There will be so many amazing Panels at Clocktower Con 2024! Not sure which ones you want to see? Here’s the rundown of each one!
Friday Panels
Action Clocktower
It’s Ravenswood Bluff in the late 80s! Join CTBOTC’s Habby as he reimagines hunting the Demon of Ravenswood Bluff as an imaginary text-only computer game from 35 years ago. The crowd works cooperatively, inputs the correct ‘commands’ to navigate the mystery, and has loads of laughs along the way!
Friday, 2:30 PM
Formidable Plot: Dissecting Social Plays
A panel by Avery, Bunni and sabenite going in depth on the pros and cons of wild social plays, and how they plan and execute their social plays. They’ll also do practice scenarios and share some of their favorite social plays that they and their friends in the community have done.
Friday, 4:00 PM
Script Notes
Join Alejo and Navean as they discuss a script in depth with a special guest, live!
Friday, 5:30 PM
Advanced Storytelling: Building/Running Custom Scripts
Join Navean and patters to discuss advanced storytelling topics, such as analyzing setups and character interactions, creating a fun experience for players, goofy vs hard solving scripts (what sets BMR/S&V apart), handling experimental characters (especially when newly released), focusing on your concept/theme, and playtesting your scripts.
Friday, 7:00 PM
Killing with Kindness: Ethics and Inclusivity in BOTC
Blood on the Clocktower is a game of deceit and lies. It’s fun to get away with hiding the truth and carrying your team to victory. But every game ends, and we need to be sure that the folks we’ve betrayed will be willing to play with us again after we rerack. Join sincerity in a discussion of equity in our playstyles, staying aware of nonverbal signals, and remembering to make space for the quieter players among us.
Friday, 9:00 PM
Saturday Panels
Advanced Storytelling: Building/Running Custom Scripts
Join Edd and patters to discuss advanced storytelling topics, such as analyzing setups and character interactions, creating a fun experience for players, goofy vs hard solving scripts (what sets BMR/S&V apart), handling experimental characters (especially when newly released), focusing on your concept/theme, and playtesting your scripts.
Saturday, 10:30 AM
Grim Scenarios
Emma & Milk bring their Blood on the Clocktower strategy podcast Grim Scenarios where they discuss how they strategically analyze live grims as a live show to Clocktower Con!
Saturday, 12:00 PM
Off Meta Panel
The Off Meta CHAT — that’s Capelli, Hayley, Adam, Tyler, for those that didn’t know. And, if you didn’t know, now’s a great time to get acquainted — are live and disagreeing with each other once again!
Opinions abound from these four Storytellers, and questions from you will be encouraged. Now’s your chance to say it to our faces in this special live, version of the Off Meta Podcast
Homebrew: Discussion & Design
Patters, Edd & Gordon will initially talk about what goes into making a homebrew character, considerations of ability text length, design space, what seems overpowered and what seems underpowered for the 1st half. The 2nd half will be composed of designing a homebrew character to be played that weekend in select circles, the panels and the audience will come up with a name, type, ability and design a script that features that character.
New Players: Player Strategy Panel
For newer and intermediate players, join Bardic, Kohav, and Ryan as they discuss the intricacies of plays during the game. Topics covered will include things like bluffing/lying, character interactions, world building, using your social reads vs. mechanical information, your group’s changing meta, and watching the votes.
Saturday, 4:30 PM
Teensyville Appreciation Panel
Join atreys, Becca, cb, Bill, and Stephen Dewey to discuss all things Teensyville!
Saturday, 6:00 PM
TPI Stream Team Q & A
The TPI Stream Team answers your questions! Meet Aggie, Ben Burns, Avery, Edd, and Emma, and hear all about what its like to run the TPI Blood on the Clocktower Stream.
Saturday, 8:00 PM
Sunday Panels
Action Clocktower: Hard Mode
It’s Ravenswood Bluff in the late 80s! Join CTBOTC’s Habby as he reimagines hunting the Demon of Ravenswood Bluff as an imaginary text-only computer game from 35 years ago. The crowd works cooperatively, inputs the correct ‘commands’ to navigate the mystery, and has loads of laughs along the way! Hard mode will have a more difficult/different kind of puzzle to the original.
Cult of the Clocktower Panelcast
Andrew Nathenson and special guest(s) will discuss new ideas and strategies in a live episode of the Cult of the Clocktower podcast
Sunday, 1:30 PM
BotC Tracks Workshop: Starting a Local Group
Join Emily, Andrew Nathenson, Hayley, and Roxxi to hear all about starting a local Blood on the Clocktwoer group. Topics discussed will include finding venues, working with local gaming groups, player/coordinator expectations, mixing experienced and non-experienced players, building a regular player base, managing problem players/heated arguments, and fostering connection.
Archiving Blood on the Clocktower and the Player Experience
A panel to discuss the importance of capturing player experiences and how archivists like myself preserve not just analog materials (such as video games, board games, etc) but how supplemental materials like oral histories help support the future memory of said game. How does one preserve a game like BoTC (where the game box itself is a small part of the game experience itself)? An open dialogue focusing on how we can best ensure the game we love exists in a form we know it, in perpetuity.
Bluff Tier List - Live!
Etreides & Guggie tackle bluffing within the realms of various scripts that exist within the broader Clocktower, creating Bluff Tier Lists for these scripts. They now bring their show to Clocktower Con to discuss a script of their choice with the audience to create a community-cultivated Bluff Tier List!