Hey, I know I'm a little late to this episode, but I have a rules question about this episode in particular: Couldn't Holly as the psychopath have chosen herself on the final day to leave only Carley and Laurie and thus fulfilling the evil team's win condition before nominations were even open? Didn't matter here, but could have, if there had still been other ghost votes left.
@@achille295I don't think it occurred to them that there might have been some confusion with Laurie's role until that point, at which time it was already too late. This game expects you to know all the roles beforehand so that you can understand what might be happening and clearly some roles come across vague under certain circumstances. x:x
I felt bad for Laurie in this game. He lost on a technicality. He thought he couldn't be the host because his Poppygrower power seemed to be working the whole game. By the time Ben clarified it, the game was already over. (The rest of town is also responsible for wasting all of their dead votes on Carley for no reason, but they were also somewhat misled into thinking it was definitely their final day when it wasn't.)
@@Phyrre56 It was the final day for all intents and purposes and they literally demonstrated that here. Literally the only way the evil could have lost on the "real" final day was if Holly used her Psychopath power to kill Laurie. There was absolutely nothing good could have done to save the game after they executed Carley. Ben was 100% correct: failing to correctly execute on that day lost them the game.
The irony is that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
@@kloaf1131the other one I'd point out was Blair switching out Carley's name on her day 3 info. She didn't know Carley was the demon but it felt like a whim on a social read that kept her name off the table
Agreed! I thought Blair did pretty well this game, too! She even changed her info when she got Carley which was poetic, I think. She didn't even realize she was hiding her Demon.
Carley is honestly too good at this game. It imbalances the game in favor of whatever team is Carley is on. It's not her fault, she's brilliant, but it makes things tricky for the storyteller because it's like she's been given an extra power -- the power to figure everything out with like 3 well-placed questions.
@@Stuffthatsfunny1 She plays a LOT of other BoTC games though. So she gets the prackie in. She doesn't skip leg day. Sully's the rookie of the year though, in terms of growth at the game
It's freaky. She can read vocal tones like they are a children's book. And knows the game like a savant. She basically figures out the whole damn game by the end of night 2 - every time.
Well its mostly that she has read the rules, are able to do simple logic deducting and remember one page of info... half of these people are just there stumbling around, basicly just NPCs
Every sentence Dom speaks is Effing GOLD!!! LMAO he killed it as the King Edit: I just finished watching and it gets even better. Nobody even cares about the King. This is one of the most hilarious moments!!
just making a note for myself of 1:27:14 cuz everyone leaving holly alone in the groupchat and her just singing crazy is just absolutely sending me. very iconic of her tbh
There was a third option at the end that none of them apparently saw; Holly could have just Psychopath'd herself, leaving only Carly and Laurie alive, winning the game for the Evil team
@@tra12048 In all fairness, RUclips automatically displays one comment on mobile. It has spoiled many a Clocktower for me, even when trying to not read it it’s instinctive.
Adam Pearson's reaction to Holly's nigh on casual reveal was fun because he thought he'd cracked her case wide open and she just went ahead and confessed to all crimes and then brandished a chainsaw.
An evil balloonist being used in a poppygrower game to help the evil team discover each other... this is why I love this game. The same script can be a million entirely different games, awesome
Ooooh, the introduction of Holly, who has since become an absolute mainstay of NRB. It's good to see that the comments were loving her from the very start. Love watching these old videos.
this was absolutely Chaotic. great episode! the Carlie + Holly tag team was devastating together! also Adam b is great at being the smug storyteller. "we're also here about your demon and minions." "yeah, thanks, that'd be great." "would it? :)"
I love Sully accusing Holly at the end when it would have taken ONE CONVERSATION from him to solve the entire game for the Evil Team. Also Holly, WHAT A VOICE ON HER!
@@benji_kay "sat and did nothing" you actually just don't watch his prespective prob because of other better convos, for all we know he could have tried to not draw suspicion to himself .
Welcome to the NRB family, Holly! Your work as the Psychopath has genuinely made this one of the most entertaining games of Blood On The Clocktower that NRB has uploaded. Job well done to everyone involved!
@@chrisseddon5823 Much appreciated, Chris. Nobody has ever gifted me a dog before, so I look forward to it if it's in the cards. Wishing you an enjoyable evening as well.
@@GeniusLad32 you wouldn't regret it. You also get access to the discord server which is loads of fun. Not to mention you get to help a fantastic channel! I recently upped my backing to 25 and haven't looked back.
I felt sooooo bad for Laurie this time. As if it was bad enough before, now he had to watch as Carley took another Victory lap... I was really hoping he'd figure out Holly tipping her hand when she voted for Adam, and also didn't immediately axe him when he outted himself as the Poppy Grower. Even if Holly had or hadn't known her demon, a bluff for Poppy Grower would have been enough for a potential reveal, but she clearly knew Dom was the safe hatchet throw... Still an awesome game in the end.
Holly: "I think you are the Poppy Grower. The most powerful Townsfolk and most important target. So let me just kill Sully and Blair instead." Marks of a true psychopath.
Well, that was an absolute minefield of a script, good job successfully navigating it to an exciting conclusion. I felt like there were so many times it could have just snowballed for a side, but it never happened. You took a risk to show off some interesting characters and it absolutely paid off. Well done!
I was disappointed in Ben for not clarifying to Laurie that being poisoned is irrelevant to his ability. Laurie specifically brought it up twice within 60 seconds. When Adam B raised the issue during Night 5 it was already too late. Quite often we fall victim to not knowing the logical minutiae of the game, information that nobody should be expected to know off the top of their head which a DM could easily explain.
Yea its the worst way to lose a game, not understanding the rules/ how the rules interact with each other. The only defense I can say is that Laurie didn't ask he just assumed he knew, but thats not really a great excuse. But it was already a shot in the dark at that point in the game there's no guarantee Laurie would have made the right play even if he knew the rules
Poppy grower seems to be fairly unintuitive from what I've seen. Its interaction with drunk/poisoned and with vortox always seems to leave someone confused.
Carley’s conversation with Holly very much reminds me of the one she had with with Angela as the Damsel, except this one is much more sinister lol. Also nice to see Blair get the Evil win. I think she played a pretty pivotal role too - the false Balloonist info she gave helped convince the Town to execute Carley, which sealed the game for her team. Edit: Also, I watch a lot of BOTC on the official stream, where players are eager to be turned evil, and the Mezepheles will often out themselves before giving them the Mezepheles word. So it was kind of fun to see it played this way.
I think your last point is what makes NRB's version entertaining in its own way. Except for probably Carley and Adam, everyone else is pretty much terrified of being evil. It's such a refreshing change that makes it very enjoyable
The G.O.A.T Carley wins again she truly is the best player mad respect for her and gotta show love to Holly not only a great psychopath but an amazing singer!!
I watch these in extreme amazement at how insanely good Carley is. She always acts nervous but hits it every time. Her finding one of her minions on day 1 was just crazy. Also poor Laurie, he’s really good at the game but no one ever listens to him. It’s unfortunate his best game he happened to be the host. Just painful to see honestly.
This one last one for the road talk is raising the big sad in me, as this has been my favorite series for NRB since it premiered. Looking forward to seeing where this final ride goes though, this is your chance Laurie, take your flowers and WIN!!!
@@lokiboi1 Yeah sounds like they're playing in person, which will be a nightmare to edit and worse for viewers than just playing over zoom/discord. I'll still watch but I'm sad this era is over.
I really hope they've found a way to shoot an in person game that works..... having watched in person games of clocktower they aren't great viewing even on the official channel. Works perfectly as an online game particularly from a viewers perspective where you are privy to important conversations and pivotal game moments and getting players thoughts and theory's. Also really shrinks the possible cast and we'll lose some favourites. Shall watch in hope more than expectation, they have the best format for clocktower on yt already and I wouldn't throw it away so readily - let's hope this works as well.
Oh you just wait and see my friend. I've been waiting for five...damn...years to be able to film a proper, in-person game that is designed to entertain the audience, rather than the players. I don't mind betting my dreads on this one. It will be better than any online game you've ever seen. Get hyped.
To be honest, the best Blood on the Clocktower streaming experience so far is with Patters (an official regular) since his BotC setup is pure bliss. That being said tho, IRL games can work perfectly if they have their own "house"; a larger place that is sectioned off for privacy reason so they can have private chats. Also keep in mind that its not live. It will basically be probably shot with 5+ cameras (main room has 3+, and each private section has one) and then skillfully edited so it flows well. I dont worry too much about this. If they would say "yeah we be doing IRL games live now", then I would be worried. In order for the camera to work, you can even mark places on the ground. like "stand here to be perfectly in shot".
Not going to get the chance to watch this until tomorrow, but want to send out all the love to Holly! Have played with her in real life and online and she is a joy to play with. So glad she's made it onto a NRB video!
Don't want to give spoilers so I'll just say in my opinion, Holly was the most entertaining of the group to watch play her role this game. And that's saying something, because I think this group is full of entertaining people. :-)
It’s kinda neat that the first botc on this channel involved a day one with no one voting for execution and a day where everyone voted for an execution.
i’m surprised laurie didn’t clock that even after he revealed he was the poppy grower (and everyone had assumed the evils didn’t know each other for sure) holly didn’t try to kill him!
Laurie played an absolute blinder of a game, exceptional all the way through and lost on a weird rules thing that was clarified to the audience and not the players. Really unfortunate. Other than that, it was a great game. Holly killing her team mates was a fantastic content.
@@TheLastSane1 Doesnt have to be day 1, should have been when he nominated Carley and explicitly stated he thinks he cant be host because his ability is still working - even though it already proc'd
The irony is that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
The one time Ben typically keeps quiet is when a misunderstanding is being used by the evil team as a bluff. In this case especially, correcting that would have painted a giant target on Laurie, which wouldn't be fair to the evil team that was otherwise dominating.
Beautiful game, brilliantly played by Carley and Holly by getting rid all the ghost votes, Sully turning the main info gatherer into evil, and congrats to Sully's streak again! (Poor Laurie...)
Just want to add to the chorus of Holly Hounds: You were wonderful, Holly, and I look forward to many repeat appearances. ♥️ Fantastic episode, brilliant setup from Ben (as always), and great play from everyone. Something to be very proud of.
What a game. Carley is insanely good. Even with no knowledge of her team she was unstoppable. Did help that everyone used their dead votes without even knowing who the leech was!
Another frantic, chaotic and thrilling game. I loved the script so many different dimensions the game can go in. NRB plays BoTC is the highlight of my month. Loved Holly!!! We need more of Holly. Her descension in psychopath, her unwillingness to slip up any info provided by Carly and her singing, amazing addition to the NRB family.
He helps the bad team arguably too much. Telling Carlie what he'd do too. I understand helping at the start to keep things a bit even but at this point some bias is showing
Adam, take some of our Patreon money and buy Carley and Angela plane tickets please. They deserve to be there for the first ever in person clocktower. Thanks love you bye 😊
I think they probably will. At least Carley, if not both of them. She is too big a part of the NRB BotC games for her not to be there for their first in-person game. Unfortunately, I don't see how either of them could be there for future games after that, if they continue to be done in-person. They can't be flying out to the UK every month, nor could NRB really afford to do that. Our only hope is that they actually film like 6 to 12 episodes at a time, and maybe fly them out every 6 months or every year. Not sure if that's feasible, but it's the only way we could get Carley/Angela in every in-person episode.
Man even before day 1 this game seems a glorious mess. Just wanna thank ya all for this great series and Ben in particular for his amazing storytelling. Having him guide us all through this mess aswell as taking the time to respond to viewers comments is very much the iceing on the cake of this fantastic series.
Great vid as usual, this series has been a ton of fun. One note: I pulled up the script from the link in the notes, and I don't see Poppy Grower on that, and that was a pretty important role to this game. At any rate, thanks again for the show!
I think it was kind of shitty that Laurie said aloud that he knew his ability was working and Ben didn't correct him. Then that night, after it was too late to matter, says explicitly that you should correct those type of errors and tells Laurie at night after it's too late to matter.
Sully as the mesepholes is evil genious. Nobody is gonna queation the weirdestet sentences. Also who would have thought that the word is goidn to be mentioned THIS much
Viewing in March 2023 "Holly making her debut on No Rolls Barred...is going to be our Psychopath." Could only be a more accurate statement IF her icon was a small gavel rather than an axe,
Glad I wasn't the only one that thought this. If you're gonna clarify the rule, you have to do it BEFORE the execution, surely? Storytellers decided this game unfortunately, it was really on a knife edge before then.
Exceptional episode as always. Thank you for making my weekend once again. The last few seconds of the video were goosebumps-inducing and I'm SO excited!!!
Genuinely, the only thing that could have improved this would have been Holly offing herself on the final day, absolutely masterful stuff. Always killing it on the content guys, can’t wait for the in-person BOTC!
I hope Carley can still be a part of the in-person videos!!! Her addition to BOTC is one of my favourite parts! Either way very excited to see where this goes
Always bet on Carley. Deprive her of all the information she should have and give her a psychopathic teammate that kills all of Carley's support, and Carley still wins.
The fact that Sully got two people to say 'Boyfriend' and then thereafter, Carley just randomly said: "I'm your little boyfriend" to Dom, was a strange coincidence!
this entire game. is just one massive best case scenario for the evil team and i love it. good on you evil for playing an amazing game. eeeeven though holly axed 2 members
1:08:08 quote of the game, hands down Angela, _talking to Carly_ : it makes me think we have an experienced baddie You don't say, Angela. You don't say🤣
A great chaotic mess of a game, really fun to watch. That moment where all the good players dead voted for Carley! Whyyyyyy? There was just as much reason to suspect Laurie was the host given he said openly that he was the poppy grower and the psychopath didn’t just kill him for it.
The irony is that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
I like Adam P's hint that his ability doesn't work when he's executed. It's vague, but not too vague. It also implies he wants to live to an evil player so they might kill him while also saying "If you're good, please don't nominate me." Spoiler: It's such a shame...I 100% believe Laurie would've won the game if he knew that his ability still works when he's the Lleech host because it's before Lleech poison. He literally said that he can't be host because his ability worked when they were deciding who to vote on. He'd know Psychopath didn't attack him when he told her what he is, so he's obviously host. Also, there was no need for voting shenanigans. You could've just called the game after Carley didn't die. All Holly has to do is kill herself with her own ability. Done. Edit: I have zero idea why, but my comment didn't have a "Read More:" so I thought it wasn't working and edited it like 4 times before I gave up and refreshed and saw it was working. -_-
Agreed. What made it even more sad was that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
When Laurie mentions that his power has been working so he can't have been poisoned should Daddy Ben have stepped in before he nominated Carley and mentioned how it works? They mention it after the fact which is way too little too late. Still an amazing game played by Carley and Co. How good.
@@diamondsky3787 How? Both Carley and Laurie's abilities never got shown to be poisoned so they were both equally likely. Ben steps in to explain rules like this all the time and him not doing the same in this instance is only because he always wants evil to win.
I watch all your videos of BotC from beguining on and this was the coolest episode so far! And there are still so much mor episodes to watch for this has been recorded already a year ago! Thanks so much for the great content. If these were on DVD, I would imedeately buy this!
How can Laurie, someone who is so good at playing this game, manage to always wind up on the losing team. If you are reading this Laurie, just know that you are MY champion. Love to see you in these videos and keep up the good work.
Excellent as always!!!! I dont actually normally root for evil but man was it a stressful ride this time. Holly being both an enormous hindrance (killing half the evil team) and an absolute vital part of evil plan (allowing each evil to know at least one person they could trust, and also being a giant distraction) was a rollercoaster. Love it, love it, love it. In person will be fun, can Tom play?!!!!! Also, does that mean no Carley? :(
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Hey, I know I'm a little late to this episode, but I have a rules question about this episode in particular:
Couldn't Holly as the psychopath have chosen herself on the final day to leave only Carley and Laurie and thus fulfilling the evil team's win condition before nominations were even open? Didn't matter here, but could have, if there had still been other ghost votes left.
Dom playing the King is the best thing ever
1:59:00 Stupid choice by Ben (or Adam) to not correct Laurie on a major rule (Poppy grower's ability still would have worked despite being poisoned)
@@achille295I don't think it occurred to them that there might have been some confusion with Laurie's role until that point, at which time it was already too late. This game expects you to know all the roles beforehand so that you can understand what might be happening and clearly some roles come across vague under certain circumstances. x:x
"WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ME?" right of the bat, with no context, absolutely killed me 😂
Holly being dramatic and getting away with it. Dom being dramatic and NO ONE responding to it. What a game. What. A. Game.
Laurie is actually a pretty good player, he's just extremely unlucky.
I was thinking that from watching other games. He is so good at gathering information even when he isn’t in info gathering roles!
I felt bad for Laurie in this game. He lost on a technicality. He thought he couldn't be the host because his Poppygrower power seemed to be working the whole game. By the time Ben clarified it, the game was already over. (The rest of town is also responsible for wasting all of their dead votes on Carley for no reason, but they were also somewhat misled into thinking it was definitely their final day when it wasn't.)
@@Phyrre56 It was the final day for all intents and purposes and they literally demonstrated that here. Literally the only way the evil could have lost on the "real" final day was if Holly used her Psychopath power to kill Laurie. There was absolutely nothing good could have done to save the game after they executed Carley. Ben was 100% correct: failing to correctly execute on that day lost them the game.
The irony is that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
I'm honestly so upset about it.
Holly has a beautiful singing voice. And was an absolute delight throughout this game. Hope we see more of her in future
Agreed!
Agreed!
1:27:12 1:31:25 The only reason I scrolled to the comments was to bet that this was the #1 comment..
Carley's reaction to Holly's bluff and then the two of them deciding to share their roles is one of the all-time great Clocktower moments
also funny cause it all happened because they didnt notice balloonist on the script :D
@@kloaf1131the other one I'd point out was Blair switching out Carley's name on her day 3 info. She didn't know Carley was the demon but it felt like a whim on a social read that kept her name off the table
Carley is just extraordinarily great at this game, but got to admire how much everyone else improved over all the games, especially Brooke.
Agreed! I thought Blair did pretty well this game, too!
She even changed her info when she got Carley which was poetic, I think. She didn't even realize she was hiding her Demon.
Carley is honestly too good at this game. It imbalances the game in favor of whatever team is Carley is on. It's not her fault, she's brilliant, but it makes things tricky for the storyteller because it's like she's been given an extra power -- the power to figure everything out with like 3 well-placed questions.
@@Stuffthatsfunny1 She plays a LOT of other BoTC games though. So she gets the prackie in. She doesn't skip leg day.
Sully's the rookie of the year though, in terms of growth at the game
It's freaky. She can read vocal tones like they are a children's book. And knows the game like a savant. She basically figures out the whole damn game by the end of night 2 - every time.
Well its mostly that she has read the rules, are able to do simple logic deducting and remember one page of info... half of these people are just there stumbling around, basicly just NPCs
Sully and his power move proving he could get multiple people to say boyfriend.
It wasn't just a power move: If Blair was already a minion/demon (which he didn't know she wasn't) then he would've turned Brooke
@@emisor9272 Can you only turn one person?
@@cainebez3318 yep - its the first good player that says the word
@@emisor9272 I was wondering why he did that but good point!
The acapella rendition of "Crazy" is what sends this one into the stratosphere.
Oh I love the theatrics Holly is pulling in this game. The drama, I love it, please bring her back.
Holly was insanely entertaining. Kills half of Carley's evil team and somehow still wins.
Holly is awesome! The banter, the singing, the rochambeau…
I wasn't expecting the singing, tbh. Was damned good.
Sully's savage review during their 3-way chat with Blair was so on point.
2:00:00 That gasp from Laurie was both hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time, the abrupt cut to "NIGHT FIVE" was perfection
The fact that Holly as an evil player exclusively killed other evil players and still won was a hilarious outcome
Untill she killed Dom which was great
Killing half your team and winning is the most chaotic thing
Hm, yes. Evil King.
it's the kind of content I come here for
I really need to stop reading comments before finishing the video...
Every sentence Dom speaks is Effing GOLD!!! LMAO he killed it as the King
Edit: I just finished watching and it gets even better. Nobody even cares about the King. This is one of the most hilarious moments!!
Brooke no selling one of his monologues was pretty great.
@@donatohunter 😂😂 Immediately after Carley (with the softest voice) completely speaks right over one of Dom's soliloquys
LONG LIVE THE KING! 👑
"I didn't elect you"
Laurie's meta story arc with the game itself as the enemy is wonderfully told as only reality could and I'm here for it.
LAURIE: I'm not here for it
just making a note for myself of 1:27:14 cuz everyone leaving holly alone in the groupchat and her just singing crazy is just absolutely sending me. very iconic of her tbh
There was a third option at the end that none of them apparently saw; Holly could have just Psychopath'd herself, leaving only Carly and Laurie alive, winning the game for the Evil team
thanks for the spoilers, ruining this episode for me
@@miggle2784 Don't read the comments if you don't want to see people commenting about the episode lmfao
@@miggle2784 There was a third option at the end... *stop reading*
@@miggle2784 what do you think people use the comment section for?
@@tra12048 In all fairness, RUclips automatically displays one comment on mobile. It has spoiled many a Clocktower for me, even when trying to not read it it’s instinctive.
Adam Pearson's reaction to Holly's nigh on casual reveal was fun because he thought he'd cracked her case wide open and she just went ahead and confessed to all crimes and then brandished a chainsaw.
An evil balloonist being used in a poppygrower game to help the evil team discover each other... this is why I love this game. The same script can be a million entirely different games, awesome
Ooooh, the introduction of Holly, who has since become an absolute mainstay of NRB. It's good to see that the comments were loving her from the very start. Love watching these old videos.
this was absolutely Chaotic. great episode! the Carlie + Holly tag team was devastating together! also Adam b is great at being the smug storyteller.
"we're also here about your demon and minions."
"yeah, thanks, that'd be great."
"would it? :)"
I love Sully accusing Holly at the end when it would have taken ONE CONVERSATION from him to solve the entire game for the Evil Team. Also Holly, WHAT A VOICE ON HER!
He tried, Holly didn’t tell him who the demon was
@TheProfProfessor he told her After they were both dead, and he just sat and did nothing for the entire second day lol
@@benji_kay "sat and did nothing" you actually just don't watch his prespective prob because of other better convos, for all we know he could have tried to not draw suspicion to himself .
Welcome to the NRB family, Holly!
Your work as the Psychopath has genuinely made this one of the most entertaining games of Blood On The Clocktower that NRB has uploaded.
Job well done to everyone involved!
Also, my GOD you have a great singing voice. That song sent shivers...
I like you Scott. You seem like good people. Hope you have a lovely evening. And that someone gifts you a puppy.
@@chrisseddon5823 Much appreciated, Chris. Nobody has ever gifted me a dog before, so I look forward to it if it's in the cards. Wishing you an enjoyable evening as well.
4:20 I so want the word to be “evil” so he can go to Brooke and shout
“Are you evil?!?”
To get her to say it
I do wish Tom wouldn't bugger off after revealing the storyteller. He's so fun and would be great as a player. We've only seen him play once.
Agreed. It's a total shame he didn't get tapped into the village pool in these games he wasn't running.
@@shroomdudeshades I've been considering that
@@GeniusLad32 you wouldn't regret it. You also get access to the discord server which is loads of fun. Not to mention you get to help a fantastic channel! I recently upped my backing to 25 and haven't looked back.
I felt sooooo bad for Laurie this time. As if it was bad enough before, now he had to watch as Carley took another Victory lap... I was really hoping he'd figure out Holly tipping her hand when she voted for Adam, and also didn't immediately axe him when he outted himself as the Poppy Grower. Even if Holly had or hadn't known her demon, a bluff for Poppy Grower would have been enough for a potential reveal, but she clearly knew Dom was the safe hatchet throw... Still an awesome game in the end.
Holly: "I think you are the Poppy Grower. The most powerful Townsfolk and most important target. So let me just kill Sully and Blair instead."
Marks of a true psychopath.
Well, that was an absolute minefield of a script, good job successfully navigating it to an exciting conclusion. I felt like there were so many times it could have just snowballed for a side, but it never happened. You took a risk to show off some interesting characters and it absolutely paid off. Well done!
That was a genius play by Sully when talking with Blair.
I was disappointed in Ben for not clarifying to Laurie that being poisoned is irrelevant to his ability. Laurie specifically brought it up twice within 60 seconds. When Adam B raised the issue during Night 5 it was already too late.
Quite often we fall victim to not knowing the logical minutiae of the game, information that nobody should be expected to know off the top of their head which a DM could easily explain.
Yea its the worst way to lose a game, not understanding the rules/ how the rules interact with each other. The only defense I can say is that Laurie didn't ask he just assumed he knew, but thats not really a great excuse.
But it was already a shot in the dark at that point in the game there's no guarantee Laurie would have made the right play even if he knew the rules
I 100% agree. Ben always corrects people even if they don't ask the question. Why not then?
Good victory in my book for this one
While Ben will correct most misconceptions, it's a tossup whether he'll correct a misunderstanding that's being used by the evil team to bluff.
Poppy grower seems to be fairly unintuitive from what I've seen. Its interaction with drunk/poisoned and with vortox always seems to leave someone confused.
Carley’s conversation with Holly very much reminds me of the one she had with with Angela as the Damsel, except this one is much more sinister lol.
Also nice to see Blair get the Evil win. I think she played a pretty pivotal role too - the false Balloonist info she gave helped convince the Town to execute Carley, which sealed the game for her team.
Edit: Also, I watch a lot of BOTC on the official stream, where players are eager to be turned evil, and the Mezepheles will often out themselves before giving them the Mezepheles word. So it was kind of fun to see it played this way.
I think your last point is what makes NRB's version entertaining in its own way.
Except for probably Carley and Adam, everyone else is pretty much terrified of being evil. It's such a refreshing change that makes it very enjoyable
I thought the same exact thing watching this lol one of my favorite BOTC moments is Angela and Carley finding out they were Huntsman and Damsel
The G.O.A.T Carley wins again she truly is the best player mad respect for her and gotta show love to Holly not only a great psychopath but an amazing singer!!
Bloody hell, Holly was a force to be reckoned with here! Probably my favourite BotC to date, can't wait to see how an in-person game plays out.
I watch these in extreme amazement at how insanely good Carley is. She always acts nervous but hits it every time. Her finding one of her minions on day 1 was just crazy.
Also poor Laurie, he’s really good at the game but no one ever listens to him. It’s unfortunate his best game he happened to be the host. Just painful to see honestly.
This one last one for the road talk is raising the big sad in me, as this has been my favorite series for NRB since it premiered. Looking forward to seeing where this final ride goes though, this is your chance Laurie, take your flowers and WIN!!!
It’s going to be in person games from what’s said at the end if I am hearing correctly
You are but spoilers, man
@@subman23 but the good kinds!
@@lokiboi1 Thank you for this! I immediately felt dread in my heart when they made it sound like this is to be the last game they ever play.
@@lokiboi1 Yeah sounds like they're playing in person, which will be a nightmare to edit and worse for viewers than just playing over zoom/discord.
I'll still watch but I'm sad this era is over.
I really hope they've found a way to shoot an in person game that works..... having watched in person games of clocktower they aren't great viewing even on the official channel.
Works perfectly as an online game particularly from a viewers perspective where you are privy to important conversations and pivotal game moments and getting players thoughts and theory's.
Also really shrinks the possible cast and we'll lose some favourites.
Shall watch in hope more than expectation, they have the best format for clocktower on yt already and I wouldn't throw it away so readily - let's hope this works as well.
Adam mentioned in a video that Laurie had figured out a way to do it in person
I sincerely hope so. I was introduced to it here. On other channels, where we aren't privy to all the private conversations, I'm never as invested.
Oh you just wait and see my friend. I've been waiting for five...damn...years to be able to film a proper, in-person game that is designed to entertain the audience, rather than the players. I don't mind betting my dreads on this one. It will be better than any online game you've ever seen. Get hyped.
To be honest, the best Blood on the Clocktower streaming experience so far is with Patters (an official regular) since his BotC setup is pure bliss.
That being said tho, IRL games can work perfectly if they have their own "house"; a larger place that is sectioned off for privacy reason so they can have private chats. Also keep in mind that its not live. It will basically be probably shot with 5+ cameras (main room has 3+, and each private section has one) and then skillfully edited so it flows well. I dont worry too much about this. If they would say "yeah we be doing IRL games live now", then I would be worried. In order for the camera to work, you can even mark places on the ground. like "stand here to be perfectly in shot".
Laurie must win in RL.
😂😂😂 1:21:51
Isaac: I'd rather follow a cult than a king
Dom: I'M IN THE CULT!!!
That whole conversation was comedic gold😅😂🤣
Not going to get the chance to watch this until tomorrow, but want to send out all the love to Holly! Have played with her in real life and online and she is a joy to play with. So glad she's made it onto a NRB video!
Love you loads Marcus!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@@hollylikesgames Careful with that Axe, Holly!
She was a great player
@@hollylikesgames love the song you sang but i think Psycho Killer would have been a bit more on the nose
Don't want to give spoilers so I'll just say in my opinion, Holly was the most entertaining of the group to watch play her role this game. And that's saying something, because I think this group is full of entertaining people. :-)
It’s the best Saturday of the month!
Also hope we can get Sully as a guest storyteller in the future.
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In the end Carley did get to form her cult, everybody voted for her, poetic.
Spoiler?
@@RealPokemonJoe apologies
@@satvikasinha lol it's all good
It’s kinda neat that the first botc on this channel involved a day one with no one voting for execution and a day where everyone voted for an execution.
Such a fun watch! Was surprised to see at the end no one mentioned the Psychopath could have killed themselves for an immediate win!
i’m surprised laurie didn’t clock that even after he revealed he was the poppy grower (and everyone had assumed the evils didn’t know each other for sure) holly didn’t try to kill him!
I have to say Sully played an absolute blinder in this one. He hid himself so well not even his own team knew he was evil!
Laurie played an absolute blinder of a game, exceptional all the way through and lost on a weird rules thing that was clarified to the audience and not the players. Really unfortunate.
Other than that, it was a great game. Holly killing her team mates was a fantastic content.
@@TheLastSane1 Doesnt have to be day 1, should have been when he nominated Carley and explicitly stated he thinks he cant be host because his ability is still working - even though it already proc'd
The irony is that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
@@xa5150 so true! I really enjoyed this game until that time, I don't think it's fair the evil team won like that
The one time Ben typically keeps quiet is when a misunderstanding is being used by the evil team as a bluff.
In this case especially, correcting that would have painted a giant target on Laurie, which wouldn't be fair to the evil team that was otherwise dominating.
Idk who Holly is but she's delightful and I would like to see her on more things :)
Beautiful game, brilliantly played by Carley and Holly by getting rid all the ghost votes, Sully turning the main info gatherer into evil, and congrats to Sully's streak again! (Poor Laurie...)
This is fabulous and I'm still on night 1. Holly being a RoShamBo genius *MUST* be a fix.
Just want to add to the chorus of Holly Hounds: You were wonderful, Holly, and I look forward to many repeat appearances. ♥️
Fantastic episode, brilliant setup from Ben (as always), and great play from everyone. Something to be very proud of.
Add to the chorus of “Holly Hounds”?
Would that make you a “Gray hound”?? 😄😄
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I’ll stick to my day job….
@@AbhiramBharadwaj1 😂😂 And I'd better stick to my day job instead of inventing new fan club names. 😅
What a game. Carley is insanely good. Even with no knowledge of her team she was unstoppable. Did help that everyone used their dead votes without even knowing who the leech was!
Adam P looking like a noir detective with that hat, I love it
Holly is amazing as she is a great singer, knows roshambo theory, a violent murderer it’s great.
I'm putting her on my "if you could have a dinner party with 10 people, living or dead, who would you invite" list.
Another frantic, chaotic and thrilling game. I loved the script so many different dimensions the game can go in. NRB plays BoTC is the highlight of my month. Loved Holly!!! We need more of Holly. Her descension in psychopath, her unwillingness to slip up any info provided by Carly and her singing, amazing addition to the NRB family.
Watching Holly & Laurie shout at each other about Murdering him properly popped me. Holly & Carley are the best evil team I could ever imagine 🤣
What a lovely spooky rendition on the song cheek to cheek in the end... Another fantastic game and story telling, well done guys!
You really ought to have corrected Laurie that being poisoned as the Poppy Grower does not make the evil team aware of each other.
He helps the bad team arguably too much. Telling Carlie what he'd do too.
I understand helping at the start to keep things a bit even but at this point some bias is showing
Adam, take some of our Patreon money and buy Carley and Angela plane tickets please. They deserve to be there for the first ever in person clocktower. Thanks love you bye 😊
I think they probably will. At least Carley, if not both of them. She is too big a part of the NRB BotC games for her not to be there for their first in-person game. Unfortunately, I don't see how either of them could be there for future games after that, if they continue to be done in-person. They can't be flying out to the UK every month, nor could NRB really afford to do that. Our only hope is that they actually film like 6 to 12 episodes at a time, and maybe fly them out every 6 months or every year. Not sure if that's feasible, but it's the only way we could get Carley/Angela in every in-person episode.
Greatest series on RUclips. Thank you for all the hard work you guys. Always remember.... Laurie has no idea what he's talking about.
Holly you've won me over, I love the chaotic energy
Man even before day 1 this game seems a glorious mess. Just wanna thank ya all for this great series and Ben in particular for his amazing storytelling. Having him guide us all through this mess aswell as taking the time to respond to viewers comments is very much the iceing on the cake of this fantastic series.
Great vid as usual, this series has been a ton of fun. One note: I pulled up the script from the link in the notes, and I don't see Poppy Grower on that, and that was a pretty important role to this game. At any rate, thanks again for the show!
I think it was kind of shitty that Laurie said aloud that he knew his ability was working and Ben didn't correct him. Then that night, after it was too late to matter, says explicitly that you should correct those type of errors and tells Laurie at night after it's too late to matter.
Sully as the mesepholes is evil genious. Nobody is gonna queation the weirdestet sentences.
Also who would have thought that the word is goidn to be mentioned THIS much
Viewing in March 2023
"Holly making her debut on No Rolls Barred...is going to be our Psychopath."
Could only be a more accurate statement IF her icon was a small gavel rather than an axe,
Tom is just superb, his 'final' epilogue was delivered masterfully.
Laurie's thoughts about his ability should have been clarified before everyone voted for Carley
Glad I wasn't the only one that thought this. If you're gonna clarify the rule, you have to do it BEFORE the execution, surely? Storytellers decided this game unfortunately, it was really on a knife edge before then.
Exceptional episode as always. Thank you for making my weekend once again. The last few seconds of the video were goosebumps-inducing and I'm SO excited!!!
Holly! So, so happy to see you playing on here! You are incredible and can't wait to watch this...
Aw Darren! Thank you so much! Love you loads ❤️
Genuinely, the only thing that could have improved this would have been Holly offing herself on the final day, absolutely masterful stuff. Always killing it on the content guys, can’t wait for the in-person BOTC!
I hope Carley can still be a part of the in-person videos!!! Her addition to BOTC is one of my favourite parts! Either way very excited to see where this goes
isaac saying 'helloo' in the extra way instead of the casual 'hey guys' was truly shocking
BotC's Queen of Chaos Carley as the demon is always so entertaining.
Always bet on Carley. Deprive her of all the information she should have and give her a psychopathic teammate that kills all of Carley's support, and Carley still wins.
i have been watching every blood on the clock tower possible the last week of my life i love this so much
Carley was at such a disadvantage hahaha.. She's the 🐐 of NRB BotC
This is one of my favorite "episode" on the whole NRB. And Holly, really has beautiful singing voice!
The fact that Sully got two people to say 'Boyfriend' and then thereafter, Carley just randomly said: "I'm your little boyfriend" to Dom, was a strange coincidence!
I've been wanting to see a Poppygrower game on NRB for so long and I'm glad we finally got it!
Holly's rendition of Crazy is quite nicely done, especially a cappella... good one on that.
this entire game. is just one massive best case scenario for the evil team and i love it. good on you evil for playing an amazing game. eeeeven though holly axed 2 members
1:08:08 quote of the game, hands down
Angela, _talking to Carly_ : it makes me think we have an experienced baddie
You don't say, Angela. You don't say🤣
It's truly impressive how much dramatic irony the NRB crew manage to bake into every game accidentally
I have not watched this yet and have never commented on anything in my life.
I am beyond happy that this is in the world today!
Thank you
A great chaotic mess of a game, really fun to watch. That moment where all the good players dead voted for Carley! Whyyyyyy? There was just as much reason to suspect Laurie was the host given he said openly that he was the poppy grower and the psychopath didn’t just kill him for it.
The irony is that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
I like Adam P's hint that his ability doesn't work when he's executed. It's vague, but not too vague. It also implies he wants to live to an evil player so they might kill him while also saying "If you're good, please don't nominate me."
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It's such a shame...I 100% believe Laurie would've won the game if he knew that his ability still works when he's the Lleech host because it's before Lleech poison. He literally said that he can't be host because his ability worked when they were deciding who to vote on. He'd know Psychopath didn't attack him when he told her what he is, so he's obviously host. Also, there was no need for voting shenanigans. You could've just called the game after Carley didn't die. All Holly has to do is kill herself with her own ability. Done.
Edit: I have zero idea why, but my comment didn't have a "Read More:" so I thought it wasn't working and edited it like 4 times before I gave up and refreshed and saw it was working. -_-
Agreed. What made it even more sad was that Ben talked about how the storyteller should correct and inform players if they are basing their thought process on the misunderstanding of rules and interactions, specifically regarding Laurie’s role and being poisoned, the night after the entire town does just that with it being emphasized no less than twice that the basis for the thought process and their actions was the very misunderstanding being discussed as a hypothetical by Ben when it had in fact occurred.
When Laurie mentions that his power has been working so he can't have been poisoned should Daddy Ben have stepped in before he nominated Carley and mentioned how it works? They mention it after the fact which is way too little too late.
Still an amazing game played by Carley and Co. How good.
that would really just out Carley as the Leech and Laurie as the host tho, wouldn't be too fair
@@diamondsky3787 How? Both Carley and Laurie's abilities never got shown to be poisoned so they were both equally likely. Ben steps in to explain rules like this all the time and him not doing the same in this instance is only because he always wants evil to win.
Wow, wow, wow, just wow! This had twists and turns to no end, absolutely marvelous episode!
OMG!!! That ending! So exciiited! Tom you never fail to give me chills.
I watch all your videos of BotC from beguining on and this was the coolest episode so far! And there are still so much mor episodes to watch for this has been recorded already a year ago! Thanks so much for the great content. If these were on DVD, I would imedeately buy this!
How can Laurie, someone who is so good at playing this game, manage to always wind up on the losing team. If you are reading this Laurie, just know that you are MY champion. Love to see you in these videos and keep up the good work.
This episode was amazing and thank you for all the content NRB.
In person?! Yes please. And welcome Holly, great addition to the crew and really enjoyed her play!
im genuinely surprised that carley didnt go for leech hosting the king to neutralize his ability AND avoid hitting one of the minions
Lol carley worrying about killing a fellow evil player meanwhile holly already singlehandedly axed both evil players
Excellent as always!!!!
I dont actually normally root for evil but man was it a stressful ride this time. Holly being both an enormous hindrance (killing half the evil team) and an absolute vital part of evil plan (allowing each evil to know at least one person they could trust, and also being a giant distraction) was a rollercoaster. Love it, love it, love it.
In person will be fun, can Tom play?!!!!!
Also, does that mean no Carley? :(
I'm also worried about that no Carley part
I imagine it's another reason for Carley to make the trip over to the UK. I'm sure she won't be give forever.
Hopefully.
Welcome Holly! What a great addition to the team, hopefully we see more of her!
" I could kill my own team" I can assure you a little bit of axe murder has fixed that problem already :D
I do not understand how people weren't busting up laughing at Dom's Shakespearean quotations ha ha ha
Sully continues to play suboptimally, and continues to prosper
I absolutely LOVE Dom in this one he is amazing
Laurie played an outstanding game, def MVP of the good team. Loved especially the bluff as poisoner.
I'm very simple. I see Carley is on the Evil team I click.
29:00 Adam Pearson dropped the single funniest line in the whole series, I hope he’s there for the in person games
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