June 20: Werewolves

For game night, my friend brought over a new game called, "One Night Ultimate Werewolf" and it was amazing. A 10-minute game for 3-10 players, it is perfect for our big group of friends (especially perfect for when we are waiting for others to arrive to play a longer game). It reminded me of "Coup" but personally I found it way more fun. Everyone picks a random card and looks at it to see what role they have picked. Three additional roles remain face down in the middle of the table, and each of our role cards are placed face down in front of us. Then it becomes the "night" phase. Someone can either read a script, or you can use an app to do the narration (way better idea). Everyone closes their eyes and the narration goes through each role, directing players on what to do. For example, if you are the "troublemaker", you will be instructed to open your eyes, switch two players roles cards, and then close your eyes. After all the narration is complete, the group all opens their eyes and it is "day" phase. You have about two minutes of conversation (debate/argument) to figure out who the werewolf is and convince others of who it might be. After the two minutes are, everyone votes on who they think the werewolf is by pointing at them. If two or more people have voted on someone, they die. If anyone who dies is the werewolf, everyone else wins. If the werewolf doesn't die, then the werewolf wins. The game came with 12 different roles, which provides a lot of variety to the game. (And my friend just bought the expansion which has 11 more roles!!) It is an incredibly enjoyable game and provided over an hour of delightful game play (The seven of us played it dozens of times!). It was super fun to debate what roles we thought people were; some people were really good at deceiving us and were super convincing. I am excited to play with more roles and more people!

With delight,

♥Jamie