a more trustworthy player into the Demon? Will the evil team vote to execute a suspicious Minion in order to look like honourable members of the town? Or will the Baron give obviously false information to make it look like a Poisoner is in the game? Causing confusion about which Minions are in play can be the difference between victory and defeat.