A homebrew almanac for the board game Blood on the Clocktower
The Menagerie is an almanac for a collection of homebrew characters for Blood on the Clocktower designed to be adapted to scripts containing standard Clocktower characters. Think of it as an "expansion pack"!
Please contact me on Discord (@Goodpart) if something isn't working, or if you have any feedback. Although tested for balance, these characters have not been run with every given permutation of scripts, and so your comments are absolutely welcome - especially around jinxes, if there are any interactions that feel particularly fun/awful.
Thanks to all the players who were patient with me while testing, thanks to friends who talked through concepts and got these characters working in the first place, and of course, thanks to The Pandemonium Institute for making such a wonderful game.
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...and import it into the updated Blood on the Clocktower Script Tool. If kept in the list of scripts, characters from The Menagerie should be freely available for any future scripts.
...featuring characters from The Menagerie.
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UPDATES:
28/11/25: 1.04: Various night order fixes. Re-uploaded sample scripts to fix old Script Tool night order bug, and to amend flavour text. Added "Ronin". Minor changes to "Hypnox", "Thrall", "Missionary", "Banker". Added new script "Way of the Samurai". Added "Egotist".
16/11/25: 1.03: Updated "Muckraker", "Record Keeper", "Medicine Man", "Sleeper". Updated wording for "Gerrymanderer". Added "Parasitoid". Added a secret thing.
06/11/25: 1.02: Added "Chameleon". Added 13 new scripts featuring Menagerie characters.
05/11/25: 1.01: Updated image links for the "Arbiter". Adjusted night order for a number of roles for better compatibility with existing characters.
03/11/25: Added the Loric section. Added "Pyro". Published The Menagerie 1.0.
02/11/25: Added "Mime".
20/10/25: Added "Thrall", "Banker" and "Cartographer".
03/10/25: Added "Colossus", "Shinkan", and "Houndmaster".
24/07/25: Site created. All existing homebrew characters added.
Blood on the Clocktower and any associated characters are trademark of Steven Medway and The Pandemonium Institute.
This almanac is unofficial fan content for Blood on the Clocktower, and is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by The Pandemonium Institute.
These characters are provided "as-is", freely available to anyone who wishes to use them. If you wish to retool these characters, please ask me prior to any edits. While I don't claim ownership over character ideas, I've noticed several instances of close copies of my work being posted publicly.
This is strictly a hobby of mine, and don't expect payment: but if you'd like to tip me as thanks, you can buy me a coffee.