The Parade Infernal | Blood on the Clocktower (Unofficial) | Page 1

grizzled oak Feb 25, 2026, 4:06 AM

#

Current Version: #1476067809308971028 message

My entry for the F3C'26 contest, The Parade Infernal pits a powerful town against an evil team with tight control over the execution economy. The Witch and the Organ Grinder restrict nominations and voting, while the Cerenovus might force executions outright! With Lil' Monsta, Alchemist, Vigormortis, and Plague Doctor on script, there are plenty of reasons for Minion abilities to crop up early and stay around all game.

In turn, town has a bevvy of information at hand: the Juggler, Cannibal, and Farmer all build confirmation chains while the Town Crier, Fortune Teller, and Balloonist root out evil players.

As the Minion suite is built to accommodate an Alchemist, the burden of misinformation shifts to Outsiders and Demons. A Puzzlemaster claim will cause townsfolk to doubt their information, while the Mutant will initially masquerade as Townsfolk. A late-surviving Organ Grinder removes one of town's most potent tools to socially distinguish hidden Outsiders from Minions, making an Alchemist-Organ Grinder especially valuable.

A few character-specific notes:

The Monk protects from Vigormortis poison and can prevent Fang Gu jumps. I'd also rule that the Monk protects from the harmful effects of Boffined abilities (Boffin-Philo, Puzzlemaster, and sometimes Amnesiac).
General, Cannibal, and Philosopher are all reasonable townsfolk abilities to grant the Demon. If granting a Puzzlemaster or Amnesiac ability, make sure town has the tools to fight it! In niche cases, you can consider a Alchemist ability (to double up on a specific Minion type) or a Plague Doctor ability (for the Fang Gu).
The Alchemist can be given any ability, though several Alch-Boffin abilities work best in games where Outsider claims are expected (Mutant, Puzzlemaster drunking an Outsider). If using the Alch-Boffin to grant the Demon a harmful Amnesiac ability, keep it tame.

#

📎 The_Parade_Infernal.json

#

(evil win)

modern spoke Mar 2, 2026, 12:11 AM

#

Livetext evil win

grizzled oak Mar 2, 2026, 12:12 AM

#

How did it feel?

modern spoke Mar 2, 2026, 12:12 AM

#

script felt good, good definitely had a lot of info but the minions hampered them quite a bit. final 3 was really really close

grizzled oak Mar 3, 2026, 4:40 PM

#

Hmmm alright this didn't make top cut

Time to go Boffin -> Wizard?

ruby spear Mar 3, 2026, 4:53 PM

#

aw did it not

grizzled oak Mar 3, 2026, 4:56 PM

#

None of the scripts I was rooting for did 😔

ruby spear Mar 3, 2026, 4:57 PM

#

noo

#

so why wizard :>

#

bc rn isnt lil monsta quite loud?

grizzled oak Mar 3, 2026, 5:13 PM

#

Boffin is a little awkward, esp as an Alch ability?

sick island Mar 7, 2026, 4:12 AM

#

yeah from running this, i wanted to do an alch boffin but there wasn’t much i could do besides puzzlemaster or mutant

#

also

#

#

Fun game!!

ruby spear Mar 7, 2026, 11:06 AM

#

It was!

grizzled oak Mar 7, 2026, 1:24 PM

#

It might be Wizard time, then

fierce thunder Mar 7, 2026, 2:09 PM

#

The boffin issue is that there is no isoteric way to know what boffin its the alchemist

#

A savant saying "the demon has the mutant's ability"

#

Its enough.

#

But amnesiac can help

#

Also Amnesiac having an over the top look at me ability

sick island Mar 7, 2026, 3:21 PM

#

alch boffin could give a recluse an ability i suppose

#

that could be cool

#

but it’s quite strong

fierce thunder Mar 7, 2026, 3:30 PM

#

Its cool too alchemist boffin mutant the recluse

sick island Mar 7, 2026, 5:28 PM

#

that would be a normal boffin i think

fierce thunder Mar 7, 2026, 5:55 PM

#

Nightwatchman with a downside

sick island Mar 7, 2026, 7:02 PM

#

ive seen a lot of NWM but better

#

rarely do i see NWM but worse

sullen solar Mar 9, 2026, 12:42 PM

#

grizzled oak Hmmm alright this didn't make top cut Time to go Boffin -> Wizard?

I do think Boffin -> Wizard is super cool here

#

It fits with the rest of the Minions' volumes nicely

fierce thunder Mar 9, 2026, 12:44 PM

#

Yeah yeah

gaunt finch Apr 18, 2026, 10:41 PM

#

good win final 3

grizzled oak Apr 19, 2026, 11:26 PM

#

I do mean to go Boffin -> Wizard, but finding all of my finnicky color codes etc. for the fancy script is annoying

grizzled oak May 10, 2026, 6:12 PM

#

The Parade Infernal v2

[2;31m-Boffin[0m
[2;32m+Wizard[0m

Boffin was a little awkward here, both as a standard Minion and as an Alchemist ability. The Wizard smooths this out at the cost of script/ST complexity. As a bonus, a Wizard can bluff Alchemist or Amnesiac, meaning mechanically confirmable Amnesiac abilities are now sometimes on the table! Keep Wizard wishes balanced -- they should be about as powerful as the other Minion abilities here.

#

📎 The_Parade_Infernal_v1.1.json 📎 The_Parade_Infernal-1.pdf

sullen solar May 10, 2026, 6:18 PM

#

grizzled oak **The Parade Infernal v2** ```ansi [2;31m-Boffin[0m [2;32m+Wizard[0m ``` B...

sullen solar May 10, 2026, 6:18 PM

#

grizzled oak

#

YIPPEE!!!!!

rigid grove May 10, 2026, 6:28 PM

#

time to print this off

grizzled oak May 10, 2026, 6:29 PM

#

give it like 3 seconds and I can slap some travs on actually

#

hmmm I kinda fw apprentice on most alch scripts

sullen solar May 10, 2026, 6:36 PM

#

grizzled oak hmmm I kinda fw apprentice on most alch scripts

is this just because of that one textgame

#

(based to be clear)

grizzled oak May 10, 2026, 6:37 PM

#

that text game was a good touchstone, but I think alch scripts are far more likely to be balanced around a free-floating extra Minion ability

#

I like the thought of Scapegoat on a cere + monke script, but I don't know if it's actually fun in practice

#

it makes Scapegoat information weaker -- the Scapegoat can be executed from a madness break where the ceremad character still has something to fear (and won't out that they're mad)

#

Deviant is a fine choice -- if I trust a group with Wizard, I trust it with Deviant

grizzled oak May 10, 2026, 6:42 PM

#

grizzled oak it makes Scapegoat information weaker -- the Scapegoat can be executed from a ma...

otoh, just learning that the Scapegoat was executed following an Organ Grinder day is extremely mushy

grizzled oak May 10, 2026, 7:00 PM

#

rigid grove time to print this off

lol the script generator I use doesn't care about travs, so you have the printable version!

gaunt finch May 17, 2026, 3:30 PM

#

good win

#

tough decision whether to leave 2 minions alive but I killed minion then good sent

sick island May 17, 2026, 3:43 PM

#

probably the right call

gaunt finch May 17, 2026, 3:44 PM

#

to be fair good didnt execute a minion so 2 minions in final 3 would be ok

grizzled oak May 17, 2026, 3:52 PM

#

o7

gaunt finch May 17, 2026, 3:53 PM

#

though if boffin philo held LM, they philo protected the other minion and couldve forced final 3 with 2 minon

grizzled oak May 18, 2026, 8:09 PM

#

gaunt finch though if boffin philo held LM, they philo protected the other minion and couldv...

How did Boffin feel here, btw?

gaunt finch May 18, 2026, 8:26 PM

#

grizzled oak How did Boffin feel here, btw?

I used it to give minions bluffs

#

Probably shouldve avoided boffin philo though

#The Parade Infernal