Playing Werewolf

Werewolf was a game that was played (among other occurences) at FuCamp and RegioWikiCamp09 in Furtwangen.

The story
Once upon a time there was a village. It was mainly inhabited by villagers, but there also were other "things": a seer, a healer and some werewolfs. Every night, they kill a villager unless they are caught by the remaining villagers.

What you need

 * at least 7 people (+ 1 game master)
 * a small sheet of paper for each player

Preparation

 * 1) Prepare the cards. Write on them:
 * 2) * S for seer (1x)
 * 3) *H for healer (1x)
 * 4) *W for werewolf (2 for less then 13 people, 3 for more)
 * 5) Give one card to each person in a way, that only this person can see what is on it.
 * 6) Everyone looks at their cards and puts them away, so nobody sees their content.
 * 7) Now the roles for the game are clear ...

Night

 * 1) Game master: "the whole village is going to sleep" - Everyone closes their eyes and start clapping on their thighs.
 * GM: "werewolves, awake" - The ones with the w on the card open their eyes.
 * GM: "werewolves, pick a victim" - The werewolves signal the gm who they want to kill.
 * GM: "werewolves, fall asleep again". - They close their eyes again.
 * GM: "seer, awake" - The seer opens his eyes.
 * GM: "seer, find out the true nature of a human being" - The seer points to someone. The GM shows him with his fingers, if the person is a villager (V) or a werewolf (W).
 * GM: "seer, fall asleep again" - The seer closes his eyes.
 * GM: "healer, awake" - The healer opens his eyes.
 * GM: "healer, pick someone to heal" - The healer points at the person he wants to heal (often himself).
 * GM: "healer, fall asleep again" - The healer closes his eyes.
 * GM: "The village awakes and finds ..."
 * 1) * "... the person killed by the werewolves lying in his blood." more."
 * 2) * "... blood on the floor." (if the person picked by the werewolves was the same person, the healer pointed on)
 * 3) If the killed person wasn't healed, it has to turn its chair around and is no longer allowed to participate in the game.

Day

 * GM: "the village awakes and ... lies in his/her blood".
 * 1) The villagers discuss how might be a werewolf.
 * 2) When they accuse a villager, the trial starts.
 * 3) The accused villager has the chance to defend himself/herself.
 * 4) If the villagers still believe that he's a werewolf, they "hang" him.
 * 5) The villagers continue discussing and accusing until they hang somebody.

End of game

 * Werewolfs win when there are only as much villagers as werewolves are left
 * Villagers win when they kill all werewolves.

Weblinks

 * http://werewolf.cristianobetta.com/Werewolf_in_English