One Night Werewolf is a Werewolf variant that only has one night and one day. It retains that werewolf feel while taking less time, and adding a bit of logic puzzle-like deduction.
Pregame: The GM will select a number of roles to be present in the game, equal to the number of players + 3 extra. Players will be randomly assigned an role, that carries an alignment with it. The roles that are not assigned are put into the Reserve. For example, if there are 7 players, there will be 10 roles in the game, with 3 in the Reserve.
Night: All players will be PMed their starting role. Some players will be asked to perform a night action, which includes things like looking at other players' roles, swapping other players' roles, stealing other players' roles, or looking at roles in the Reserve that no player possesses. Other players with no actions will just be asked to confirm their role. All night action orders sent back will be resolved in the order that the roles are listed in below.
Note: A lot of roles can switch other players' roles. If your role is switched, you do not get to view your new role at the end of the night, unless told otherwise. Your new role is all aspects your new role, which could give you a different win condition than the one you started with.
Day: After all Night actions/confirmation are received, the game will enter the Day period for the players to discuss what happened during the night and who they think is a good guy, bad guy, etc. The day will default to 48 hours long (72 hours if more than 8 players), but the players may unanimously vote to end the day early.
At the conclusion of the Day, the players will secretly cast an elimination vote. You must vote for another player, or for "No Elimination". You may send in your vote before the end of the Day or after the end of the Day, and you may change your vote as long as the Day isn't over, or as long as all votes have not been received.
Once a vote is received from every player, the player who has received the most votes is eliminated. If multiple players tie for receiving the most votes, all tied players are eliminated.
- the Villager Team wins if at least one Werewolf is eliminated
- the Werewolf Team wins if no Werewolves are eliminated
- the Tanner wins if the Tanner is eliminated (which causes all others to lose)
But what if... :
- if both Werewolf roles are in the Reserve, the Villagers must instead eliminate the Minion
- if all of the Evil team's roles are in the Reserve, a majority of the players must vote for "No Elimination" for the Village to win.
These Roles are sorted by the Order of Night Actions; all Night roles will be executed in the order they appear in this list.
Werewolf x2 - The Werewolves (Including Alpha or Mystic Wolf) will learn each others' identity, or if they are a Lone Wolf. If they are a Lone Wolf, they may view one of the Reserve roles (First, Second, or Third).
Mystic Wolf - The Mystic Wolf may view one other player's role.
Masons x2 - The Masons will learn the identity of the other Mason, or that the other Mason role is in the Reserve. If one Mason is added, the second Mason must be added to the game as well.
Seer - The Seer may look either at one other player’s role or at two roles from the Reserve (you must specific which two roles you want to view: First, Second, or Third).
Robber - The Robber may choose to rob a player, and switch roles with that player. The Robber views his new role, and is on the team of the role he takes. The Robber can choose to not rob.
Witch - The Witch may view one of the roles in the Reserve (you must specific which role you want to view: First, Second, or Third). If she does, she must switch that role with another player's role, without looking at the second role.
Troublemaker - The Troublemaker may choose to switch the roles of two other players without seeing the roles.
The following roles have no Night actions.
Tanner- The Tanner does nothing at Night. The Tanner wins by being Eliminated. If the Tanner is eliminated, all other players lose and the Tanner wins. This is the only way the Tanner may win.
Why play this is you're burned out of regular werewolf? The game is quicker, and won't be near as much of a long term investment as a normal WW game, but still has all that fun role & manipulation & deduction action as you are used to.
It isn't looking like there is a ton of interest in one of these shorter games, so unless there are a bunch more signups in a day or so, I'll put a hold on running one of these.
I would be interested in this at some point if the game fits my work schedule, since it sounds like the game will only last 3-4 real world days. I would always be a late sign up though once the timing of the game was more clear.
Completed: SG2-Wonders or Else!; SG3-Monarch Can't Hold Me; WW3-Surviving Wolf; PBEM3-Replacement for Timmy of Khmer; PBEM11-Screwed Up Huayna Capac of Zulu; PBEM19-GES, Roland & Friends (Mansa of Egypt); SG4-Immortality Scares Me
I'm pretty sure I will obsess to much over this puzzle, but if it isn't starting before the weekend, preferably later, then I'm in as well. I'm not sure how we ever get information in this after the initial night, but I guess I will see when it happens.
(November 3rd, 2020, 16:06)Serdoa Wrote: I'm pretty sure I will obsess to much over this puzzle, but if it isn't starting before the weekend, preferably later, then I'm in as well. I'm not sure how we ever get information in this after the initial night, but I guess I will see when it happens.
