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Pin the tail on the Octopus

v1.0.0

by Mateo PriceCustomDifficulty:

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Djinn
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Characters

Townsfolk

  • Knight

    You start knowing 2 players that are not the Demon.

  • Clockmaker

    You start knowing how many steps from the Demon to its nearest Minion.

  • Bounty Hunter

    You start knowing 1 evil player. If the player you know dies, you learn another evil player tonight. [1 Townsfolk is evil]

  • Balloonist

    Each night, you learn 1 player of each character type, until there are no more types to learn. [+1 Outsider]

  • Snake Charmer

    Each night, choose an alive player: a chosen Demon swaps characters & alignments with you & is then poisoned.

  • Dreamer

    Each night, choose a player (not yourself or Travellers): you learn 1 good and 1 evil character, 1 of which is correct.

  • 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.

  • Undertaker

    Each night*, you learn which character died by execution today.

  • Acrobat

    Each night*, if either good living neighbour is drunk or poisoned, you die.

  • Savant

    Each day, you may visit the Storyteller to learn 2 things in private: 1 is true & 1 is false.

  • Alsaahir

    Each day, if you publicly guess which players are Minion(s) and which are Demon(s), good wins.

  • Slayer

    Once per game, during the day, publicly choose a player: if they are the Demon, they die.

  • Alchemist
    Jinxed with Spy

    You have a not-in-play Minion ability.

Outsider

  • Hermit

    You have all Outsider abilities. [-0 or -1 Outsider]

  • Mutant

    If you are "mad" about being an Outsider, you might be executed.

  • Snitch

    Minions start knowing 3 not-in-play characters.

  • Puzzlemaster

    1 player is drunk, even if you die. If you guess (once) who it is, learn the Demon player, but guess wrong & get false info.

Minion

  • Godfather

    You start knowing which Outsiders are in play. If 1 died today, choose a player tonight: they die.

  • Poisoner

    Each night, choose a player: they are poisoned tonight and tomorrow day.

  • Spy

    Each night, you see the Grimoire. You might register as good & as a Townsfolk or Outsider, even if dead.

  • Cerenovus

    Each night, choose a player & a good character: they are "mad" they are this character tomorrow, or might be executed.

Demon

  • Lil' Monsta

    Each night, Minions choose who babysits Lil' Monsta's token & "is the Demon". A player dies each night*. [+1 Minion]

  • Leviathan

    If more than 1 good player is executed, you win. All players know you are in play. After day 5, evil wins.

Fabled & Loric

  • Djinn

    Use the Djinn's special rule. All players know what it is.

Night order

First night

  1. 1
    D
    Dusk

    Start the Night Phase.

  2. 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. 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. 4
    Alchemist

    Show the Alchemist a not-in-play Minion token

  5. 5
    Snitch

    After Minion info wake each Minion and show them three not-in-play character tokens. These may be the same or different to each other and the ones shown to the Demon.

  6. 6
    Lil' Monsta

    Wake all Minions together, allow them to vote by pointing at who they want to babysit Lil' Monsta.

  7. 7
    Poisoner

    The Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.

  8. 8
    Snake Charmer

    The Snake Charmer points to a player. If that player is the Demon: swap the Demon and Snake Charmer character and alignments. Wake each player to inform them of their new role and alignment. The new Snake Charmer is poisoned.

  9. 9
    Godfather

    Show each of the Outsider tokens in play.

  10. 10
    Cerenovus

    The Cerenovus points to a player, then to a character on their sheet. Wake that player. Show the 'This character selected you' card, then the Cerenovus token. Show the selected character token. If the player is not mad about being that character tomorrow, they can be executed.

  11. 11
    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.

  12. 12
    Clockmaker

    Show the hand signal for the number (1, 2, 3, etc.) of places from Demon to closest Minion.

  13. 13
    Dreamer

    The Dreamer points to a player. Show 1 good and 1 evil character token; one of these is correct.

  14. 14
    Balloonist

    Choose a character type. Point to a player whose character is of that type. Place the Balloonist's Seen reminder next to that character.

  15. 15
    Bounty Hunter

    Point to 1 evil player. Wake the townsfolk who is evil and show them the 'You are' card and the thumbs down evil sign.

  16. 16
    Spy

    Show the Grimoire to the Spy for as long as they need.

  17. 17
    Leviathan

    Place the Leviathan 'Day 1' marker. Announce 'The Leviathan is in play; this is Day 1.'

  18. 18
    D
    Dawn

    Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.

Other nights

  1. 1
    D
    Dusk

    Start the Night Phase.

  2. 2
    Poisoner

    The previously poisoned player is no longer poisoned. The Poisoner points to a player. That player is poisoned.

  3. 3
    Snake Charmer

    The Snake Charmer points to a player. If that player is the Demon: swap the Demon and Snake Charmer character and alignments. Wake each player to inform them of their new role and alignment. The new Snake Charmer is poisoned.

  4. 4
    Cerenovus

    The Cerenovus points to a player, then to a character on their sheet. Wake that player. Show the 'This character selected you' card, then the Cerenovus token. Show the selected character token. If the player is not mad about being that character tomorrow, they can be executed.

  5. 5
    Lil' Monsta

    Wake all Minions together, allow them to vote by pointing at who they want to babysit Lil' Monsta. Choose a player, that player dies.

  6. 6
    Godfather

    If an Outsider died today: The Godfather points to a player. That player dies.

  7. 7
    Acrobat

    If a good living neighbour is drunk or poisoned, the Acrobat player dies.

  8. 8
    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.

  9. 9
    Undertaker

    If a player was executed today: Show that player’s character token.

  10. 10
    Dreamer

    The Dreamer points to a player. Show 1 good and 1 evil character token; one of these is correct.

  11. 11
    Balloonist

    Choose a character type that does not yet have a Seen reminder next to a character of that type. Point to a player whose character is of that type, if there are any. Place the Balloonist's Seen reminder next to that character.

  12. 12
    Bounty Hunter

    If the known evil player has died, point to another evil player.

  13. 13
    Spy

    Show the Grimoire to the Spy for as long as they need.

  14. 14
    Leviathan

    Change the Leviathan Day reminder for the next day.

  15. 15
    D
    Dawn

    Wait for a few seconds. End the Night Phase.

Knight, Alsaahir, Hermit, Djinn don't have night-order data in BOTChub yet — check the printed script or Script Tool for exact placement.

Jinxes
  • Jinxed with Alchemist
    Jinxed with Spy
    Alchemist & Spy

    An Alchemist-Spy has no Spy ability & a Spy is in play. After each execution, a living Alchemist-Spy may publicly guess a living player as the Spy. If correct, the Demon must choose the Spy tonight.