In a normal Demon game, the priority is to protect the Demon from being killed.The best strategy is to get to final day without having much shade on the host. Instead, perhaps just point out someone else as a really big target, even if this means throwing one of your Minions under the bus. If you make a lot of noise about *NOT* executing a specific player, this can come across as really suspicious. If for some reason the group seems to be circling in on the host to execute, you may need to carefully redirect attention away.

Note, it's really important in this situation to NOT kill the host, because otherwise you will also immediately die. Then the game goes to night with three alive and you can kill the one last player that isn't the host. Because the host is still alive, you will be executed but will not die. If there are just 3 players alive, getting executed is a safe strategy.If the Noble is the host, and there seems to be a lot of resistance to executing them when they're okay with it, it might telegraph really strongly that they're the host. However, they're much more likely to want to go along with being executed for all sorts of reasons since they have no ability to contribute to the game. If you choose a character who only gets information at the start of the game, it can be really difficult for them to figure out that they've been poisoned, making it easier for you to hide the host. Who you choose as your host can have a big impact on the game, and it's a choice you have to make blindly.Once the players know that the Demon is the Lleech they are likely to be locking you out from discussions, and trying to figure out which of the good players is the host. Even though you cannot die by execution, the good team learning who the Demon is can often be enough information for them to win the game. Poison someone on the other side of the circle, to draw attention as far away from you as possible.

You can find out what their poisoned information is and try to manipulate the game to make it seem legitimate, making them disbelieve they're poisoned.

Poison one of your neighbours, because then you can keep your host close and under your thumb.

Not only can you ignore them as a threat, since they cannot affect any of the Minions, but you actively need to keep them alive for final three. Let's say you turn the Preacher into your host, poisoning them. The whole evil team will need to collaborate well from the very beginning to keep this player alive.

Communicate with your Minions as early as possible, and tell them who you have poisoned.

The drunk Lleech is executed and dies, and good wins. The poisoned Farmer dies, and the game continues because the Lleech is also drunk. The Lleech is made drunk by the Courtier.

Clockmaker game hints