These are official Blood on the Clocktower rules texts from published resources produced by The Pandemonium Institute (TPI). Content involving experimental and implementation-in-progress rule updates sourced from the Unofficial BotC Discord #experimental-how-to-run and Steven Medway's social media accounts is hosted under the Unified Experimental Rules Updates page.
by The Pandemonium Institute
These are the five rule books that come in the retail copy of Blood on the Clocktower. All aspiring Storytellers should read these guides from cover to cover.
PDF copies of these rulebooks are available for viewing directly from TPI and for download directly from BoardGameGeek.com (account required):
Base Rulebook Almanac
Trouble Brewing Almanac
Bad Moon Rising Almanac
Sects & Violets Almanac
Travelers & Fabled Almanac
by The Pandemonium Institute
These 9 quizzes are endorsed by TPI and cover multiple game scenarios.
Formerly known as the "Kickstarter Almanac"
Likely soon to be known as "The Carousel Almanac"
by The Pandemonium Institute
The original Experimental Characters Almanac was called the "Kickstarter Almanac" and sent in an e-mail to Kickstarter backers. This document is on its 8th revision.
The latest revision of this document was November 15, 2024.
NOTE: Changes in the Official Blood on the Clocktower Wiki outpace the changes in the Experimental Almanac. For the most current canonical ruling, check the Wiki.
https://botclinks.page/TCalmanac
https://botclinks.page/KSalmanac
Mirror: BOTC EXPERIMENTAL ALMANAC v6 - 2024.11.15.pdf
by The Pandemonium Institute
This is the most up-to-date information on all officially released and approved experimental characters, how to run them, and how they interact with other characters. The key pages to monitor are as follows:
All current and confirmed Jinxes (Djinn Special Rules) that explain exceptional interactions between characters on experimental scripts.
All changes from May 2024 onward are recorded here, including character ability changes and jinx changes.
Living document of term definitions.
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noun
Noun (1): Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Latin, ruler, rule, model, standard, from Greek kanōn
Noun (2): Middle English canoun, from Anglo-French *canoun, chanoun, from Late Latin canonicus one living under a rule, from Latin, according to rule, from Greek kanonikos, from kanōn