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How to effectively moderate an ultimate werewolf game?
I had a fantastic time being a first time moderator/first time playing with a decent number of people, so I would like to answer my own question as I learned a lot from the experience.
Choosing Roles
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Is it a good strategy for the Seer to reveal his identity at the beginning?
It is almost never wise to claim to be the seer. And it seldom happens. But sometimes it can be a smart move. Especially if another player claims to be the seer.
If two people claim to be the seer, ...
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Mafia - Werewolf: Online play
I'm the creator of https://werewolv.es which is an in-browser version of werewolf. The games are more like individual chat rooms or slack/irc channels than the usual forum/message board variants you ...
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Can a werewolf kill himself?
Werewolf is the name of a family of games, not a specific game. So the answer will vary depending on the rules of the specific game. I think the more common answer would be "No, because they have to ...
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Mafia - Werewolf: Online play
Town of Salem - https://store.steampowered.com/app/334230/Town_of_Salem/
as of a few months ago, it was quite good, and quite active.
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How to effectively moderate an ultimate werewolf game?
The first you have to remember, is that werewolf is a team game. Even if you are dead, you can still win if the rest of your team survives.
Next, try to increase the speed of the if 50% of the ...
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Werewolves of Miller's Hollow Tie
Yes the game can end without any player alive. It happens sometimes. And in that case, the game is a tie.
With the basic rules, there can be as much as four deaths in a single night.
Wolf eats ...
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Can a Villager vote himself?
No version of werewolf I have found forbids a player from voting for him/herself during the day.
The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow
The players, after much debating and arguing, must select one ...
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Can a werewolf kill himself?
The question really depends on which version you are playing.
The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow
The werewolves are explicitly allowed to kill a werewolf:
If a werewolf is selected as a victim by ...
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Can the doctor still save someone else if killed?
There are many variants of this game, and I can't find any place where rules state it (oficially) but there's no order when character's skills are played at night.
Doctor will save its target even if ...
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Mafia - Werewolf: Online play
There are a great many; several message boards just run their own Mafia games as part of their forum.
There's a very active Mafia community at http://forum.dominionstrategy.com. And one of the most ...
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Is it a good strategy for the Seer to reveal his identity at the beginning?
Questions about werewolf strategy often depend on the meta of the group, which is the set of expectations and play-styles that tend to accumulate around particular play groups. It also depends on ...
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What happens when someone references the Masons. Ultimate Werewolf
Let me start out by saying I generally don't like rules that restricts what players can discuss. I find that it makes for interesting gameplay to let people discuss freely about what roles exist in ...
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How to play Werewolf/Mafia with exactly 6 players?
I have tried various different styles of games to help a lower number of players over the years and the conclusion I've come to is that if you want an interesting game, the fewer the players you have, ...
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