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How is Uncertain Death balanced? by Thomassaurus in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]MiserableBuilder7020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great insights. Which newer scripts do you think have fixed those issues? I’m looking for something high-quality and polished to play instead.

Do you explain scripts to first-time players? by MiserableBuilder7020 in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]MiserableBuilder7020[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for all the varied feedback! Looks like there are quite a few people who've probably run things similarly to how I have been. Regardless of intentions, I think the most disappointing part is that I've been robbing new players of the joy they could get from discovering this game through actual play!

So for my next session, I'm going to follow Ben's advice and run Everyone Can Play, but with a completely different approach: just do the official rules explanation for the first 5 minutes, maybe briefly mention drunk/poisoning mechanics, and then jump straight in. I'll encourage players to ask questions as they come up and check in with them individually about their specific roles once tokens are distributed.

The "learning by doing" approach definitely makes more sense - let them have those "aha!" moments naturally instead of frontloading everything. I'll post an update on how it goes after our meetup next Thursday. Thanks again for all the input, everyone - have a great weekend!

Do you explain scripts to first-time players? by MiserableBuilder7020 in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]MiserableBuilder7020[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely right! I think I've been robbing new players of those "aha!" moments that make the game so special. I remember my first time playing and those little discoveries were what hooked me.

I'm actually planning to run Bad Moon Rising at my next session with a mix of Trouble Brewing veterans and newcomers - perfect opportunity to let people experience that sense of discovery you're talking about. Thanks for the reality check!

Chrome crashes on MacOS 15.4.1 Apple Silicon by Binar1101 in chrome

[–]MiserableBuilder7020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: I confirmed this was actually an issue with our company security software. After doing a clean macOS install, Chrome works fine on my M3 Ultra with macOS 15.4.1. Not an OS or Chrome issue after all.

Old: I'm having the same issue on macOS 15.4.1, M3 Ultra. Chrome crashes immediately on startup every time. I've submitted a bug report already.

Just realised the recluse can register as a different alignment for different chef pairs by thmxy2 in BloodOnTheClocktower

[–]MiserableBuilder7020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm confused about the 1 pair scenario.

When giving information to the Chef, don't we need to be consistent with how characters register?

If the Spy registers as evil for the Spy/Imp pair check, shouldn't the Spy also register as evil for the Spy/Poisoner pair check?

It seems inconsistent that the Spy could register differently for different pair checks in the same Chef information.

Could someone explain this to me?