
Private Eye
Each Night* learn a character. Guess their player. If correct, a player who would die tonight, doesn’t.
“It was a grizzly morning. I was reading yesterday's paper, because I was too lazy to get today's from the letterbox. Not that I minded, I only got them for the word searches. But my hunt for 'Clues' and 'Leads' were interrupted when she walked in. She was like a tall glass of water, except she wasn't made of glass. She wore the kind of heels you'd wonder how she didn't stumble in, but I didn't, because I saw her stumble on her way in, and she was clearly hoping I hadn't. She was wearing a dress that might've been red, but this is a noir detective story, so there wasn't any colour. She had the kind of eyes that asked for trouble, and the kinda mouth that looked for it. Don't ask me what her ears were for. "My husband has gone missing. The Police are no help. I was wondering if you could be of assistance." she purred, like a cat that was trying to get you to feed it a second dinner. "Murder." I said plainly. She noded. "I expect so. He had a lot of enemies. And more secrets. But he left quite the inheritance..." she glanced around my office, which looked like it hadn't been finished by the decorators. It hadn't, of course, I ran outta money to pay them. "I can pay handsomely, mister". "Detectve." I said, absent mindedly. "Detective, then." she scowled, rolling her eyes. "Here" she said, sliding a crisp business card onto my desk. "Don't keep me waiting". I noded, sagely. "I'll take it". She smiled, showing me those too-white teeth for the first time, but not the last. She strutted out of there like a peacock that doesn't know what a lion is, but me? I hadn't taken a word she'd said in; I was still doing the crossword.”
The Private Eye tries to learn information about their Person of Interest, saving a life if they're correct.
Examples
The Private Eye is pointed at the Gossip. They guess Gossip. The Pukka Poisoned player doesn't die.
The Private Eye is pointed at the Goon. They guess Chambermaid. No lives are saved.
The Private Eye is pointd at the Zombuul. They guess Zombuul. No one was going to die tonight anyway, so nothing happens.
How to Run
Each night, except the first: mark a player with the 'Person of Interest' reminder token. Show the Private Eye that player. Let them guess their character. If they are correct, place the 'Protected' reminder token next to any player who was otherwise going to die tonight: they don't.
Try not to make it easy. As the game goes on, players will reveal their characters more and more. You may need to tart giving evil players after a while.
Kinda like a reverse Gossip, crossed with a Gambler. Can backfire with characters like gambler, gossip and acrobat.
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