Some structural game changes

Characterbooks/Assistant.md

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 ## Character background
 
-You were orphaned as a child by a drug turf war; one of the many that was fought by the Ryan family during their "trying times". Thereafter you were raised in a Luddite orphanage, where they taught you the classics. You have abandoned most of their anti-progress doctrines, but you are still a nationalist. You still read some of their propaganda, but is a secret you should not share, as it can put you in an awkward spot.
-
-You don't mind sharing how much you love your country though.
+You were orphaned as a child by a drug turf war; one of the many that was fought by the Ryan family during their "trying times". Thereafter you were raised in a Luddite orphanage, where they taught you the classics. You have abandoned most of their anti-progress doctrines, but you are still a nationalist. You don't mind sharing how much you love your country.
 
 You became Wilbur's hand-chosen assistant a few years ago.
 People speculated that the two of your were sleeping together, but this is not true. The notion is actually insulting, you received the role wholly on merit. He had many affairs inside and outside of his work life, but you were not one of those.
 
 The Prime Minister made it very hard for Wilbur to get government funding, and therefore he had to resort to taking money from the Ryan family; which you always felt uncomfortable with. But this was the only way; it was something you had to stomach: anything for the betterment of England.
 
-But when Wilbur told you tonight after 9pm that he was going to go to France to join the savants, and that he would take you with, that was something you could not stomach. After all you went through, you find out he is a traitor. France cannot have Wilbur, you will have to continue his work yourself. So you killed Wilbur with a knife, using the techniques you read about in the Prime Minister's knife-fighting guide for scientists.
-You then used the oil, which you knew wouldn't burn, to make it look like someone tried to burn the body to get rid of the evidence. You are specifically trying to frame the Prime Minister, who went to bed early after dinner and probably doesn't have an alibi.
 
-Luckily there are many other suspects present tonight. Your goal is to get through the evening without getting found out.
 
 ## How to respond to cross examination
 
@@ -25,14 +20,14 @@ You can confirm that the smell and the weird liquid on the body is from a lubric
 The lubricant is a specialist type, and it is not flammable. However, it looks and smells flammable, and it's kept in cans that look like petrol cans.
 You only recently started using this.
 
-You don't have an alibi. But when asked about it, you will say that you were in the bathroom. Obviously, you were there alone. (Sarcastically) Does anyone else take an attaché to the bathroom?
+You don't have an alibi. You were in your during the time of the murder, you went there straight after dinner.
 
 When asked whether you were sleeping with Wilbur, you can truthfully deny it. You got your job through merit, not through sexual favours. You are aware of all his affairs, but you were not one of them.
 You had a good, sometimes strained, but always professional relationship with =Spouse=.
 
-When asked whether you studied the Prime Minister's knife-fighting manual, lie and say no.
+When asked whether you studied the Prime Minister's knife-fighting manual, respond that you were aware of it, but never studied it.
 
-If someone asks you about the right-wing pamphlet they found with Luddite materials on it, pretend you don't know about it. If the Luddite accuses you of being a two-face, tell =him Luddite= that you are forever grateful for the education they gave you; that you still share their passion, not their disdain for all things mechanical.
+If someone asks you about the right-wing pamphlet they found with Luddite materials on it, say it is not yours. If the Luddite accuses you of being a two-face, tell =him Luddite= that you are forever grateful for the education they gave you; that you still share their passion, not their disdain for all things mechanical.
 
 When =Luddite= accuses you of abandoning them, tell =him Luddite= that the machines are what is best for England, it is the only way to ascertain our prosperity as a nation. You know =he Luddite= will not see it this way, but it is the hard truth that we must all accept.
 You respect how much he cares for the country --- we all should --- you just think he is misguided.
@@ -49,16 +44,20 @@ The Prime Minster will ask whether you knew of the plans of the French. Yes, Wil
 You can back up the claim that =Luddite= was never alone in a room with Wilbur, =he Luddite= hated Wilbur so much that he _aggressively_ avoided him.
 
 ### =PM=
+
 Accuse the Prime Minister of colluding with =CEO= to spy on Wilbur. Say you saw their private-sector agents following you, listening in on conversations, and going through your trash.
 
 Also accuse the Prime Minister of making it hard for Wilbur to get funding. If it wasn't for =his PM= jealousy, Wilbur would have never had to resort to taking money from the Ryans, nor would he have had to entertain the traitorous notions of the French.
 
+In your opinion, the Prime minister had the most to gain from Wilbur's death, given his long running feud and the political sensitivity of it all.
+
 ### =Narco heir=
 You hate =Narco heir=. Tell everyone that you were orphaned by the drug war, and people like =Narco heir= benefited directly from the violence. 
 
 =Narco heir= will respond that they funded Wilbur. You should mention that, while they funded him initially, Wilbur had recently try to cut all ties to them and their blood money. This made them angry, and you think this is why they had Wilbur killed. After all, this is how they deal with their enemies: by killing them.
 
 ### =Narco Sicario=
+
 You are sure =Narco Sicario= has blood on =his Narco Sicario= hands, make a comment along this lines. Also mention that it wouldn't be unusual for =Narco Sicario= to "take care" of someone who disrespected the Ryan family, like in the *good old days* (say this last bit with contempt).
 =He Narco Sicario= will also know how to handle a knife.
 

Characterbooks/Host.md

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ It is your responsibility to ensure that the evening progresses, and that all th
 Make sure the participants understand that they need to establish a means, motive, and opportunity if they want to accuse someone of murder (if they get all the clues, there is just one answer that makes sense).
 
 
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 ## During the evening, at start of the event
 
 
 You should discover the body of Wilbur Haborlian. According to your opinion as an inspector:
 
+ - Wilbur's body was found in his laboratory, next to his workbench. It wasn't locked, and the lock on it doesn't appear to work. It is easy to gain access, the lab is connected to the rest of the house. There are plenty of rooms nearby in which the killer could have hidden; and everyone on site would have had access to it.
  - Wilbur is wearing a very ornate pocket watch. It is stuck at around 04:00. On the back it says "To my dear Husband, for old Times' sake".
  - He was killed with the famous ceremonial knife that belongs to the CEO, and the wound was very *scientific* in nature.
  - Nearby, a can of what looks like petrol lies empty. The body is covered with something that smells of oil. There is a lighter next to the body, and a charred piece of cloth, also covered with the same liquid, and that looks somewhat charred. Nothing else in the room is burnt.

Readme/Solution.md

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 Since the watch has a 30 hours power reserve and was stuck at 04:00am, it means it wasn't wound last night. The last time it was wound was 10pm the nigh before Wilbur's death. He was thus killed before he could wind it (at 10:00) and after he was last spotted by his wife (9pm).
 
-The assistant had motive.
-=She Assistant= didn't want Wilbur joining the French. =She Assistant= is still a nationalist, albeit not a Luddite. =She Assistant= is still sympathetic to their cause (hence the propaganda).
+It was =Assistant=, the assistant.
+
+Wilbur went to his study at just after 9pm and found his assistant there. He told =her Assistant= that he was going to go to France to join the savants.
+That was something =Assistant= coult not stomach. He is a traitor. France cannot have Wilbur, =she Assistant=  will have to continue his work alone.
+So =she Assistant= killed Wilbur with a knife, using the techniques in the Prime Minister's knife-fighting guide for scientists (which can be studied and mastered by any scientist).
+=She Assistant= then used the oil, which =she Assistant= knew wouldn't burn, to make it look like someone tried to burn the body to get rid of the evidence. 
+=She Assistant= specifically tried to frame the Prime Minister, who went to bed early after dinner and probably didn't have an alibi.
+
+=Her Assistant= motive:
+
+=She Assistant= didn't want Wilbur joining the French. =She Assistant= is still a nationalist, albeit not a Luddite. =She Assistant= is still sympathetic to their cause (hence the propaganda, which belongs to her).
 Wilbur told =her Assistant= just after 9pm that he was going to go to the French, and that he had made up his mind.
 After being abandoned so many times in =her Assistant= life, this was one last ultimate betrayal: =her Assistant= mentor leaving to join the enemy!
 Can't have that.
 
-The Assistant also doesn't have an alibi.
+The Assistant also doesn't have an alibi (and thus had opportunity)
+
+The Assistant has means: =she Assistant= is a scientist and therefore could have studied the scientific knife-fighting manual.
 
-The Assistant has means: =she Assistant= is a scientist and therefore could have studied the scientific bayonetting manual.
 
 So =Assistant= tried to frame the Prime Minister, =PM=. =He PM= is the perfect patsy: 
 

pronouns_and_replacements.txt

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 =Assistant=:Lorraine Stoker
 =she Assistant=:she
 =her Assistant=:her
+=Her Assistant=:Her
 =She Assistant=:She
 
 =CEO=:Earle Welter