An Unofficial Instruction & Tips Page
An Unofficial Instruction & Tips Page
Written and designed
by teardropicecream
Written and designed
by teardropicecream
An Unofficial Instruction & Tips Page
An Unofficial Instruction & Tips Page
Written and designed
by teardropicecream
Written and designed
by teardropicecream
Weapons Drawn is a drawing and social deduction game featured in the Jackbox Party Pack 8, where you're supposed to murder other player's made-up accomplices and then figure out the player who did it.
The game — for simplicity's sake — is split up into four separate phases, which will be explained in the following pages.
Weapons Drawn is a drawing and social deduction game featured in the Jackbox Party Pack 8, where you're supposed to murder other player's made-up accomplices and then figure out the player who did it.
The game — for simplicity's sake — is split up into four separate phases, which will be explained in the following pages.
You're given a letter in your name to hide within the confines of your drawing
(or weapon, as the game classifies it) in order for it to go undiscovered by the other players.
The letters will change gradually per round, with your first two drawings always being in capital letters,
your third always being in lowercase, and your fourth always being in cursive
(the case sensitivity varies between each game.)
EXAMPLE:
If your name's "JONATHAN", there's a possible chance that your name will include the letters J, O, N, A, T, and H.
(Numbers and other characters do NOT count under this classification.)
You're given a letter in your name to hide within the confines of your drawing
(or weapon, as the game classifies it) in order for it to go undiscovered by the other players.
The letters will change gradually per round, with your first two drawings always being in capital letters,
your third always being in lowercase, and your fourth always being in cursive
(the case sensitivity varies between each game.)
EXAMPLE:
If your name's "JONATHAN", there's a possible chance that your name will include the letters J, O, N, A, T, and H.
(Numbers and other characters do NOT count under this classification.)
TIP #1:
- Although it's not enforced and/or obligated, you can draw fake letters by drawing them inside of your weapons — just draw a simple uppercase, lowercase, and/or cursive letter within the drawings, and make it look as natural as possible.~ However, keep in mind that some letters have different forms, like the two different forms of a capital A, for example: with one having a pointy tip and the other having a softer, much curvier tip.
~ It's also important to keep the other player's names in mind — if no one in the game has a certain letter, then it's highly unlikely that letter'll appear on anyone's weapons.
TIP #2:
- You can also make repeated patters with the same letter with a "less natural look" in order to confuse the other players.~ If you're going to take this approach, though, do NOT repeat it consistantly around your drawing, as this might give away your letter on accident.
TIP #3:
- The prompts are not always the "know-all, end-all" of the game — you don't have to continuously follow them if your letter seems too obvious in the drawing. Besides, the colors that are given to you are already a huge differentiation to determine which drawing is of which prompt.
TIP #1:
- Although it's not enforced and/or obligated, you can draw fake letters by drawing them inside of your weapons — just draw a simple uppercase, lowercase, and/or cursive letter within the drawings, and make it look as natural as possible.~ However, keep in mind that some letters have different forms, like the two different forms of a capital A, for example: with one having a pointy tip and the other having a softer, much curvier tip.
~ It's also important to keep the other player's names in mind — if no one in the game has a certain letter, then it's highly unlikely that letter'll appear on anyone's weapons.
TIP #2:
- You can also make repeated patters with the same letter with a "less natural look" in order to confuse the other players.~ If you're going to take this approach, though, do NOT repeat it consistantly around your drawing, as this might give away your letter on accident.
TIP #3:
- The prompts are not always the "know-all, end-all" of the game — you don't have to continuously follow them if your letter seems too obvious in the drawing. Besides, the colors that are given to you are already a huge differentiation to determine which drawing is of which prompt.
This phase consists of having the players type in a name for their soon-to-be-murdered accomplice, which they'll have 45 characters to type out whatever they want. After this, the ceremony will take place, and everyone's accomplices are shown anonymously, which everyone else will have a chance to murder them by tapping one of the accomplice's names and then tapping on the person who they think brought them.
If they're unsuccessful, they'll receive a clue that alludes to the person who brought them. Once the player has murdered an accomplice (which they'll earn a murder point from,) or the murdering phase ends, the bodies'll be shown.
This phase consists of having the players type in a name for their soon-to-be-murdered accomplice, which they'll have 45 characters to type out whatever they want. After this, the ceremony will take place, and everyone's accomplices are shown anonymously, which everyone else will have a chance to murder them by tapping one of the accomplice's names and then tapping on the person who they think brought them.
If they're unsuccessful, they'll receive a clue that alludes to the person who brought them. Once the player has murdered an accomplice (which they'll earn a murder point from,) or the murdering phase ends, the bodies'll be shown.
TIP #1:
- This part is mostly reliant on how much you know the people you're with and how they type; not everyone types the same, so you could use those tracks as a clue to help you aid to who you think could've brought a guest.
TIP #2:
- With the previous tip said, try to make the guest NOT be related to you in any way whatsoever, but you can use other people's traits to confuse the other players into picking another player. This is quite helpful if you're aiming to get the "Best Accomplices" bonus.
TIP #3:
- It's much, much better to rapid-fire your guesses, as in repeatedly going back to a name and try to find out the player who brought them through trial and error.~ It's also important that you focus on ONE accomplice if they're still alive — hopping through accomplice to accomplice is NOT recommended unless said accomplice has been already murdered or another player's accomplice seems more obvious.
TIP #1:
- This part is mostly reliant on how much you know the people you're with and how they type; not everyone types the same, so you could use those tracks as a clue to help you aid to who you think could've brought a guest.
TIP #2:
- With the previous tip said, try to make the guest NOT be related to you in any way whatsoever, but you can use other people's traits to confuse the other players into picking another player. This is quite helpful if you're aiming to get the "Best Accomplices" bonus.
TIP #3:
- It's much, much better to rapid-fire your guesses, as in repeatedly going back to a name and try to find out the player who brought them through trial and error.~ It's also important that you focus on ONE accomplice if they're still alive — hopping through accomplice to accomplice is NOT recommended unless said accomplice has been already murdered or another player's accomplice seems more obvious.
Once all murders have been committed, the weapons will be shown on screen and the players will vote on which murder they'd like to investigate. Once a weapon has been picked, the other players will have to figure out who's the murderer with a majority vote. If the killer's caught, they'll still keep their Murder Point, but the majority who picked the correct murderer will earn a Detective Point.
This continuous process goes on until all weapons have been scoured through.
Once all murders have been committed, the weapons will be shown on screen and the players will vote on which murder they'd like to investigate. Once a weapon has been picked, the other players will have to figure out who's the murderer with a majority vote. If the killer's caught, they'll still keep their Murder Point, but the majority who picked the correct murderer will earn a Detective Point.
This continuous process goes on until all weapons have been scoured through.
TIP #1:
- Whilst it's obvious that you don't want to be caught as the murderer, if you wanna seem less suspicious, you can vote for your own weapon if you think both of the weapons' letters are well-hidden. Though, this is only optional.
TIP #2:
- The person who brought the guest (A.K.A the Chief Investigator) and players who've gotten the same prompt listed in the murder weapon can NOT be the murderer.~ This can be told by the same colors as well, as mentioned before in the drawing stage. The colors are not random.
TIP #3:
- "First!" bonuses as the detective are ALWAYS necessary to earn, as they add a significant boost to your "Best Detective" role. If you know someone's letter right away, don't hesitate to immediately vote for them if it's the case.
TIP #1:
- Whilst it's obvious that you don't want to be caught as the murderer, if you wanna seem less suspicious, you can vote for your own weapon if you think both of the weapons' letters are well-hidden. Though, this is only optional.
TIP #2:
- The person who brought the guest (A.K.A the Chief Investigator) and players who've gotten the same prompt listed in the murder weapon can NOT be the murderer.~ This can be told by the same colors as well, as mentioned before in the drawing stage. The colors are not random.
TIP #3:
- "First!" bonuses as the detective are ALWAYS necessary to earn, as they add a significant boost to your "Best Detective" role. If you know someone's letter right away, don't hesitate to immediately vote for them if it's the case.
This final round compiles all of the previous murder weapons that haven't been chosen or solved in previous rounds and the players will have to figure out who drew which murder weapon.
The murderers who were responsable of at least one of these murders will each earn a small amount of Murder Points for every player they deceive, whilst the players who manage to figure out the murderer will receive their batch of Detective Points.
This final round compiles all of the previous murder weapons that haven't been chosen or solved in previous rounds and the players will have to figure out who drew which murder weapon.
The murderers who were responsable of at least one of these murders will each earn a small amount of Murder Points for every player they deceive, whilst the players who manage to figure out the murderer will receive their batch of Detective Points.
TIP #1:
- It's important that you remember in what order the murder weapons appeared during the game, as they'll show up in the murdering round's order and at the summary of every round.~ This is important because the "First!" bonuses are plentiful in this round, and it's best to answer fast in order to get them, as they boost your "Best Detective" role by a significant amount.
TIP #2:
- Having a well-hidden letter in your murder weapon also helps out in this part of the game, as the players you've managed to fool adds to your "Best Murderer" role.
TIP #1:
- It's important that you remember in what order the murder weapons appeared during the game, as they'll show up in the murdering round's order and at the summary of every round.~ This is important because the "First!" bonuses are plentiful in this round, and it's best to answer fast in order to get them, as they boost your "Best Detective" role by a significant amount.
TIP #2:
- Having a well-hidden letter in your murder weapon also helps out in this part of the game, as the players you've managed to fool adds to your "Best Murderer" role.
POINT #1:
- Detective Points are much more important to earn than Murder Points, and said Murder Points are, conversely, more important than Accomplice Points — but no matter what, being the "Best Detective" is overall the best title you should earn, but you should also spread out a balanced- and high-scoring placement in other categories if possible.~ Although, it is absolutely possible to still lose if you've earned two separate titles you were best at if you've blundered one of them by getting at the bottom half of said category title.
POINT #2:
- A "sacrification" in murders may cause a buff in Detective Points if they've managed to consistantly earn "First!" bonuses throughout the game — this means, if someone only managed to murder one accomplice, whilst another player was able to use all three of their weapons to murder three accomplices, they'd have more of a chance of obtaining more Detective Points if they've obtained the "First!" bonus every time one of their murder weapons shows up on screen.~ This, however, is probably not the best choice if there's another player in the game who has two second placements in the Detective and Accomplice categories, as they could sweep the game.
POINT #3:
- The "Best Acoomplices" title is the lowest-scoring title one can earn, and it's very likely one wouldn't win the game even if they obtain first place in said category.
POINT #1:
- Detective Points are much more important to earn than Murder Points, and said Murder Points are, conversely, more important than Accomplice Points — but no matter what, being the "Best Detective" is overall the best title you should earn, but you should also spread out a balanced- and high-scoring placement in other categories if possible.~ Although, it is absolutely possible to still lose if you've earned two separate titles you were best at if you've blundered one of them by getting at the bottom half of said category title.
POINT #2:
- A "sacrification" in murders may cause a buff in Detective Points if they've managed to consistantly earn "First!" bonuses throughout the game — this means, if someone only managed to murder one accomplice, whilst another player was able to use all three of their weapons to murder three accomplices, they'd have more of a chance of obtaining more Detective Points if they've obtained the "First!" bonus every time one of their murder weapons shows up on screen.~ This, however, is probably not the best choice if there's another player in the game who has two second placements in the Detective and Accomplice categories, as they could sweep the game.
POINT #3:
- The "Best Acoomplices" title is the lowest-scoring title one can earn, and it's very likely one wouldn't win the game even if they obtain first place in said category.
And that's about it!
This site might be updated with more information if I find a new discovery worth noting.
And that's about it!
This site might be updated with more information if I find a new discovery worth noting.