BLOOD ON THE CLOCKTOWER @ U Wine Bar (21+)

*"Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see."*

*During a hellish thunderstorm, a scream echoes through the sleepy town of Ravenswood Bluff. The citizens rush to investigate, and find the beloved local storyteller has been murdered, their body hanging limp from hands of the clock tower in the town square. As blood drips onto the cobblestones below, a realization slowly dawns… a demon has been unleashed, killing by night and taking on human form by day. Can good find the demon in time? Or will evil overrun this once-peaceful town?*

*Blood on the Clocktower* is a bluffing game of murder and mystery, lies and logic, deduction and deception, for five to twenty courageous players and one devious Storyteller.

A social game played in person, seated in a circle, each player receives either a "good" or "evil" token with their unique character on it. Good players share information to solve the mystery, while evil players lie about who they are and what they know. The good team wins if they can piece together their knowledge, trust each other, and execute the demon. The evil team wins if the demon can sow distrust, evade detection, and wipe out the village.

*Blood on the Clocktower* *is a medium-complexity team-based hidden role and murder/mystery game involving a mixture of social deduction and logical deduction, in which a Storyteller hosts and moderates the game to ensure a balanced and rewarding experience for all participants.*

New players are welcome, and the hosts are happy to teach if you haven't played before. However, we don't want to keep everyone else waiting while we teach the game multiple times, so if you've never played before, please plan to arrive for the *beginning* of the event. Veteran players can be added into games that are already running as Travelers, but if you don't know what that means, you'll want to make sure you don't show up mid-game.

5 - 15 players (and one Storyteller) per game; if a waitlist forms we'll try to recruit another Storyteller to run a second game 60 - 120 minutes expected play time per game, depending on turnout and player familiarity; we'll probably be able to play more than once. While the event is scheduled to end at 5:00 PM, our "hard stop" time is 6:00 so we need to be finished up by then no matter what.

*[Blood on the Clocktower](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower)*[ on Board Game Geek](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240980/blood-on-the-clocktower) [Game overview: ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aZP47Nm9g)[How to Play](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aZP47Nm9g)[ from The Pandemonium Institute](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aZP47Nm9g) (Don't worry, we'll go over the rules on the day, too!)

A few important details:

• [U Wine Bar](https://www.uwinebar.com/) is a newly-opened board game store and wine bar in Fremont/Wallingford. This is not a pub; it's a vibrant community space that strives to provide the best experience possible for its clientele, so please be mindful of the setting and conduct yourself with courtesy and civility. We want everyone to feel comfortable and welcome, so let’s bring our best selves -- be considerate of others, and treat the venue and staff with the respect they deserve. • U Wine Bar is a 21+ establishment. Bring your ID! They also serve beer, cider, mead, hop water, dealcoholized wine, and they're a board game store too! • There is a 1-purchase *requirement* for all attendees. This can be a glass of wine, a tea, or even a $1 magic card from their bulk box. It's very nice of U Wine to allow us to use their space, and we'd like to support the business! • We open signups for most of our events 1-3 days before pressing the "announce" button here on Meetup; if you want to know about that when it happens and have the opportunity to claim a seat before others, you can join the[ ](https://discord.gg/uu5RKdhGWN)[Seattle Board Games Discord server](https://discord.gg/uu5RKdhGWN), where we'll post to…