A Royal Blunder

### Cast

Adam, Angela, Ben, Blair, Brooke, Dan, Dom, Holly, Ken, Laurie, Luke, Mara, Pete, Sullivan, Tempest, Tilly, Tom

### Winners

Evil team (Adam, Brooke, Dom, Holly, Sullivan)

### Series

No Rolls Barred Plays Blood On The Clocktower

**A Royal Blunder** is an episode of No Rolls Barred Plays Blood On The Clocktower.

This is episode was originally restricted to backers of the original BOTC in person Kickstarter. On 1 July 2023 it was publicly released, with agreement from the Kickstarter backers, to drive further support for the Season 2 Kickstarter in its final days.

"*There's safety in numbers guys, but make sure you don't begin to eat yourselves before the demon gets a chance to. Goodnight!*"
―Laurie
## Players and roles

Storytellers: Ben, Laurie

Script: If All Live

Ordered clockwise

### Demon Bluffs

* Investigator - *You start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Minion.*
* Oracle - *Each night\*, you learn how many dead players are evil.*
* Balloonist - *Each night, you learn 1 player of each character type, until there are no more types to learn. [+1 Outsider]*

### Additional Information

Sullivan the Marionette believes he is the Huntsman: *Once per game, at night, choose a living player: the Damsel, if chosen, becomes a not-in-play Townsfolk. [+the Damsel]*

Holly's Mezepheles word is 'backers'.

Angela the King is Puzzle-drunk.

\*Not the first night

## Notable moments

* Ben: "I'm expecting this to be graceful chaos, put it that way."
* Adam: "To be fair to the Kickstarter backers, I would also pay to have Laurie killed." Luke says that should not have been one of the stretch goals.
* Ben: "That's actually so cavalier that it might come off for Adam, it might work." Of course, it was less 'cavalier' and more 'monumental fuck up caused by not reading the script fully'. Luckily, the truth is only the truth if people believe it - and the 'too stupid to be true' defence is a tried and tested one in Blood on the Clocktower.
* Adam to Sullivan: "You might want to wipe that smirk off your face, buddy - cos you're my fucking marionette!"
* The supposed Marionettes form their own little club. It's a form of solidarity against the chaos.
* When you have a reputation for chaos, people aren't necessarily going to believe you when you come out with complex and fantastical truths.
* Ben to Adam: "I have to hand it to you man, that was some A-grade bullshitting then." "If you win this, Adam, that makes you the best demon ever - top of the leader board if you win this."
* Astonishingly, the team who were clearly on the ropes on the first day have 2 possible routes to victory by the third. Laurie and Ben cannot understand how this is still happening - Town are going through amazing mental gymnastics to fit the facts into their existing world view.
* Ben: "Kickstarter backers are getting their money's worth out of this one - I reckon this might be the best one we've ever run."
* Dom: "I feel like Adam is a real liability as a demon."
* Adam to Sullivan: "My beautiful boyfriend! My wonderful partner! You're with me always!"
* Tempest had no fun, Pete could possibly have enjoyed it more with a different result, Dan doesn't know if it was a great evil performance or a terrible good performance.

## Game Events

### Night One

* Mara the Sailor drinks with Blair, Mara is made drunk.
* Dom the Poisoner poisons Luke the Ravenkeeper.
* Holly the Mezepheles learns her word is 'backers'.
* Sullivan the Marionette Huntsman chooses not to use his ability.
* Dom and Holly learn that there is a Damsel in play.
* Tilly the Empath learns a 0 for Angela and Dan.
* Ken the Nightwatchman chooses Dom; Dom the Poisoner learns Ken is the Nightwatchman.

### Day One

* Brooke the Farmer says the Mezepheles word and turns evil.
* Mara nominates Mara, vote succeeds with 12 votes.
* Mara is executed and dies.

### Night Two

* Dom the Poisoner chooses Dan the Puzzlemaster; Angela the King's ability activates.
* Adam the Al-Hadikhia learns Angela is the King.
* Tom the Cannibal-Sailor drinks with Luke, Luke is made drunk.
* Brooke the Farmer learns she has become evil.
* Adam the Al-Hadikhia chooses Dan, Tilly and Angela.
* Dan chooses to live, Tilly chooses to live, Angela chooses to die; Angela dies.
* Pete the Choirboy learns Adam is the demon due to Angela the King's death.
* Blair the Professor chooses not to use her ability.
* Sullivan the Marionette Huntsman chooses not to use his ability.
* Tilly the Empath learns a 0 for Tempest and Dan.

### Day Two

* Tom nominates Holly, vote succeeds with 7 votes.
* Adam nominates Pete, vote fails with 6 votes.
* Ken nominates Adam, vote fails with 2 votes.
* Dan nominates Ken, vote succeeds with 9 votes.
* Ken is executed and dies.

### Night Three

* Dom the Poisoner poisons Luke the Ravenkeeper.
* Adam the Al-Hadikhia chooses Dan, Tilly and Blair.
* Dan chooses to live, Tilly chooses to live, Blair chooses to live; Dan, Tilly and Blair die.
* Sullivan the Marionette Huntsman chooses Mara with no effect.
* Tom the Cannibal-Nightwatchman and chooses Blair: Blair the Professor learns Tom is the Cannibal.

### Night Four

* Dom the Poisoner poisons Luke the Ravenkeeper.
* Adam the Al-Hadikhia chooses Adam, Luke and Tom.
* Adam chooses to live, Luke chooses to die, Tom chooses to live; Luke dies.
* Luke the poisoned Ravenkeeper chooses Adam and learns he is the Balloonist.

### Day Four

* Tom nominates Adam, vote succeeds with 5 votes.
* Holly nominates Tom, vote ties with 5 votes.
* Sullivan nominates Sullivan, vote fails with 1 vote.
* Tempest nominates Tempest, vote fails with 0 votes.
* Holly the Mezepheles claims Minion and guesses Tempest as the Damsel.
* Evil team wins by Damsel identification.

## Trivia

* Ben is the man who turns the grimoire into our abattoir.
* This is the largest game played on the channel - with 15 participants and 2 storytellers.
* The new character is the Nightwatchman.