Choose Your Own Adventure!
New for 2024, we are excited to introduce a new tailored experience for attendees: Event Tracks!
Event tracks will be a series of events curated around you and the types of content you want! This year our event tracks are broken down into three channels and run by experienced community members. Whether you are a new player or an experienced storyteller, you can access workshops, panels, and games designed for you.
Now you can choose your own adventure to customize your personalized con experience!
New Players Track
A series of welcoming events and meet-and-greet games for players brand new, or relatively new to Blood on the Clocktower! Meet other new players, learn strategy, and play games with other new players.
Storytelling Basics
Perfect if you’ve been wanting to dip your toes into Storytelling but aren’t sure where to start. Jump into a series of workshops designed to help you understand the Grimoire, run the game, and get beyond the basics and start storytelling yourself!
Advanced Storytelling
An exploration in more experienced content for more practiced storytellers. Upgrade your storytelling with workshops designed to help you make the more difficult storyteller choices, craft complex narratives, and learn how to create and run custom scripts!
Tracks FAQs
General Tracks FAQs
Nope, you’re welcome to pick and choose which Tracks events you’d like to attend!
While we did structure some of the Tracks events to progress in-order, you’re absolutely welcome to attend Tracks workshops in any order you see fit. Not everyone has the same experience so plan your events in a way that works for you.
No, you’re welcome to attend any of the Tracks events throughout the weekend. We’ve attempted to put multiple events at different days and times to accommodate varying schedules.
We do ask that you only sign up for one Tracks event by the same name. For example, please don’t sign up for Storyteller Basics: Running the game on both Friday and on Saturday.
You can register for Tracks events just like any other event. See our How-to Guide here.
Absolutely! Not everyone has the exact same skills or experiences so if you want to jump into something from Storytelling Basics and then attend something more advanced, you’re welcome to!
New Player Tracks FAQs
Nope! We recommend players have played 5 or less games when joining a new player game, however if you feel you’re still a newbie, jump on in!
Anyone can register for newer player games, however we would love to keep newer player games for folks who are either brand new or who have not had as much exposure to the game. If you or your friend would prefer to have you join them, we understand and will not prevent you from playing, however please remember that part of the magic of discovering BotC is learning the game as newer player. Besides, finding new friends at Clocktower Con is part of the fun!
If you’re hesitant about jumping into a game and not sure how to approach playing in-person you’re welcome to try a new player game. We do recommend that players who are very experienced with the mechanics and strategy try to leave the new player games for players who are very inexperienced. Only you know your own needs so we ask that above all you use your best judgement.
Storyteller Tracks FAQs
While we did structure the Tracks events based on experience level, and don’t recommend the Advanced tracks to brand new players, not everyone is the same and will have different wants and needs. You’re free to sign up for any and all events that will make your con experience fantastic.
Do you have a question that’s not covered above? Send us an email: events@clocktowercon.com
New Players Track
For attendees brand new to Blood on the Clocktower, come meet other new players and learn the game with an experienced ST with years of experience introducing new players to the game!
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For players relatively or brand new to Trouble Brewing, come play with others within the same experience level with a knowledgable ST who has years of experience introducing players to this script.
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For players relatively or brand new to Bad Moon Rising, come play with others within the same experience level with a knowledgable ST who has years of experience introducing players to this script.
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For players relatively or brand new to Sects & Violets, come play with others within the same experience level with a knowledgable ST who has years of experience introducing players to this script.
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For newer and intermediate players, join experienced players 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.
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Storytelling Basics
Learn how to Storytell with the first installment of the Storytelling Basics track. Learn from an experienced community member such topics as:
- Setting up/Breaking down the grimoire
- How to utilize the almanacs
- How to hold and handle the grim and keep it hidden during a game
- Adjusting setup for player count (and outsider modification)
- How to make a good setup.
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Learn how to Storytell with the second installment of the Storytelling Basics track. Learn from an experienced community member such topics as:
- Double checking setup
- Picking bluffs (what and when)
- Understanding and using the night order sheet
- Listening to town
- The cadence of days and nights
- What to do when games run long
- Using Travellers.
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Learn how to Storytell with the third installment of the Storytelling Basics track. Learn from an experienced community member such topics as:
- When rules contradict your rulings
- Running madness & making judgement calls
- Running characters like Pit Hag & Pukka
- Giving yourself thinking time and double bluffing it to your players
- Duplicate abilities / demons
- When good wins ties except when it doesn’t.
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Shadow experienced storytellers to learn first hand their approaches, tips, and tricks to storytelling Trouble Brewing. Five participants will shadow a 10 player game.
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Shadow experienced storytellers to learn first hand their approaches, tips, and tricks to storytelling Bad Moon Rising. Five participants will shadow a 10 player game.
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Shadow experienced storytellers to learn first hand their approaches, tips, and tricks to storytelling Sects & Violets. Five participants will shadow a 10 player game.
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Advanced Storytelling
For experienced Storytellers, attend the first installment of the Advanced Storytelling track. Learn from an experienced community members such topics as:
- When rules contradict your rulings
- Running madness & making judgement calls
- Running characters like Pit Hag & Pukka
- Giving yourself thinking time and double bluffing it to your players
- Duplicate abilities / demons
- When good wins ties except when it doesn’t.
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For more experienced Storytellers, attend the second installment of the Advanced Storytelling track. Learn from an experienced community members such topics as:
- Binary & sober info with poisoning and drunking
- Balancing the game and understanding what your info says
- Giving open ended information such as Savant/Fisherman/Amnesiac info.
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For more experienced Storytellers, attend the third panel installment of the Advanced Storytelling track. Learn from experienced community members such topics 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)
- Focus on your concept/theme
- Playtesting your scripts.