The Lord Mayor's Shit-Show

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SilentInAWay

Notes

Itâs an election year and the town square is abuzz with false claims and misguided accusations. This strategically imbalanced script celebrates democracy and its subversion, with uninformed voters making life-and-death decisions by secret ballotâcunningly orchestrated by the elusive Al-Hadikhia. Lacking the wherewithal to expose the evil hiding in their own backyards, the town must survive by establishing small caucuses of trustâwith each new confirmation coming at a cost. However, provided they don't stay at the Inn, these ad hoc coalitions can be confident that their members are neither drunk nor poisoned. Mercifully for town, Al-Hadikhia and its sympathizers may be equally frustrated. Evil operatives might not only have difficulty identifying one another, but a special ability of the Mayor could have Al-Hadikhia questioning their own sanity, Moreover, in the event of an agrarian uprising, the entire evil party may find themselves at wits end. Special Rules (Bootlegger): â¢ If the Mayor is selected by the Al-Hadikhia at night, another player might choose to live or die instead. â¢ If the Banshee is dead, they cannot be turned evil by the Mezepheles. Fabled: Spirit of Ivory (so a resurrected Mezepheles cannot turn another player evil)

Characters

Total 28

Townsfolk

Grandmother

You start knowing a good player & their character. If the Demon kills them, you die too.

Pixie

You start knowing 1 in-play Townsfolk. If you were mad that you were this character, you gain their ability when they die.

Preacher

Each night, choose a player: a Minion, if chosen, learns this. All chosen Minions have no ability.

Snake Charmer

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

Oracle

Each night*, you learn how many dead players are evil.

Innkeeper

Each night*, choose 2 players: they can't die tonight, but 1 is drunk until dusk.

Fool

The 1st time you die, you don't.

Pacifist

Executed good players might not die.

Farmer

When you die at night, an alive good player becomes a Farmer.

Poppy Grower

Minions & Demons do not know each other. If you die, they learn who each other are that night.

Virgin

The 1st time you are nominated, if the nominator is a Townsfolk, they are executed immediately.

Mayor

If only 3 players live & no execution occurs, your team wins. If you die at night, another player might die instead.

Banshee

If the Demon kills you, all players learn this. From now on, you may nominate twice per day and vote twice per nomination.

Outsider

Snitch

Each Minion gets 3 bluffs.

Zealot

If there are 5 or more players alive, you must vote for every nomination.

Politician

If you were the player most responsible for your team losing, you change alignment & win, even if dead.

Lunatic

You think you are a Demon, but you are not. The Demon knows who you are & who you choose at night.

Minion

Godfather

You start knowing which Outsiders are in play. If 1 died today, choose a player tonight: they die. [-1 or +1 Outsider]

Devil's Advocate

Each night, choose a living player (different to last night): if executed tomorrow, they don't die.

Mezepheles

You start knowing a secret word. The 1st good player to say this word becomes evil that night.

Scarlet Woman

If there are 5 or more players alive & the Demon dies, you become the Demon. (Travellers don't count.)

Demon

Al-Hadikhia

Each night*, you may choose 3 players (all players learn who): each silently chooses to live or die, but if all live, all die.

Traveller

Bureaucrat

Each night, choose a player (not yourself): their vote counts as 3 votes tomorrow.

Judge

Once per game, if another player nominated, you may choose to force the current execution to pass or fail.

Thief

Each night, choose a player (not yourself): their vote counts negatively tomorrow.

Voudon

Only you & the dead can vote. They don't need a vote token to do so. A 50% majority isn't required.

Fabled

Spirit of Ivory

There can't be more than 1 extra evil player.

Loric

Bootlegger

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