Gardener

Information

Type	Loric
Artist	Z. Benetatos
Revealed	28/04/2023

"Oh now, this won't do. We've got the monkshood mixed in with the wolfsbane and the hemlock is smothering the hellebore! Oh dear me, we'd better start over. Fetch my shears."

Summary

"The Storyteller assigns all players' characters."

The Gardener removes randomness from the setup.

• The Storyteller chooses which player is which character.
• The normal setup rules must be followed.
• The purpose of the Gardener is not to allow players to choose their character, but instead to allow the Storyteller to craft a specific style of game or logic puzzle.

How to Run

During setup, instead of putting the character tokens in the bag, put them face-down on the Town Square, or a firm object like a book, in a circle or shape that matches the physical seating arrangement. One at a time, in clockwise order, prompt the players to take the token that corresponds with their physical seating position.

Examples

The Vizier is on the script and Ida doesn’t like playing as outed evil. To ensure that Ida doesn’t receive the Vizier token, the Storyteller puts the Gardener into play and assigns Ida directly as the Poisoner instead.

Robin has been evil every game today. The Storyteller puts the Gardener into play and assigns Robin directly as the Chef instead.