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CrimsonFox · 09-27-2011, 04:54 AM

Tis very fun in person. Have you ever done it? Before I came here to this forum I had ONLY played live versions of it. At Gencon and origins game conventions.
It sounds like you've never seen this type of game done live.
So here's how it goes:

There is a moderator. He hands out cards, one to each player. The players all sit in a circle. (apart so they don't touch). Each person secretly looks at their card. It tells them what they are. Typically there are 2 wolves (maybe 3 at 15 people I think? I forget. ) and 1 seer, the rest are villagers. I've never seen a live game with anything else although I've heard of variations.

You start the game off by doing a little storytelling. Saying this is the village blahblahblah. Tell everyone to go to sleep. Sleep means "Shut your eyes" and "tap your lap". This means they repeatedly tap their lap with their right hand in a rhythm. This covers any movement noise.

MOD says "Wolves wake up and identify each other". The wolves open their eyes and the MOD and the wolves all make eye contact while still tapping their lap.
MOD says "Wolves go back to sleep" They shut their eyes

MOD says "SEER wake up" The seer opens their eyes still tapping lap and makes eye contact with MOD.
MOD says "SEER go to sleep". THey shut their eyes.

MOD says "Village wake up"
Everyone wakes up and opens their eyes and stops tapping their lap.

MOD says "When you awake The mayor/little susuie/your dog/etc has been torn apart by a werewolf. " (in other words...some character that is not actually a player...this starts the ball rolling)

MOD cues village to decide who is a werewolf and lynch them.
People talk to each other.

VOTING - to vote, a player raises one hand over their head and points at a person with the other hand. This is an OFFICIAL vote. Simply pointing at someone means nothing. If they drop their hand they are "unvoting".

LYNCH - when a player gets the majority of people voting for them, they are lynched immediately.
The player/MOD reveals their card showing what they are. The player leaves the circle/people move in.

MOD starts the night phase.
Says village go to sleep , shut their eyes and tap their lap.
says wolves wake up and kill: Wolves open their eyes, they make eyecontact (while tapping) and decide who to kill with eyecontact/points/nods/etc. They signal to the MOD their person who can confirm silently.
When confirmed MOD says "Wolves go to sleep".
MOD says "SEER WAKE UP"
Seer opens eyes and simalrly points to someone they want to guess if they are a wolf or not. MOD gives THUMBS UP if a wolf, THUMBS DOWN if not a wolf.
MOD says "SEER GO TO SLEEP"
MOD says "village wake up"

A new day. MOD tells the village that a person has died has died, their card is revealed and they leave the circle.

The game continues from there with days and nights until all the wolves gone or 1-1 with villagers/wolves.

09-27-2011, 04:54 AM	#2
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	Tis very fun in person. Have you ever done it? Before I came here to this forum I had ONLY played live versions of it. At Gencon and origins game conventions. It sounds like you've never seen this type of game done live. So here's how it goes: There is a moderator. He hands out cards, one to each player. The players all sit in a circle. (apart so they don't touch). Each person secretly looks at their card. It tells them what they are. Typically there are 2 wolves (maybe 3 at 15 people I think? I forget. ) and 1 seer, the rest are villagers. I've never seen a live game with anything else although I've heard of variations. You start the game off by doing a little storytelling. Saying this is the village blahblahblah. Tell everyone to go to sleep. Sleep means "Shut your eyes" and "tap your lap". This means they repeatedly tap their lap with their right hand in a rhythm. This covers any movement noise. MOD says "Wolves wake up and identify each other". The wolves open their eyes and the MOD and the wolves all make eye contact while still tapping their lap. MOD says "Wolves go back to sleep" They shut their eyes MOD says "SEER wake up" The seer opens their eyes still tapping lap and makes eye contact with MOD. MOD says "SEER go to sleep". THey shut their eyes. MOD says "Village wake up" Everyone wakes up and opens their eyes and stops tapping their lap. MOD says "When you awake The mayor/little susuie/your dog/etc has been torn apart by a werewolf. " (in other words...some character that is not actually a player...this starts the ball rolling) MOD cues village to decide who is a werewolf and lynch them. People talk to each other. VOTING - to vote, a player raises one hand over their head and points at a person with the other hand. This is an OFFICIAL vote. Simply pointing at someone means nothing. If they drop their hand they are "unvoting". LYNCH - when a player gets the majority of people voting for them, they are lynched immediately. The player/MOD reveals their card showing what they are. The player leaves the circle/people move in. MOD starts the night phase. Says village go to sleep , shut their eyes and tap their lap. says wolves wake up and kill: Wolves open their eyes, they make eyecontact (while tapping) and decide who to kill with eyecontact/points/nods/etc. They signal to the MOD their person who can confirm silently. When confirmed MOD says "Wolves go to sleep". MOD says "SEER WAKE UP" Seer opens eyes and simalrly points to someone they want to guess if they are a wolf or not. MOD gives THUMBS UP if a wolf, THUMBS DOWN if not a wolf. MOD says "SEER GO TO SLEEP" MOD says "village wake up" A new day. MOD tells the village that a person has died has died, their card is revealed and they leave the circle. The game continues from there with days and nights until all the wolves gone or 1-1 with villagers/wolves.