The Meat Grinder

v11.0.0

by AtenCustomDifficulty:

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Characters

Townsfolk

Grandmother
You start knowing a good player & their character. If the Demon kills them, you die too.
Empath
Each night, you learn how many of your 2 alive neighbours are evil.
Village Idiot
Each night, choose a player: you learn their alignment. [+0 to +2 Village Idiots. 1 of the extras is drunk]
Fortune Teller
Each night, choose 2 players: you learn if either is a Demon. There is a good player that registers as a Demon to you.
King
Each night, if the dead outnumber the living, you learn 1 alive character. The Demon knows who you are.
Innkeeper
Each night*, choose 2 players: they can't die tonight, but 1 is drunk until dusk.
Gambler
Each night*, choose a player & guess their character: if you guess wrong, you die.
Gossip
Each day, you may make a public statement. Tonight, if it was true, a player dies.
Cannibal
You have the ability of the recently killed executee. If they are evil, you are poisoned until a good player dies by execution.
Minstrel
When a Minion dies by execution, all other players (except Travellers) are drunk until dusk tomorrow.
Choirboy
If the Demon kills the King, you learn which player is the Demon. [+ the King]
Mayor
If only 3 players live & no execution occurs, your team wins. If you die at night, another player might die instead.
Soldier
You are safe from the Demon.

Outsider

Recluse
You might register as evil & as a Minion or Demon, even if dead.
Moonchild
When you learn that you died, publicly choose 1 alive player. Tonight, if it was a good player, they die.
Goon
Each night, the 1st player to choose you with their ability is drunk until dusk. You become their alignment.
Drunk
You do not know you are the Drunk. You think you are a Townsfolk character, but you are not.

Minion

Widow
On your 1st night, look at the Grimoire and choose a player: they are poisoned. 1 good player knows a Widow is in play.
Marionette
You think you are a good character but you are not. The Demon knows who you are. [You neighbour the Demon]
Godfather
You start knowing which Outsiders are in play. If 1 died today, choose a player tonight: they die.
Assassin
Once per game, at night*, choose a player: they die, even if for some reason they could not.

Demon

Po
Each night*, you may choose a player: they die. If your last choice was no-one, choose 3 players tonight.

Night order

First night

1
D
Dusk
Start the Night Phase.
2
M
Minion Info
If there are 7 or more players, wake all Minions: Show the THIS IS THE DEMON token. Point to the Demon. Show THESE ARE YOUR MINIONS token. Point to the other Minions.
3
D
Demon Info
If there are 7 or more players, wake the Demon. Show the Demon token. Show all Minions. Show the THESE CHARACTERS ARE NOT IN PLAY token. Show 3 not-in-play good character tokens.
4
King
Wake the Demon, show them the 'This character selected you' card, show the King token and point to the King player.
5
Marionette
Select one of the good players next to the Demon and place the Is the Marionette reminder token. Wake the Demon and show them the Marionette.
6
Widow
Show the Grimoire to the Widow for as long as they need. The Widow points to a player. That player is poisoned. Wake a good player. Show the 'These characters are in play' card, then the Widow character token.
7
Godfather
Show each of the Outsider tokens in play.
8
Empath
Show the finger signal (0, 1, 2) for the number of evil alive neighbours of the Empath.
9
Fortune Teller
The Fortune Teller points to two players. Give the head signal (nod yes, shake no) for whether one of those players is the Demon.
10
Grandmother
Show the marked character token. Point to the marked player.
11
D
Dawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.

Other nights

1
D
Dusk
Start the Night Phase.
2
Innkeeper
The previously protected and drunk players lose those markers. The Innkeeper points to two players. Those players are protected. One is drunk.
3
Gambler
The Gambler points to a player, and a character on their sheet. If incorrect, the Gambler dies.
4
Po
If the Po chose no-one the previous night: The Po points to three players. Otherwise: The Po either shows the 'no' head signal , or points to a player. Chosen players die
5
Assassin
If the Assassin has not yet used their ability: The Assassin either shows the 'no' head signal, or points to a player. That player dies.
6
Godfather
If an Outsider died today: The Godfather points to a player. That player dies.
7
Gossip
If the Gossip’s public statement was true: Choose a player not protected from dying tonight. That player dies.
8
Choirboy
If the King was killed by the Demon, wake the Choirboy and point to the Demon player.
9
Moonchild
If the Moonchild used their ability to target a player today: If that player is good, they die.
10
Grandmother
If the Grandmother’s grandchild was killed by the Demon tonight: The Grandmother dies.
11
Empath
Show the finger signal (0, 1, 2) for the number of evil neighbours.
12
Fortune Teller
The Fortune Teller points to two players. Show the head signal (nod 'yes', shake 'no') for whether one of those players is the Demon.
13
King
If there are more dead than living, show the King a character token of a living player.
14
D
Dawn
Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.

Village Idiot doesn't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.