Gollum

If you die with the Ring, only you win. Each night*, you might lose the Ring. Greedy Ringbearers might become Gollum.

The Ring's corrupting power took Gollum long ago. He is now overcome with one, coveting, overwhelming desire...as is the fate of every Ringbearer, eventually.

• If Gollum's ability doesn't trigger, they win or lose with the good team as usual.
• No other player can win at the same time as Gollum if they win with their ability.
• Each night that Gollum chooses to keep holding the Ring, it may be passed to another player without Gollum's permission. Gollum learns that they lost the Ring, but not to whom.
• While Gollum is in play, any time that a player chooses not to pass the Ring, they might have their character changed to be Gollum as well. This should be infrequent, and happen more often the more consecutive nights a player keeps the Ring.
• More than one Gollum may be in play this way, but only one may win by their ability.

Whenever any player chooses to keep the Ring rather than pass it, if you determine that they've been "greedy" (often by keeping several times in a row), then you may choose for that player to become Gollum. Show them the YOU ARE info token, then the Gollum character token, then put them to sleep. Replace their old character token with the Gollum character token.

When Gollum makes the choice to keep the ring, you may deny it. Show Gollum the "THIS CHARACTER SELECTED YOU" info card and the Gollum character token to indicate that they have lost the Ring. Put Gollum back to sleep and pass the Ring to any player.

When Gollum dies, by any means, the game ends. Announce that Gollum is the only winner, and every other player loses.

If multiple Gollums are in play, only 1 may win by their ability at a time.