Has anyone ever played this game? If not, I highly recommend it!
The Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow is a reimagining of Mafia, a parlor game of Russian origin. While it plays with cards, the real fun comes from the debates as the players try to spot the traitors among themselves.
During the first turn, each player receives a single card from the Game Moderator and must keep it a secret from the other players. The game then alternates between “night” turns and “day” turns. During the night, all players with a “villager” card must keep their eyes shut and remain silent, as if they were asleep, while all players with a “werewolf” card must use visual gestures to communicate with each other and choose a victim among the villagers. During the day, all players must pretend to be villagers and condemn somebody among themselves. Every time a player is devoured during the night or executed during the day, his card is revealed to the other players and he must remain inactive for the rest of the game. The villagers win when all the werewolves have been executed. The werewolves win when all the villagers have been devoured or executed.
anyways, that is the basic game... Besides the basic villagers who only vote, there are other card powers designed to assist the village team, such as the oracle, who use unique powers to protect villagers. Others, like the Cupid, are here to create additional conspiracies alongside or within the initial conspiracy.
The real fun of the game however, is in inventing new card powers. Rather then using the actual game deck, I use a standard 54 playing card deck and I have managed to invent 54 unique powers in that deck!
So, if you have played this game and have invented card ideas I would love to hear them or if you want to start playing this game, I would be happy to give helpful hints for moderating
