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The Bloody Inn

75 questions players ask about The Bloody Inn. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.

Updated 2026-11-05.

  • Setup
  • Actions and Accomplices
  • Money, Wages and Checks
  • Police and Corpses
  • Annex Effects
  • End of the Game
  • Solo and Variants
  • The Bloody Inn: The CarniesExpansion

Setup

  • How many rooms are open at the start of the game?
  • What does 'one white Key on each of 3 doors' mean in setup?
  • Why does each player get eight Key/Room Service tokens?
  • Are Peasants shuffled into the traveler deck?
  • How do I build the traveler deck for a short game: sort cards or remove at random?

Actions and Accomplices

  • Which accomplices come back to my hand after I play cards for an action?
  • Do I need a card with the matching symbol to perform an action?
  • Do I need any accomplices to bribe, kill or bury a rank 0 guest?
  • Can I take the same action twice in one round?
  • If I pass on my first action, can I still take my second action?
  • Can I kill a guest I have bribed into my hand?
  • How many Peasants can I bribe in one action?
  • Can I hold more than two Peasants, or kill them?
  • Can I kill and bury a rank 0 guest in the same turn?
  • Must the card I build as an annex come from my hand?

Money, Wages and Checks

  • Can I pay accomplice wages with 10F checks?
  • What happens to accomplices I cannot pay?
  • Do Peasants in my hand cost wages?
  • Does passing give me any money?
  • How does laundering work, and is there a limit?
  • Can I launder money without using an action?
  • What happens to francs above the 40F Wealth Track limit?
  • Are checks limited to the tokens in the box?
  • How much do I earn each round from my rooms?

Police and Corpses

  • Which cards count as Police?
  • Which Police trigger an investigation?
  • Can I deal with Police before the investigation?
  • What does the gravedigger cost, and can I pay with checks?
  • Do I collect the corpse's money when the gravedigger removes it?
  • Am I eliminated if I can't pay the gravedigger?

Annex Effects

  • When does the Concierge's Room Service pay out?
  • Can I place a Room Service token in another player's or a neutral room?
  • Does a rank 0 traveler in a Room Service room pay anything?
  • Does the Monk do anything if no neutral room is left?
  • What exactly does the Priest (Chapel) let me do?
  • Do copies of the same annex stack their effects?
  • Do Abbot, Mechanic and Representative discounts apply per action or per guest?
  • Does a 'from now on' annex discount apply to building itself?
  • How does the Shopkeeper (Shop) work?
  • How does the Butcher (Butcher Shop) work?
  • How does the Archbishop (Crypt) work?

End of the Game

  • When does the game end?
  • Do I pay wages in the final round?
  • Can my final score exceed 40F?
  • In what order is final scoring done?

Solo and Variants

  • How do I set up the solo game?
  • How does the solo game punish unburied corpses?
  • In solo, is a final round played with one traveler left?
  • How does the Monk work in solo play?

The Bloody Inn: The CarniesExpansion

  • Is the Knife Thrower a Police card?
  • How do I build a Trailer (Roulotte) from a Carnie?
  • Can the Dwarf be buried under a rank-0 annex?
  • Which rank applies to a Carnies card with two ranks?
  • Does the Companion (Nook) make bribing free?
  • Can I bribe, kill or bury under a Trailer?
  • Do Trailers work differently in solo play?
  • Does Red Herring stop a Letter of Denunciation?
  • Can all Carnies modules be used solo?
  • Is the Exit Stack shuffled immediately with Carnies?
  • Can Police or Peasant cards be built as annexes?
  • Do an annex card's powers work while it is still in my hand?
  • Do I pay wages for a built annex's guest?
  • Can I bury a corpse under an opponent's annex, and can they refuse?
  • How many corpses can an annex hold?
  • Does a high-rank guest in my hand count as more than one accomplice when I pay for actions?
  • Can players count or look through the Entrance and Exit Stacks?
  • What if there aren't enough travelers to fill the open rooms?
  • When is the Exit Stack shuffled into a new Entrance Stack?
  • Can the Abbot make burying a rank-1 corpse free?
  • With a Representative, how many cards do I need to bribe a rank-3 traveler?
  • Does the Gardener's 2F need a guest in a room?
  • Do the Kiosk, Vegetable Garden and Altar keep paying for later annexes?
  • Which rank-3 annexes pay money at game end?
  • Do leftover travelers moved to the Exit Stack at game end count for colour bonuses?
  • Does Pickpockets take half the track only, or checks too?