It is a fine night for a stroll, wouldn't you say, Mister Morozov? Or should I say... BARON Morozov?
Storyteller cues
First nightShow the Minion character token. Point to both the MINION and WRONG players.
Jinxes
The Storyteller doesn't declare the Vizier is in play.
How to run it (Storyteller)
How to play
- Share your result publicly and early: unlike the Empath or Undertaker, your information is static and has no downside to revealing — the sooner town can cross-reference your two names against other claims, the more value you generate.
- Name specificity matters: announcing not just 'one of these two is a Minion' but which Minion type you were shown lets the group know what threat to expect, which is especially powerful for rare Minions like the Poisoner or Scarlet Woman.
- Locking in your two candidates: if one of your two named players is confirmed good (e.g. via an early execution that reveals they were Townsfolk), the other becomes a high-confidence Minion target — track this and push for their execution immediately.
- Do not over-commit before cross-referencing: if both your candidates claim strong Townsfolk roles, one of them is lying — compare their claims against the Storyteller's known character distribution to spot the bluff before nominating blindly.
- The single most common mistake is forgetting your information can be Recluse-poisoned: a Recluse can register as your named Minion, making an entirely good player look evil — if your result feels too convenient or both candidates are credible good-role claimers, hold space for this possibility.
How to bluff as the Investigator
- Timing your reveal: bluff as Investigator early, before any genuine information role can contradict you — once a real Investigator or Fortune Teller has published results, a second Investigator claim looks fabricated.
- Constructing your fake ping: name one genuine evil teammate as one of your two candidates, then pair them with a credible Townsfolk who you want to misdirect suspicion onto — this protects your ally by giving town a false choice rather than a direct accusation.
- Pick the right Minion type to claim: claim whichever Minion is actually on the script but is not your bluffing partner's real role, making your information feel internally consistent and harder to falsify.
- The tell that exposes you: a fake Investigator will resist follow-up questions about why they chose those two players or will be unable to explain how their result interacts with other information in play — have a rehearsed rationale ready for both candidates.
- If your evil partner is eventually confirmed good or executed as Townsfolk, immediately pivot to 'I must have been poisoned' rather than abandoning the bluff — this keeps the Investigator claim alive and seeds doubt about the Poisoner's location.
Key interactions
The Storyteller may show the Recluse as any Minion type to the Investigator, making a fully innocent player appear to be an evil threat. If your result keeps pointing at someone who plays conspicuously good and has corroborating stories, treat Recluse misregistration as a live hypothesis before executing them.
The Vizier's presence is never announced to the town, so an Investigator who receives a Vizier ping is sitting on unusually high-value intel — announcing it publicly reveals a Minion type that town would otherwise not know to look for, and the Vizier's ability to execute freely makes early identification critical.
A Poisoner who targets the Investigator on night one corrupts the only piece of information that character will ever produce, turning it into pure misinformation for the entire game. If you were poisoned, there is no second chance — if your result leads to a clean execution that flips Townsfolk, consider that your read may have been poisoned and reframe accordingly.