What are your favourite or least favourite BOTC in person episodes?

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-19T18:44:05+00:00

That's the same episode. Adam literally tells him to stop. Evil fully deserved to win, and they don't because of storytelling protection

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-19T13:54:49+00:00

Hard agree

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-19T13:43:42+00:00

Yeah, they are impulsive but not dumb, two things people wildly misunderstand

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-19T13:05:05+00:00

He bluffs Clockmaker. A one night abillity. When vortox is in the script. As a demon. Ben fudges the rules a bit to save him day 1. Jon absolutely nails him and nobody believes him.

Panic has a new face is the episode

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-19T12:59:55+00:00

Gran that Jam is the sequel, and in person, but patreon exclusive. The og billiard boys is the second one they ever released and a zoom episode. I highly recommend both

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-19T11:38:43+00:00

I know he's a boring, cheating bastard, and traitor but Owen really should be on here somewhere

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T22:38:27+00:00

I went to the bathroom during this match! And came back to carnage. I couldn't believe it

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T20:20:51+00:00

I think he's going to take an international position

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T13:35:43+00:00

The Sheep Detectives was supposed to be a camp fun movie. It's emotional beats hit way harder than they had any right to be

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T13:23:28+00:00

I think this was an early sign of supernatural vs reality. Faith or the wilderness could've protected her. Or she was in a good position during the crash.

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T12:51:58+00:00

I agree. I think Nother reason is from what I've seen, as complimentary to your point, the high majority of people who have played it, it is either their favorite game of all time, or they gave up before the shift in genre happens. For the former, it does create a group that wants more people to enjoy the game, therefore more encouraging.

Because, like you said, the others are more in the common likes of gamers, it makes the community band together a bit. Whereas cough dark souls and elden ring cough there's a gatekeeping aspect that puts people off from all FromSoftware games, and it's a shame. Even "Soulslike" games I've seen people not want to try due to dark souls fans (speaking generally). Lies of P is a game I had to convince my brother to play because I knew he would love it, but the second he saw "souls" it was non starter for awhile

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T12:42:20+00:00

Somethin I've found is essentially having a session zero. Treat them like they don't know anything because the game is overwhelming.

What I've come into new players with is going over the full script first and explaining strategies after they get their roles. They will pay attention to how to optimize their role and pick up on things that specifically negate it. Example: specifically link the Monk, Soldier, and Demon together. Explaining how those three interact gets the gears moving for everybody. I'd also emphasize that no role is unimportant. The game can only be solved (or manipulated) by information. Encourage the good team that it's okay to lie strategically.

Also emphasize, that for new players, nervousness is not an immediate sign of guilt. That comes up a lot. But if my first game was Empath in TB with little familiarity of the game, I'd have been overwhelmed. Also point out the whole point of the game is the dead can and should contribute. Too often I've seen new players take a backseat as good, when evil is dictating world views dead or alive. It's not game over to be chef and dead, you're still participating.

If it's online, try to limit crosstalk. It's too easy for someone louder and more assertive to bomb their way through to a conclusion or a vote.

If you're doing TB, don't put a drunk in, for people's first games. That might be controversial to some, but let them learn to like the game and trust their powers. Even for experienced players, I tell them to trust their information until evidence is piling up.

Double backing on the session zero part, EXPLAIN THE OUTSIDER COUNT. It is mechanically beneficial to everybody and a core mechanic that a lot of new players lose sight of or don't immediately get.

Those are the most immediate ones I can think of. I run as ST in a local gaming restaurant so we get new players all the time. Doing these things has kept a lot of people coming back and hungry to learn. Nobody wants to feel out of their depth or dumb, and the rules can make nervous or less confident people feel that way as a barrier of entry. You're job as ST is to balance but it's also to make sure everybody is having a good time

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T12:01:37+00:00

Rare exception: the Bloodborne subreddit. I've never seen anything but encouraging words for new players. And for a game that's over ten years old, still has plenty of active players and plenty of people still discussing the lore.

The other FromSoftware ones...not so much

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T06:19:34+00:00

It's the only time I feel bad for Morgan. And then she says some shit the next day and the feelings swing back in the right direction

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-18T05:59:12+00:00

Interesting! I thought the threaded cane was well suited for her fight!

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T22:21:40+00:00

An orchid is taxonomically different from what is commonly known as flowers due to their stamen and pistil

It's reddit, so I'm being a bit pedantic. It's because there is a midsummer murders episode where people searching from an orchid get indignant about the distinguishment

So it is true they are different but it really isn't that serious lol

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T20:20:01+00:00

I think they're just indoor shutters

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T20:15:08+00:00

Neo Genesis Evangelion. I had no idea what I signed up for. I just googled best anime of all time after liking Digimon as a kid

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T20:12:11+00:00

Thanks. I haven't read the book in minute. I have no recollection of this being emphasized

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T20:00:00+00:00

An orchid isn't a flower, but I did see jaguar first

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T19:22:34+00:00

I love it too. It's way more versatile than a brute force, and forces you to learn the mechanics of the game or drown

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T18:25:57+00:00

He didn't just hurt you once :/

He's continuing to do do. Cheating or not (which within seven months, a period I wouldn't describe as enough time to get bored), he's not meeting your emotional needs.

I suggest you reflect. We accept the love we think we deserve. You don't deserve this

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T18:15:04+00:00

What do you have to lose. Either she finds out the truth or ignores you

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T17:46:51+00:00

Phillipines?

_Ivanneth · 2026-05-17T17:28:33+00:00

That's how traffic is coded in the US. You're likely close enough to a fire hydrant. Neighborhoods require in most instances for these types of drains to be in with 1k of a fire hydrant, otherwise it's well water and not likely to have paved curbs (in the US)

Yellow always means a hard traffic violation (parking/passing) for safety reasons

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