Blood on the Clocktower(English retail edition) (2022)
(2022)Blood on the Clocktower is a social deduction game where players are divided into good (townsfolk) and evil (demon/minions) teams. The townsfolk must deduce the hidden identity of the demon through logic, bluffing, and unique player abilities, while the evil team sows confusion. A key twist is that dead players remain engaged in the game, preventing early elimination and fostering continuous intense social interaction and storytelling.
The Verdict
based on 21 reviews
Blood on the Clocktower is a unique and groundbreaking social deduction game that improves the genre by keeping all players engaged. It offers deep replayability through varied roles and scripts, creating an addictive and community-building experience despite its initial complexity and cost.
The reviewer declares Blood on the Clocktower their favorite social deduction game, particularly when played with 7-12 people, highlighting its innovative roles, replayability, and engaging modifications to the genre. However, they criticize the experience with larger groups (15+ players) as overly long, chaotic, and frustrating.
This expensive Werewolf-like game excels through deep innovations: unique roles, curated scripts, an active storyteller, no player elimination, and flexible 'travelers'. It's demanding but offers an engaging, memorable social experience that justifies its cost.
Shut Up & Sit Down published a glowing review of Blood on the Clocktower, coinciding with its Kickstarter campaign. This highly positive review contributed to the game's success and popularity.
Blood on the Clocktower is lauded as the best social deduction game the reviewer has ever played, praised for its unique and consistently fun experiences. It's highly recommended for groups meeting its player count and time commitments.
Blood on the Clocktower offers an exceptional and visceral social deduction experience. Despite a steep learning curve and high price tag, running the game as a Storyteller using the tactile Grimoire box is as rewarding as playing.
Blood on the Clocktower is an intense social deduction game heavily reliant on the Storyteller to manage complex roles, scripts, and hidden information, creating a deeply engaging but high-stress experience.
Polygon highlights that 'Blood on the Clocktower' excels at creating unique and exciting narratives in each game, largely due to a skilled Storyteller, which ultimately makes the experience special and memorable for players.
The reviewer found their personal experience playing Blood on the Clocktower to be very enjoyable, recognizing it as a well-made game. Despite acknowledging its appeal to others, the game felt too similar to Werewolf for their personal taste, and they do not intend to explore it further.
The 925 Gamers channel provides a thorough review of the physical board game 'Blood on the Clocktower', comparing it to other social deduction games. The reviewer praises the game highly, considering it a potential top-tier game, and gives it a solid score.
Blood on the Clocktower is an expensive, highly theatrical social deduction game that transforms large-group game nights into unforgettable experiences of bluffing, logic, and storytelling.
Blood on the Clocktower" is an appealing, immersive social deduction game best for larger, consistent groups. Despite its high price, it offers deep strategic gameplay, novel roles, and a unique narrative.
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