The Traitors

freshpopcorn · 24-01-2026 09:04PM

I'd like us to do a Boards version but I don't think it would work.

I know who I'd pick as the traitors.

loyatemu · 24-01-2026 09:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124176963#Comment_124176963

Isn't there a long running Boards Werewolf game (which is the same idea AFAIK)?

Water John · 24-01-2026 09:21PM

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AFAIK the lottery with the two boxes happens. Since there isn't any pleading allowed, there wouldn't really be a point in a second vote.

Trey13 · 25-01-2026 01:43PM

Well done to Rachel and Stephen, it’s incredibly difficult for two traitors to win so credit where it’s due.

One of the most enjoyable series as I felt they were both very compelling to watch. Though the faithfuls were quite weak - probably summed up by the 3 remaining to make the final - Jade, Fararaz and Jack. None of them really brought anything for the duration and I felt like any strong faithfuls were just banished too easily - like Matthew or Amanda.

Leg End Reject · 25-01-2026 01:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124176963#Comment_124176963

Forum Games regularly has Werewolf games, where the traitors are wolves and the faithful are villagers. Some wolves and villagers can have special abilities but the premise is the same.

@Necro also hosted a traitors game and there was a separate thread used each night for the round table discussion.

Anyone interested in playing should keep an eye on the forum and follow the thread for upcoming games here.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057987935/upcoming-forum-games-games-advertise-your-new-game-here-no-chat-please

The doubt and paranoia when you're playing make it harder to spot the baddies than you'd think.

Bacchus · 25-01-2026 04:59PM

Great season. Great pair of Traitors to make it all the way to end and stick together, especially with all the heat they had on them. It has to be said though, it was a weak group of Faithfuls. The handful of Faithfuls that were on the right track were either ignored or played their hand terribly. Even right into the last episode, Rachel should have been gone… 100% no doubt, she should have been next, but then Faraz just sort of changed his mind. With Jade out, I'm not sure TBH what happens in a 2v2 split… back to chance I guess. So at best they had a 50/50 shot but with Faraz switching his vote around it was easy picking for the Traitors who stuck together. Great drama in the end for Stephen to stick with Rachel. So good seeing that look of realization on Faraz and Jack's faces.

Bogey Lowenstein · 27-01-2026 10:27AM

I wonder can the public do the steam train ride through the forest and maybe have dinner or stay at the castle. The journey looks amazing.

freshpopcorn · 27-01-2026 11:10AM

Rachel mother has passed away. May she RIP.

loyatemu · 27-01-2026 12:16PM

ah that's a shame - I hope she got to spend some of the money on her before she went.

Penn · 27-01-2026 12:32PM

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Sadly I don't think she would have. The winners don't get the money until a few weeks at least after the show has aired (to try and prevent spoilers about the show with someone suddenly flashing the cash around, make sure they uphold their contract with regards publicity appearances and interviews etc).

I think she mentioned in an interview that her mother wouldn't be well enough for the big trip Rachel had hoped to take her on, but she was still going to try take her on a smaller day out or something.

Awful sad. Would also have meant Rachel wouldn't have been able to spend a lot of time with her since Friday with all the interviews and events.

Bacchus · 27-01-2026 03:08PM

Well that's terribly sad for her. I hope her Mom got to see and enjoy her doing so well and winning The Traitors.

AMKC · 27-01-2026 08:35PM

Awe thats so sad for Racheal. I saw somewhere that even though her Mum watched the show she did not get all the twists.

May she Rest In Peace.

Bogey Lowenstein · 28-01-2026 10:42AM

I have come to the conclusion that being able to read people is bunkum. Look how many players have said 'I am an expert at reading people because I am a (insert occupation), I know when someone is lying to me' and they have all been made to look like fools. The pink haired magician Tom comes to mind in particular.

Penn · 28-01-2026 10:52AM

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That was one of my favourites. "I'm a magician and a mentalist, so I know how to read people!"

Instantly helps get a Faithful banished. Illiterate f*ck.

Or the guy in Season 2 who rallied everyone to vote out the doctor because at one point he saw a "twinkle in his eye", and the doctor of course was a faithful.

I suppose you generally have so little to go on that with the smallest, slightest thing, you convince yourself you're so smart to have spotted that and you're great at the game. Or people who have jobs such as barristers, detectives, even actors, they convince themselves that because they have a job that involves "reading people" that any gut feeling they have, whether there's any evidence to back it up or not, must be true. And then on Uncloaked when they've scattergunned 5 people's names who they think might be traitors and just one of them is right, "Yeah, I absolutely knew it!"

Part of what makes the show so compelling though. The Faithfuls almost always do more damage to themselves than the Traitors usually do.

Akrasia · 28-01-2026 10:57AM

I think its hilarious that the 'psychics' are always the most useless faithfuls.

Like if you're claiming you can tell the future, or read people's minds, or communicate with the dead, then you should know who all of the traitors are immediately.

loyatemu · 28-01-2026 12:14PM

this is why I think it's a bit harsh people describing the most recent batch of faithfuls as useless. We're seeing an edited version of events that gives extra prominence to the the traitors. They're having to keep an eye on everyone in real-time - they have very little to go on. Except Roxy obviously, she was completely useless.

Penn · 28-01-2026 12:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124186910#Comment_124186910

That is true, but towards the end, they really did make some inexcusable mistakes. They never followed up on Harriett going after Rachel so hard, it was a tie between Rachel & James and then at the next Roundtable they voted out Jade, most of their reasoning for Jade throughout the game is how defensive she gets as if that's not entirely what she would be supposed to do (especially when the only thing against her was Amanda the detective thinking it was her despite being wrong about other players too), they never followed up on Jessy's point about a Traitor, likely Stephen, nominating themselves in the mission with the cages (even after Jessy was right about her Ross-Library theory and being murdered shortly after accusing Stephen), and then Faraaz switching his vote to Stephen in the final set of Roundtables without discussing it with Jack therefore splitting their votes and losing them the game.

Obviously, the roundtables go on for about an hour and we only see a small snippet of that, and the rest of the episode is also heavily condensed and edited, but there were definitely times when they were on the right track and drove themselves into a ditch with no real interference from the Traitors.

corkie · 28-01-2026 02:40PM

@Penn That was one of my favourites. "I'm a magician and a mentalist, so I know how to read people!"

I wonder how would 'Derren Brown' get on in a celebrity version?

fritzelly · 28-01-2026 02:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124187294#Comment_124187294

Traitors would be screwed

Bogey Lowenstein · 28-01-2026 04:08PM

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He would be good at subliminally influencing people to do something without them realising. He is a bit of a cold fish though and that tends to get you banished.

Bacchus · 28-01-2026 05:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124187014#Comment_124187014

The round table goes on for an hour!!! I thought that was one part of the show that was pretty much shown 'as is' and it only lasted the 5 minutes. That'd be tough going, sitting through an hour of that intensity.

HildaOgdenx · 28-01-2026 05:12PM

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I have no doubt it's partly due to editing but I love when people big themselves up.
'I'm going to see through everyone because…' or indeed … 'I'm the best traitor ever.'

Then it becomes a case of watch this space. 😁