Hey, today on To Be Frank I’ll be talking about Halloween and stuff. So, what’s so good about Halloween anyway? Multiple reasons really. You can show off your costumes, get sweets/candy (delete according to nationality) and generally loads of stuff. Here I’m going to list the rules for the good old party game Werewolf, also known as Mafia. Facebook deja vu happening here.
Roles:
Werewolf: The star of the show, at night they come out and choose a villager they want to kill. And probably eat. Anybody fancy a ham sandwich?
Villager: The majority of the players. They simply vote for who they think is the werewolf, and then… KILL THEM >:D
Seer: A villager with psychic powers. They can choose one person who they think is a werewolf, and then they will be told who it is.
Moderator: The overlord of the whole game, they tell you when to wake up, when the werewolves choose who to kill etc.
The Rules:
Pretty simple. The players sit in a circle with the moderator outside. When it is “night” the players close their eyes and imitate sleeping, and the moderator says “Werewolves, come out.” This is the tense part, the werewolves will tap somebody on the shoulder. That player will stand up and go to a corner, which is the werewolves cave, where the villagers killed by werewolves will be stacked up. When it is “day” the players will look around the circle and see who is dead.. The villagers will then vote off who they think is the werewolf. If it is a draw, the players will vote between the two. The person who the villager decide to kill must stand in the middle of the circle. The moderator will ask the players if they are sure they want to kill them. If more than half of the players aren’t sure, they will recast the vote. The villagers will then stand up and close in on the poor player, and then stab him to death. If you are dead, you must lie on the floor unmoving until the game ends. If you die you can be as violent as you want. Yes, the bodies will stack up in the circle and the cave. There is a way to save everybody the tension. If more than half the people say they want to sacrifice somebody, then the players vote who they want to sacrifice. One villager will then go over and pretend to tie that person up. That player must lie with their arms and legs together, imitating being tied up. The villagers will then pick up that person and place them in the werewolves cave. At night the werewolves will go to the cave and eat the sacrifice. They must then decide using hand signals if they were happy with it, which they can judge on how thin somebody is etc. Thumbs up for happy, thumbs down for unhappy. The moderator will ask “Werewolves, are you happy?” And the werewolves will make the hand signal. The moderator will then announce “The werewolves are NOT happy.” or “The werewolves are happy.” If a werewolf is chosen as a sacrifice, they will break free and the moderator will say “The werewolves are NOT happy” 3 seconds after he asks ”Werewolves, are you happy?” So the werewolves will kill 2 people. If you are dead, you must SHUT UP! Also, ratting out your werewolf partner will result in being rumbled by the moderator, as it is cheating. Oh, and there can be 1-2 werewolves, 0-1 seers, and the rest will be villagers. Also, at the start the moderator randomly chooses the werewolves by tapping them. At the start all the players will have their eyes closed anyway, as it will be night at the start.
So there you have it folks!
Frank
P.S. Somebody at school asked how I got so much at Halloween… Well this nice guy gave me something. Here’s a pic.
