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LOYALTY IS A GUESS
Shadow Council
Build a trusted team. Complete the mission. Keep the Oracle hidden.
5–10 players20–40 minOne shared phone
Play Shadow CouncilHow the night unfolds
- 01
Choose the council
Core includes an Oracle and a Hunter. Deception adds the Witness/Mimic pair. Advanced options add Veiled and Outcast. Role combinations must fit the group’s good and evil team sizes.
- 02
Learn what only you know
Privately read your role and any known names. Oracle sees evil except Veiled, including Outcast. Evil teammates see one another except Outcast, who knows nobody. Witness sees Oracle and Mimic without knowing which is which.
- 03
Approve a mission team
The rotating leader nominates exactly the required number of players. Discuss and vote in person, then record one shared Accept or Reject decision. A strict majority accepts; a tie rejects. Five consecutive rejections give evil victory.
- 04
Resolve the mission
Approved team members secretly support or sabotage. Good players must support; evil may choose either. Reveal only totals. One sabotage fails a mission, except mission four with seven or more players requires two.
- 05
Protect the Oracle
Three failed missions give evil victory. After three successes, the Hunter gets one guess at the Oracle. A correct guess gives evil victory; otherwise good wins. Roles remain hidden until that guess is locked.
This is a team victory, without individual points. Leader rotates after rejected teams and completed missions. The rejection count resets after a team is approved. Optional roles replace ordinary roles without changing side totals.
Picture this
A mission might succeed even with an evil player aboard: they can choose Support to build trust. Team approval is discussed and recorded openly; individual mission actions are never identified.
A few good ground rules
- Core is the easiest introduction. Add Deception when everyone knows the flow.
- All advanced roles together require ten players. Invalid combinations cannot start.
- Shadow Council is an original-themed, unofficial adaptation of classic social-deduction mechanics; it is not affiliated with Avalon’s publisher.
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