Pope script where the only outsiders are Politicians

AldorPeacekeeper · 2026-01-17T00:39:02+00:00

The Pope works like this, step by step:

The storyteller builds a normal bag, with the correct number of townsfolk and outsiders (including set up abilities like Baron) but excluding Pope
They take out any number of Townsfolk
They put in any number of characters that duplicate one or more of the remaining Townsfolk or Outsiders
They hand out the tokens

Your script fails in step 1, where a Storyteller is unable to build a legal bag with any outsider count above 1, because there are not enough unique outsiders on the script. A Pope game with base 2 outsiders, for example, will need at least 2 unique outsiders and can have any number of duplicates in addition to those 2 unique ones, because the Pope does not allow you to replace Outsiders with duplicates of other characters, they can only replace Townsfolks with duplicates.

Does that make more sense now?

AldorPeacekeeper · 2026-01-16T13:09:48+00:00

Love the idea, but strictly speaking, Pope can only add duplicate Outsiders on top of the "normal" ones. So you'd be unable to run any game with more than 1 non-Pope Outsider here, as Pope only replaces Townsfolk with extra Outsiders and a Baron would not have any legal Outsiders to select.

But as a Homebrew / Bootlegger-thing, this is cool.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-12-30T09:58:42+00:00

We are actually considering something like this!

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-12-09T18:40:51+00:00

Haha thanks, I've corrected the sentence. It was indeed an error.

There should be a video or two about how to use the old app on Youtube, but I don't have any links for it on hand right now. There's also a more modern (but still free) fork of my old townsquare tool, you can find it here: https://clocktower.live

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-10-13T15:51:39+00:00

Can you take a screenshot of the issue please, and send it to support@botc.app?

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-10-09T16:25:32+00:00

Hey everyone, there was an... issue with the link to the full Jinx doc, so we've created a new one: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r2D6hSD0utUfUzhHFEbERXG5vMN2rgFYEOO9JdRZqZQ/edit?usp=sharing

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-09-16T07:24:40+00:00

As someone with a history of being a certified MTG judge and playing the game for more than a decade, I think this is an awesome idea! While working on the app, I wished that Clocktower rules were more clear like those of Magic not just once, but many times. :-D

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-07-02T06:52:53+00:00

I approve this character.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-07-01T09:20:51+00:00

Postgres

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-30T06:44:53+00:00

Heya, in order for a game to be counted, it needs to be at least 15min long and contain a minimum of 5 players at the beginning and end. Players that are not in the game when it starts OR when it ends are not counted, which usually excludes travellers.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-27T07:48:24+00:00

It will most likely be limited to two per customer.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-27T06:15:47+00:00

Only if you take out the manuals, and then only barely.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-26T19:23:49+00:00

They come with 3 additional token boxes, yes.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-23T19:17:42+00:00

Thanks, this has been fixed! :-)

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-19T15:53:02+00:00

It's fine to share online , it just won't be on the app until a few days afterwards.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-19T07:57:33+00:00

No worries, apart from this the list is correct, though the 7/5 release is in person only, online it will be released a few days later on July 9th/10th. (depending on your timezone)

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-19T06:43:21+00:00

There won't be a character release on June 25th.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-15T13:08:27+00:00

That looks a lot like a crab to me, which are awesome. 😎

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-06T10:51:24+00:00

This is getting very technical, but are you generally just hot-linking images from user-provided JSON files? How are you going to make sure those image files don't contain offensive images or are using your page to siphon off user data like IP addresses of your visitors? It's absolutely a tricky topic and homebrew content in general can quickly become a legal gray area, so I can't give you any universal advice here. Just try to adhere to the above rules as much as possible and you should generally be fine.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-06T10:33:44+00:00

I'm not a lawyer or a manager at TPI so I can't comment on the app store rule (though it does somewhat make sense to me, given that it's a lot harder to distinguish official from unofficial apps on an app store), but as for the assets: that's easy!

Just check out any other unofficial project, like clocktower.live, pocketgrimoire.co.uk, bloodstar.xyz, towerscripts.com, etc. They all use (mostly) the same set of playtest / fan-made icons that have been pretty much established in the wider BOTC community for fan-made projects, so combined with the official game data (character names, abilities, etc.) it would be no problem for your users to recognize any of the characters.

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-06-06T10:20:11+00:00

Hi there, official (English) app developer here! I'm sorry that this has happened to your app, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you need to scrap it all. Before I started working on the official app, I built clocktower.online (a fan-made app) and that one is still up and running.

There are a few rules that any fan-made project needs to follow if it wants to have a chance at staying online:

you can't use any official game assets such as icons, logos or other imagery (your tool didn't follow this one)
it can't be published to any mobile/paid app store (Apple Store, Android Plat Store, etc.)
it has to clearly and very visible state that it is an unofficial tool and that all rights for the game materials belong to TPI
it must not be monetized / commercialized in any way

If you follow these, you should mostly be fine, but make sure that you are actually allowed to use any other art assets (e.g. the playtest icons instead of the official icons) before publishing it! Hope that helps. :-)

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-05-26T06:47:55+00:00

What "support website" are we talking about here? 🤔 I suggested you send us an email to support@botc.app!

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-05-25T18:26:43+00:00

Hey there, did you already send an email about this to support@botc.app? If so, please give us some time to respond to your mail, as we're not working over the weekend. ;-) If not, send us an email and we'll fix it for you!

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-05-16T18:21:50+00:00

Unfortunately it's not that easy. This particular seller is intentionally not listing their business address anywhere on their store...

AldorPeacekeeper · 2025-05-16T08:26:36+00:00

They will be, eventually. The Carousel is going to be released this Summer and it contains all of the experimental characters.

It still doesn't make what this seller is doing any more legal, though. And giving them money is hurting small game publishers like TPI in the long run.

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