Overview of the Game

The following is a basic overview of how a game of Werewolf is played. Note that each game will be different, so it is important to read the rules in the Sign-Up of the game you wish to join before participating.

Werewolf is essentially a murder-mystery game, which includes some role-playing elements. The game pits a large, uninformed majority (the innocents) against a small, informed and malicious minority (the wolves). In order to participate, each player will need to fill out a character profile sheet as provided by the host within the sign-up; the character you create will be your voice in the game. At the beginning of each game, players are randomly assigned roles - either innocent (or a special variation of innocent) or werewolf. The werewolves will be informed who the other wolves are, while the innocents are told nothing but their role.

The game starts with a write-up, which is a narrative piece of writing documenting the events surrounding the game setting, the actions of each of the characters in the game, and the initial murder scene. Players are required to look through that write-up (which may include pictures, cryptic clues, codes, subtle messages, physical evidence or any other number of thing), searching for evidence in order to decide which of their number are werewolves. Every player may then vote for the execution of another player and/or the searching of an in-game location. At the end of the day (a 22 hour period), whoever has received the most execution votes is executed, and that first day is over.

During that same day, the Wolves need to decide amongst themselves via PM who they will murder during the night. When the next day begins (usually two hours after the previous day ends), another write-up will be posted, similar to the first. It will include evidence, details on the execution, and how the murder occurred. The cycle continues in this manner (day, execution, murder, new day) until one side achieves victory by wiping out the other side.

On the second night, and every third night after that, the Wolves may choose to convert an innocent to their side instead of killing somebody. This is known as a conversion.