"Base 3" Scripts
with Swaps & Adds

by Ben Burns

This script is Trouble Brewing with the Marionette added:

Marionette (Minion): "You think you are a good character, but you are not. The Demon knows who you are. [You neighbor the Demon]"

STORYTELLER BEWARE: 

• Adding the Marionette is not a small change. It changes the fundamental dynamics and requires more skilled Storyteller management than base Trouble Brewing.

•  Trouble Brewing has two specific roles that can see the Marionette's token and put the Imp in immediate jeopardy by proximity: Investigator & Undertaker. Take caution in your game setup to account for these possibilities. Consider creating these potential worlds as a result of drunkenness or poison.

• This script is not necessarily going to work well for newer players. A new Demon may be too paranoid to tell their neighbor that they're the Marionette. Also, an obviously droisoned character may out their incorrect information and implicate their Demon neighbor if they're an unaware Marionette. 

You may want to consider using the Marionette/ Recluse Bootlegger Rule "Long Strings" which permits the Marionette to neighbor a Recluse.

Script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/840

by Ryback, emma, & Mullibok - Five of Swords Discord

This script is Strings Pulling with two character swaps to mitigate roles that look at evil player tokens. It's Trouble Brewing with the following additions:

• Adds Marionette

• Cannibal replaces the Undertaker

• Noble replaces the Investigator 

This is specifically meant to remove the good-aligned roles that will see the Marionette Minion's token and immediately put the Demon in jeopardy.

You may want to consider using the Marionette/ Recluse Bootlegger Rule "Long Strings" which permits the Marionette to neighbor a Recluse.

Variant: Gingerbread Baking
by the BotC Community
Pies Baking, but Ogre replaces Butler

Script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/1774

by  Jack Broome

This script is the Trouble Brewing with two changes:

• Adds Legion

• Adds Vortox

It's called "Half of the 108" because:

• 108/2 = 54

• 54 in roman numerals is "LIV" 

• LIV stands for Legion, Imp, Vortox

Script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/58 

by the Greater BotC Community

This game is a variant of Trouble Brewing where an off-script character will be introduced 

In "Trouble Brewing +1" The Storyteller adds an extra role to Trouble Brewing. The Storyteller has the option to declare which role is being added in advance or keep it a secret, put it into the bag, and let the players find out. 

This idea has also been used in a charity format to solicit donations for characters which will be inserted into Trouble Brewing. 

I enjoy adding the Amnesiac Townsfolk into Trouble Brewing and declaring it in advance.

STORYTELLER BEWARE: Trouble Brewing is a battle-tested and near-bulletproof script that can work with every role configuration. Adding even a single new role will massively change the balance of the game. 

Not every role lends itself to into Trouble Brewing +1/+2/+3/+4. Consider all character interactions carefully for balance and player fun potential before printing the script and sending the "bag" around.

Common variations on the TB +X idea include:

Midnight Trouble Brewing
by Cam
Adds Lunatic & Marionette

Trouble Brewing ++
by Dae
Adds Atheist, Lunatic, & Marionette

Trouble Brewing on Expert Mode
by the Greater BotC Community
Adds Atheist, Lunatic, & Legion

Dansel's Trouble Brewing
by Daniel Bak
Adds Huntsman, Damsel, Cerenovus, & Harpy

Ogres are Like Onions
by the Greater BotC Community
Ogre replaces Butler

Trouble Brewing script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/133 

by Ian (UrbanMinotaur)

Version 1 of this script is Bad Moon Rising with 2 substitutions:

• Goblin replaces Mastermind

• Lleech replaces Zombuul

"This is a simple script variant of Bad Moon Rising because I'm tired of players complaining about BMR all the time.

I replaced the Mastermind with the Goblin, and the Zombuul with the Lleech.

That's all. I feel like it's a major improvement because with Good Moon Rising you don't get games that last for days and days and days."

Version 2 of this script is Bad Moon Rising with 6 substitutions:

• Goblin replaces Mastermind

• Lleech replaces Zombuul 

• Preacher replaces Courtier

• Politician replaces Goon

• Gunslinger replaces Matron

• Butcher replaces Judge 

"Some of my players wanted to play BMR but didn't want the game to last for 15 straight days, so I created this simple variant to speed it up a little. (Warning: Longer games are still possible even in this variant, but they are much less likely.)

Custom Jinx: The Lleech may not select themself.

That's it. I still love BMR, but this is a way to play a BMR-like game for players who don't have 3 hours to sit for." 

[EDITORIAL: Zombuul games should not take 3 hours to resolve, and do not typically run longer than usual if run correctly. See Group & Tone Management for detailed commentary with regards to this sentiment.]

v1 Script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/523/1.0.0
v2 Script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/523/2.0.0 

by Ben Burns

This script is the Trouble Brewing good team and the Sects & Violets evil team.

STORYTELLER BEWARE: The BotC community consensus believes that the evil Sects & Violets team starts at a slight advantage on this script. Storytellers should take care to curate and balance the "bag" before the start of the game.

Script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/136

by Steven Medway

This script is the Sects & Violets good team and the Trouble Brewing evil team.

STORYTELLER BEWARE: The BotC community consensus believes that the good Sects & Violets team starts at a slight advantage on this script. Storytellers should take care to curate and balance the "bag" before the start of the game.

Script archive link: https://botcscripts.com/script/295