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{{Short description|Board game adaptation of the social deduction game Warewolf}}
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| subject name = Ultimate Werewolf | subject_name = Ultimate Werewolf
| image_link = | image_link = Ultimate Werewold board game cover art 2017.png
| image_caption = | image_caption = Cover art for the deluxe edition released in 2014
| designer = Ted Alspach | designer = Ted Alspach
| publisher = Bézier Games, Inc. | publisher = Bézier Games, Inc.
| players = 7 to 75 | players = 5 to 75
| ages = 10 & up<ref name=BG /> | ages = 9 & up
| setup time = | setup_time = 5 minutes
| playing time = 30 minutes | playing_time = 15-45 minutes (depending on number of players)
| complexity = Hard
| strategy =
| random chance =
| skills = ], ], ], ], ], ]<ref name=BGG /> | skills = ], ], ], ], ], ]<ref name=BGG />
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'''''Ultimate Werewolf''''' is a party ] designed by ] and published by ].<ref name=BG>{{cite web|title=Utlimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition|url=http://www.beziergames.com/utlimate-werewolf.html|publisher=Bezier Games|accessdate=2 November 2012}}</ref> It is based on the social game, Werewolf, which is ]'s reinvention of Dimitry Davidoff's 1987 party game, '']''.<ref name=Wired>{{cite news|last=Robertson|first=Margaret|title=Werewolf: How a parlour game became a tech phenomenon|url=http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/03/features/werewolf?page=all|accessdate=2 November 2012|newspaper=Wired|date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=Plotkin>{{cite web|last=Plotkin|first=Andrew|title=Werewolf: A Mind Game|url=http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html|accessdate=2 November 2012}}</ref> The '']'' game appeared in many forms before ] published ''Ultimate Werewolf'' in 2008.<ref name=BG /><ref name=BGG>{{cite web|title=Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38159/ultimate-werewolf-ultimate-edition|publisher=BoardGameGeek|accessdate=2 November 2012}}</ref> '''''Ultimate Werewolf''''' is a ] designed by ] and published by ].<ref name=BG>{{cite web|title={{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|Utlimate}} Werewolf: Ultimate Edition|url=http://www.beziergames.com/utlimate-werewolf.html|publisher=Bézier Games|access-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111070906/https://beziergames.com/utlimate-werewolf.html|archive-date=2010-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is based on the ], '']'', which is ]'s reinvention of Dimitry Davidoff's 1987 game, '']''.<ref name=Wired>{{cite news|last=Robertson|first=Margaret|title=Werewolf: How a parlour game became a tech phenomenon|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/03/features/werewolf?page=all|access-date=2 November 2012|newspaper=Wired|date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=Plotkin>{{cite web|last=Plotkin|first=Andrew|title=Werewolf: A Mind Game|url=http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html|access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref> The '']'' game appeared in many forms before ] published ''Ultimate Werewolf'' in 2008.<ref name=BG /><ref name=BGG>{{cite web|title=Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38159/ultimate-werewolf-ultimate-edition|publisher=BoardGameGeek|access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>


==Gameplay== ==Gameplay==
''Ultimate Werewolf'' can be played with 5 to 75 players of all ages. Each player has an agenda: as a villager, hunt down the werewolves; as a werewolf, convince the other villagers that you are innocent, while secretly attacking those same villagers each night. Dozens of special roles are available to help both the villagers and the werewolves achieve their goals.<ref name=BG /><ref name=BGG /> ''Ultimate Werewolf'' can be played with 5 to 75 players of all ages. Each player has an agenda: as a villager, hunt down the werewolves; as a werewolf, convince the other villagers that you are innocent, while secretly attacking those same villagers each night. A third major team working to kill off all others are the Vampires, who must kill both werewolves and villagers to win, and other neutral roles are available, each vying to achieve their own goals. Dozens of special roles are available to help both the villagers and the werewolves achieve their goals.<ref name=BG /><ref name=BGG />
The game has more than forty unique roles, eighteen different scenarios, a set of 78 fully illustrated cards, a moderator score pad to keep track of games, and a comprehensive game guide.<ref name=BG />


The game has 12 unique roles being a set of sixteen fully illustrated cards, a moderator score pad to keep track of games, and a comprehensive game guide. (Sometimes packages come with a free poster.)<ref name=BG />
===Roles===
The many roles of ''Ultimate Werewolf'' include:<ref name=WUGuide>{{cite book|title=Ultimate Werewolf: Official Role Quick Reference Guide|year=2008|publisher=Ted Alspach and Bezier Games|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/3ynsi3x9v8/rolechart.pdf}}</ref><ref name=OG>{{cite web|title=Ultimate Werewolf Artifacts Review|url=http://opinionatedgamers.com/2011/10/18/ultimate-werewolf-artifacts-review/|publisher=The Opinionated Gamers|accessdate=2 November 2012}}</ref>
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*Apprentice Seer: Become the Seer if the Seer is killed.
*Aura Seer: At night, look for players with special powers that are not plain villagers or werewolves.
*Beholder: Opens his eyes the first night to see who the seer is.
*Bodyguard: Choose a different player each night to protect. That player cannot be killed that night.
*Cupid: Choose two players to be lovers. If one of those players dies, the other dies from a broken heart.
*Diseased: If you are attacked by werewolves, the werewolves do not get fed the following night.
*Ghost: Die the first night, then each night write one letter as a message from the beyond.
*Hunter: If killed, immediately fire a weapon at a target.
*Village Idiot: Always vote for players to die.
*Lycan: Appear falsely to be a werewolf to the Seer.
*Martyr: Take the place of anyone who has just been lynched.
*Mason (3): You know who the other Masons are.
*Mayor: Your vote counts twice when voting to lynch a player.
*Old Hag: At night, indicate a player who must leave the village the next day.
*Old Man: You will die on night X, where X is the number of werewolves in the game plus one.
*P.I.: Once during the game, learn if one player out of three is a werewolf.
*Pacifist: Always vote for players to live.
*Priest: Once during the game, choose to protect a player. The next attempt to kill that player fails.
*Prince: Survive a lynching and reveal your role.
*Seer (two: one male and one female): Each night, point at a player and learn if they are a werewolf or not.
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*Spellcaster: At night, indicate a player who must not speak the following day.
*Tough Guy: You survive an extra day if attacked by werewolves at night.
*Troublemaker: Once per game, choose to have two lynchings on one day.
*Villager (20): Find the werewolves and lynch them.
*Witch: Kill or heal a player at night, once each per game.
*Sorcerer: Look for the Seer each night.
*Minion: Work with the werewolves to kill the villagers.
*Werewolf (12): Eat a villager each night.
*Wolf Cub: If you die, the werewolves get two kills the following night.
*Cursed: You are a villager until attacked by werewolves, at which time you become a werewolf.
*Doppelganger: Select a player the first night. If that player dies, you secretly take that role.
*Drunk: You are a villager until the third night, when you remember your real role.
*Cult Leader: Each night, add a player to your cult. You win if all of the players left alive are part of your cult.
*Hoodlum: Indicate two players on the first night. If they die and you are alive at the end of the game, you win.
*Tanner: You only win if you are killed.
*Lone Wolf: You are a werewolf, but you only win if you are the last player alive.
*Vampire (6): Kill a villager each night (they die in the middle of the next day).
*Little Girl: Like a villager but each night gets to peek out but be discrete so the wolves don't notice
*Wild Child: on the first night the Wild Child chooses 1 "role model" if the role model dies the wild child becomes a werewolf until then the wild child is a normal villager
*Moderator: Moderates the game.
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==Expansion packs== ==Expansion packs==
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*''Ultimate Werewolf: Classic Movie Monsters'' *''Ultimate Werewolf: Classic Movie Monsters''
*''Ultimate Werewolf: Night Terrors'' *''Ultimate Werewolf: Night Terrors''
*''Ultimate Werewolf: Artifacts''<ref name=BG /><ref name=BGG /><ref name=OG /> *''Ultimate Werewolf: Artifacts''<ref name=BGG /><ref name=BG /><ref name=OG>{{cite web|title=Ultimate Werewolf Artifacts Review|date=18 October 2011|url=http://opinionatedgamers.com/2011/10/18/ultimate-werewolf-artifacts-review/|publisher=The Opinionated Gamers|access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>
*''Ultimate Werewolf: Urban Legends'' *''Ultimate Werewolf: Urban Legends''
*''Ultimate Werewolf: Wolfpack'' *''Ultimate Werewolf: Wolfpack''
*''Ultimate Werewolf: Hunting Party''
{{div col end}}


==''One Night Ultimate Werewolf''==
==Awards==
''One Night Ultimate Werewolf'',<ref name="One Night Ultimate Werewolf">{{cite web
*2009 ] Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee<ref name=BG />
| title=One Night Ultimate Werewolf
| url=http://beziergames.com/collections/one-night-ultimate-werewolf
| access-date=20 February 2017 }}</ref> published by ], is based on a similar concept to Ultimate Werewolf although the differences are significant enough to change the style and feel of gameplay.<ref name="uw-vs-onuw">{{cite web
|title=Ultimate Werewolf Deluxe Edition vs One Night Ultimate Werewolf - Board & Card Games Stack Exchange
|url=https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/20448/ultimate-werewolf-deluxe-edition-vs-one-night-ultimate-werewolf/20450#20450
|date=July 17, 2017
}}</ref>
The most notable difference between the two is that in One Night Ultimate Werewolf gameplay develops over a single "night", with only one round of plot development, voting and elimination.<ref name="boingboing">{{cite web
| title=A better version of Werewolf
| date=28 June 2014
| url=http://boingboing.net/2014/06/27/a-better-version-of-werewolf.html
| access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref>
As such, games are typically time limited to a small number of minutes with players opting to play successive, unrelated games. This approach makes individual games shorter, does not exclude players who are eliminated early in the game (as in Ultimate Werewolf) and often prompts faster paced games.<ref name="Ted Alspach ONUW Intro">{{cite web
| title=Ted Alspach introduces One Night Ultimate Werewolf
|website = ]| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrAH1gNZjO0
| access-date=20 February 2017 }}</ref>

''One Night Ultimate Werewolf'' also provides a ] taking the role of the moderator, available on both ] and ] platforms.<ref name="app">{{cite web
| title=One Night App
| url=https://beziergames.com/collections/one-night-ultimate-werewolf/products/one-night-ultimate-werewolf-app
| access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref> The primary role of the app is to read out the moderator script, relieving the need for one of the players to take this impartial role, as required in Ultimate Werewolf.<ref name="boingboing" />

===Editions===
Like ''Werewolf'', a number of extension packs exist for ''One Night Ultimate Werewolf''.<ref name="One Night Ultimate Werewolf"/> ''One Night Ultimate Daybreak'', ''One Night Ultimate Vampire'' and two bonus packs comprise that can be used instead of or in combination with the roles from ''One Night Ultimate Werewolf''. The ''One Night'' smartphone app enables players to include roles from any edition in a single game and adjusts the moderator script accordingly.<ref name="app"/>

Bézier games has released more games in the ''One Night Ultimate'' series: ''One Night Ultimate Alien''<ref name="ONUWAlien">{{cite web|title=One Night Ultimate Alien - Bezier Games|url=https://beziergames.com/products/one-night-ultimate-alien|date=July 17, 2017 }}</ref> and ''One Night Ultimate Super Villains''.

A ] version of the game, ''Ultimate Werewolf Legacy'', was published in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Guida|first1=Eddie|title=Bezier Games announces Ultimate Werewolf Legacy|url=http://www.dicetowernews.com/bezier-games-announces-ultimate-werewolf-legacy/30687|website=] News|access-date=18 October 2017|date=18 August 2016}}</ref>

===''One Night'' roles===
There is a general overlap between the roles of ''Ultimate Werewolf'' and ''One Night Ultimate Werewolf''; however, the details of characters vary, largely stemming from the differences between the two games. For example, the Doppelgänger role in ''Ultimate Werewolf'' takes on the role of the character they have chosen only if that character dies. In ''Ultimate Werewolf'', the Doppelgänger can then take action in the subsequent night phases of the game. This is in contrast to the Doppelgänger role of ''One Night Ultimate Werewolf'', which, because of the single-round nature of game, immediately takes on the role of the player they have chosen and behaves as if they were that role during the night phase.<ref name="doppelganger">{{cite web
|title=Doppelgänger One Night Ultimate Strategy
|url=http://onenightultimate.com/?p=46
|date=July 17, 2017
}}</ref>

==Reception==
''One Night Ultimate Werewolf'' has been well received by critics as a shorter alternative to the original ''Werewolf'' game, that also fixes the problem of player elimination and makes the game more interesting for the villager players.<ref>{{cite web |title=One Night Ultimate Werewolf review |url=https://boardgametheories.com/one-night-ultimate-werewolf-review/ |website=Board Game Theories |date=22 July 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> The expansions have also been well received for introducing new and interesting player roles.<ref>{{cite web |title=One Night Ultimate Werewolf expansions reviewed |url=https://boardgametheories.com/best-one-night-werewolf-expansion/ |website=Board Game Theories |date=25 July 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>

In a review of ''Ultimate Werewolf'' in '']'', Andrew Zimmerman Jones said "Will the village kill a werewolf, or will the werewolves fool the villagers into killing an innocent? This continues until either all werewolves are dead, or enough villagers have been killed that they no longer outnumber the werewolves."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackgate.com/2014/10/16/werewolf/|title = The Hunt is on: Werewolf Game Review and Kickstarter Alert – Black Gate}}</ref>

The game was nominated for a ] Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Award in 2009.<ref name=BG />


==References== ==References==
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Board game adaptation of the social deduction game Warewolf

Ultimate Werewolf
Cover art for the deluxe edition released in 2014
DesignersTed Alspach
PublishersBézier Games, Inc.
Players5 to 75
Setup time5 minutes
Playing time15-45 minutes (depending on number of players)
Age range9 & up
SkillsBluffing, Partnership, Social skills, Roleplay, Negotiation, Deduction

Ultimate Werewolf is a card game designed by Ted Alspach and published by Bézier Games. It is based on the social deduction game, Werewolf, which is Andrew Plotkin's reinvention of Dimitry Davidoff's 1987 game, Mafia. The Werewolf game appeared in many forms before Bézier Games published Ultimate Werewolf in 2008.

Gameplay

Ultimate Werewolf can be played with 5 to 75 players of all ages. Each player has an agenda: as a villager, hunt down the werewolves; as a werewolf, convince the other villagers that you are innocent, while secretly attacking those same villagers each night. A third major team working to kill off all others are the Vampires, who must kill both werewolves and villagers to win, and other neutral roles are available, each vying to achieve their own goals. Dozens of special roles are available to help both the villagers and the werewolves achieve their goals.

The game has 12 unique roles being a set of sixteen fully illustrated cards, a moderator score pad to keep track of games, and a comprehensive game guide. (Sometimes packages come with a free poster.)

Expansion packs

  • Ultimate Werewolf: Classic Movie Monsters
  • Ultimate Werewolf: Night Terrors
  • Ultimate Werewolf: Artifacts
  • Ultimate Werewolf: Urban Legends
  • Ultimate Werewolf: Wolfpack
  • Ultimate Werewolf: Hunting Party

One Night Ultimate Werewolf

One Night Ultimate Werewolf, published by Bézier Games, is based on a similar concept to Ultimate Werewolf although the differences are significant enough to change the style and feel of gameplay. The most notable difference between the two is that in One Night Ultimate Werewolf gameplay develops over a single "night", with only one round of plot development, voting and elimination. As such, games are typically time limited to a small number of minutes with players opting to play successive, unrelated games. This approach makes individual games shorter, does not exclude players who are eliminated early in the game (as in Ultimate Werewolf) and often prompts faster paced games.

One Night Ultimate Werewolf also provides a smartphone app taking the role of the moderator, available on both iOS and Android platforms. The primary role of the app is to read out the moderator script, relieving the need for one of the players to take this impartial role, as required in Ultimate Werewolf.

Editions

Like Werewolf, a number of extension packs exist for One Night Ultimate Werewolf. One Night Ultimate Daybreak, One Night Ultimate Vampire and two bonus packs comprise additional character roles that can be used instead of or in combination with the roles from One Night Ultimate Werewolf. The One Night smartphone app enables players to include roles from any edition in a single game and adjusts the moderator script accordingly.

Bézier games has released more games in the One Night Ultimate series: One Night Ultimate Alien and One Night Ultimate Super Villains.

A legacy version of the game, Ultimate Werewolf Legacy, was published in 2018.

One Night roles

There is a general overlap between the roles of Ultimate Werewolf and One Night Ultimate Werewolf; however, the details of characters vary, largely stemming from the differences between the two games. For example, the Doppelgänger role in Ultimate Werewolf takes on the role of the character they have chosen only if that character dies. In Ultimate Werewolf, the Doppelgänger can then take action in the subsequent night phases of the game. This is in contrast to the Doppelgänger role of One Night Ultimate Werewolf, which, because of the single-round nature of game, immediately takes on the role of the player they have chosen and behaves as if they were that role during the night phase.

Reception

One Night Ultimate Werewolf has been well received by critics as a shorter alternative to the original Werewolf game, that also fixes the problem of player elimination and makes the game more interesting for the villager players. The expansions have also been well received for introducing new and interesting player roles.

In a review of Ultimate Werewolf in Black Gate, Andrew Zimmerman Jones said "Will the village kill a werewolf, or will the werewolves fool the villagers into killing an innocent? This continues until either all werewolves are dead, or enough villagers have been killed that they no longer outnumber the werewolves."

The game was nominated for a BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Award in 2009.

References

  1. ^ "Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Utlimate [sic] Werewolf: Ultimate Edition". Bézier Games. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. Robertson, Margaret (4 February 2010). "Werewolf: How a parlour game became a tech phenomenon". Wired. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. Plotkin, Andrew. "Werewolf: A Mind Game". Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. "Ultimate Werewolf Artifacts Review". The Opinionated Gamers. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  6. ^ "One Night Ultimate Werewolf". Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. "Ultimate Werewolf Deluxe Edition vs One Night Ultimate Werewolf - Board & Card Games Stack Exchange". July 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "A better version of Werewolf". 28 June 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  9. "Ted Alspach introduces One Night Ultimate Werewolf". YouTube. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  10. ^ "One Night App". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  11. "One Night Ultimate Alien - Bezier Games". July 17, 2017.
  12. Guida, Eddie (18 August 2016). "Bezier Games announces Ultimate Werewolf Legacy". Dice Tower News. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. "Doppelgänger One Night Ultimate Strategy". July 17, 2017.
  14. "One Night Ultimate Werewolf review". Board Game Theories. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  15. "One Night Ultimate Werewolf expansions reviewed". Board Game Theories. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  16. "The Hunt is on: Werewolf Game Review and Kickstarter Alert – Black Gate".

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