A Stud In Scarlet

**A Stud In Scarlet** is the first episode of No Rolls Barred Plays Blood On The Clocktower. It was originally a Board Game Club episode. It was formerly titled **Let's Play BLOOD ON THE CLOCKTOWER** as part of the Board Game Club series.

"*We're gonna kick into the game by sending you all to sleep, and then Ben and I will discuss how we're going to run this dreadful town full of murderers and demons. Goodnight.*"
―Adam
## Players and roles

Storytellers: Ben and Adam

Script: Trouble Brewing

Ordered clockwise

### Demon bluffs

* Saint - *If you die by execution, your team loses.*
* Slayer - *Once per game, during the day, publicly choose a player: if they are the Demon, they die.*
* Soldier - *You are safe from the Demon.*

### Additional information

Sullivan the Drunk believes he is the Empath: *Each night, you learn how many of your 2 alive neighbours are evil.*

Sullivan the Drunk is Blair the Fortune Teller's red herring.

\*Not first night

## Notable moments

* The first rule of Board Game Club is "something you can absolutely 100% know to be true... unless you're drunk or poisoned."
* We're in COVID restrictions, hence Zoom.
* Oli in the hellos: "Konnichiwa!"
* Role summaries begin for the first time.
* Jon: "Fuck this game."
* Sullivan: "I don't understand doors!"
* Isaac trusts Sullivan's naivete for claiming Empath to everyone at the start, Sullivan later confesses to this and begs the Demon not to kill him.
* Ben: "As much as I love your jovial banter, I'm gonna have to insist that we play!"
* Sullivan learning that Isaac may be evil: "Hohhhhhh. Ohhhhhhh. Mon Dieu! Oh my, that's... oh shit!"
* Luke: "Oliver Davis, please. Kill the prick."
* Isaac upon learning that they executed the Demon: "Oh sh- oh shit!"
* Jon is still Board Game Club Champion.

## Game events

### Night One

* Jon the Chef learns a 1.
* Sullivan the Drunk Empath learns a 0 for Luke and Jon.
* Blair the Fortune Teller chooses Tom and Elliott and learns a yes.

### Night Two

* Tom the Monk protects Sully.
* Luke the Imp attacks Sully, but he is protected.
* Sullivan the Drunk Empath learns a 0 for Luke and Jon.
* Blair the Fortune Teller chooses Tom and Oli and learns a no.

### Day Two

* Jon nominates Tom, vote fails with 2 votes.
* Oli nominates Jon, vote succeeds with 9 votes.
* Jon is executed and dies.

### Night Three

* Tom the Monk protects Sullivan.
* Luke the Imp kills Tom.
* Sullivan the Drunk Empath learns a 1 for Luke and Isaac.
* Blair the Fortune Teller chooses Laurie and Isaac and learns a no.
* Isaac the Undertaker learns Jon was the Chef.

### Day Three

* Blair nominates Elliott, vote succeeds with 7 votes.
* Elliott is executed and dies.

### Night Four

* Luke the Imp kills Oli.
* Oli the Ravenkeeper chooses Laurie and learns he is the Scarlet Woman.
* Sullivan the Drunk Empath learns a 0 for Luke and Isaac.
* Blair the Fortune Teller chooses Luke and Sullivan and learns a yes.
* Isaac the Undertaker learns Elliott (the Recluse) was the Poisoner.

### Day Four

* Blair nominates Luke, vote succeeds with 3 votes.
* Isaac nominates Blair, vote fails with 2 votes.
* Luke is executed and dies, Laurie the Scarlet Woman becomes the Imp.

### Night Five

* Laurie the Imp kills Sullivan.
* Blair the Fortune Teller chooses Laurie and Isaac and learns a yes.
* Isaac the Undertaker learns Luke was the Imp.

### Day Five

* Blair nominates Laurie, vote succeeds with 4 votes.
* Laurie nominates Isaac, vote fails with 3 votes.
* Laurie is executed and dies.
* Good team wins.

## Trivia

* Game introduction and rules by Adam.
* This video marks the debut of Ben Burns on the channel.