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rokapoke
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Um, what is Werewolf? The game, I mean -- I know what the creature is.
Oversoul
The Tentacled One
Werewolf is a game we used to play a lot here, so if you want examples of actual games, just do a search and several old threads should come up where you can see how people played, but it's pretty easy since it's a guessing game where probably the only non-luck component is people playing mind games against each other. To summarize...
-Two players are secretly werewolves. Everyone else is a villager.
-The werewolves know who each other are. No one else knows who the werewolves are.
-During each "day" (due to the nature of the board and people's schedules, each "day" is actually longer like a week or something, although I forget how long they usually were), the players discuss who they think the werewolves are and vote on who to eliminate by hanging. Once the voted upon player is hanged, it will be revealed to all whether this was a villager or a werewolf.
-Each "night" the werewolves collaborate and choose one villager to eat.
-The game ends when both werewolves are dead or all of the villagers are dead.
Because we normally only get small groups playing, the advantage would go to the wolves. The villagers have no real information to use on the first day and won't have very many days to deduce the identity of the wolves. To compensate for this we make one villager a seer who can investigate one player per night and know for sure whether that player is a villager or a wolf. I should note that this makes the mind games even more complicated. A villager can bluff that he is the seer in order to try to protect the real seer and give the real seer more time to find the wolves or a werewolf can pretend to be the seer in order to convince the other villagers to hang one of their own.
We also do a "ghost council" that can cast the tiebreaking vote if the villagers can't make up their minds before sunset. I think that just about covers it.
-Two players are secretly werewolves. Everyone else is a villager.
-The werewolves know who each other are. No one else knows who the werewolves are.
-During each "day" (due to the nature of the board and people's schedules, each "day" is actually longer like a week or something, although I forget how long they usually were), the players discuss who they think the werewolves are and vote on who to eliminate by hanging. Once the voted upon player is hanged, it will be revealed to all whether this was a villager or a werewolf.
-Each "night" the werewolves collaborate and choose one villager to eat.
-The game ends when both werewolves are dead or all of the villagers are dead.
Because we normally only get small groups playing, the advantage would go to the wolves. The villagers have no real information to use on the first day and won't have very many days to deduce the identity of the wolves. To compensate for this we make one villager a seer who can investigate one player per night and know for sure whether that player is a villager or a wolf. I should note that this makes the mind games even more complicated. A villager can bluff that he is the seer in order to try to protect the real seer and give the real seer more time to find the wolves or a werewolf can pretend to be the seer in order to convince the other villagers to hang one of their own.
We also do a "ghost council" that can cast the tiebreaking vote if the villagers can't make up their minds before sunset. I think that just about covers it.
Oversoul
The Tentacled One
There won't be any twists this time. I figure since it's the first Werewolf game in so long, it's best to keep it simple. Also, I don't have any good ideas for twists and I suspect the group won't be that large, which means a twist would be too likely to either not do anything or do too much. So yeah, maybe next time if someone else has a good idea for a twist and wants to run a game of Werewolf, but not this time.
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EricBess
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Yep, Oversoul got it down. And yeah, there is a lot less luck IRL where you can see people's expresions and know how people play, but there's still a lot of strategy based on who said what that may have gotten them eaten by a wolf.
IRL, there are the 2 wolves and the seer. The more players the better because it gives more time to try to make informed decisions.
It also looks like we have new bloo...I mean fresh mea...I mean people who haven't played before (dang, I need to watch what I say around here
- cue maniacal laughter).
You running it Oversoul? I'm in.
IRL, there are the 2 wolves and the seer. The more players the better because it gives more time to try to make informed decisions.
It also looks like we have new bloo...I mean fresh mea...I mean people who haven't played before (dang, I need to watch what I say around here
- cue maniacal laughter).You running it Oversoul? I'm in.
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Al0ysiusHWWW
Guest
Ok i play
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rokapoke
Guest
I may as well give it a shot...
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EricBess
Guest
Actually, hopefully you are not the seer. There is a second werewolf who can speak for the "team".
Personally, I vote that Spidey is a werewolf and we just hang him right now.
Personally, I vote that Spidey is a werewolf and we just hang him right now.
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EricBess
Guest
Nice call, let's kill him twice
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EricBess
Guest
No hate, all in good fun What, you've never stepped on a Spider before???
What, you've never stepped on a Spider before???