Playing a Forum Game: "Werewolf" (aka "Mafia")

How about the following rules for game 2?


I have 6 to 9 players in mind. With more players we can include more roles.

There will be one secret vampire, and the following special roles for the villagers:

  • Seer: each night chooses one player to inspect and gets informed about their alignment (vampire or villager).
  • Doctor: can cure a player of vampirism, but only on the night the villager contracts it.
  • Nurse: has no special ability as long as the doctor lives. When the doctor dies or becomes a vampire, the nurse will become the new doctor.
  • Vigilante: has to option to kill another player at night. If they kill an innocent player, they themself will die of guilt as well.

The day phase will take 48 hours, followed by a night phase of 24 hours. We will start the game with a night phase.

During the night phase the following happens, in this order:

  • Except for the first night, the vampire(s) get to attack one player. The vampire(s) will have the choice of killing the player, or converting the player into another vampire. A player who has been turned into a vampire will lose their special abilities. Vampires cannot convert players two nights in a row.
  • The vigilante optionally gets his action.
  • The doctor gets to try and cure a player. Cured players will be regular villagers without a special role.
  • The seer gets to inspect one player.

During the day phase the villagers get to choose one player to be executed.

Upon death, the affiliation (villager / vampire) of the player will be announced, but not the special role.

The vampires win when the whole villages consists of vampires, and the villagers win when no vampires remain.

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