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| {{Short description|Board game adaptation of the social deduction game Warewolf}} | |||
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| 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 = 5 to 75 | | players = 5 to 75 | ||
| | ages = 9 & up | | ages = 9 & up | ||
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| setup_time = 5 minutes | ||
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| playing_time = 15-45 minutes (depending on number of players) | ||
| | complexity = Medium hard | |||
| | strategy = critical thinking | |||
| | skills = ], ], ], ], ], ]<ref name=BGG /> | | skills = ], ], ], ], ], ]<ref name=BGG /> | ||
| }} | }} | ||
| '''''Ultimate Werewolf''''' is a |
'''''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 |
''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> | |||
| {{col-begin}} | |||
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| *Apprentice Seer (+4): Become the Seer if the Seer is killed. | |||
| *Aura Seer (+3): At night, find the team of one player. (variation: At night, find out if someone has a non-ordinary role and what it is). | |||
| *Beholder (+2): Opens his eyes the first night to see who the seer is. | |||
| *Big Bad Wolf (-9): If the werewolves target is beside you, you can kill any combination of your adjacent players. However, if the leprechaun redirects the initial attack, none of your adjacent players die. (variation: you can attack one person beside the initial werewolf target.) | |||
| *Bogeyman (-6): If the wolves can't decide who to kill, you'll do it for them. You win if all the night-active players are dead. | |||
| *Bodyguard (+3): Choose a different player each night to protect. That player cannot be killed that night. | |||
| *Cupid (-3): Choose two players to be lovers. If one of those players dies, the other dies from a broken heart. | |||
| *The Count (+5): The first night, you are told how many werewolves there are in each half of the village. | |||
| *Diseased (+3): If you are attacked by werewolves, the werewolves do not get fed the following night. | |||
| *Fruit Brute (-3): If you are the last wolf left alive, you lose your appetite and cannot feed, but you are trying to root out all the villagers. | |||
| *Ghost (+2): Die the first night, then each day, write one letter clues as a message from the beyond (no names or initials). | |||
| *Hunter (+3): If you are killed, take someone down with you. | |||
| *Village Idiot (+2): Always vote for players to die. | |||
| *Insomniac (+3): each night, learn at least one of your neighbors has woken up during the night. | |||
| *Lycan (-1): You are a villager, but you appear falsely to be a werewolf to the Seers and PI. | |||
| *Wolf man (-9) : You Wake With the other Werewolves each night, but the Seer sees you as a Villager | |||
| *Martyr (+3): Take the place of someone who has been killed before their role is revealed. | |||
| *Mason (+2) (3): You know who the other Masons are. | |||
| *Mayor (+2): Your vote counts twice when voting to lynch a player if you reveal yourself. | |||
| *Old Hag (+1): At night, indicate a player who must leave the village the next day. | |||
| *Old Man (0): You will die on night X, where X is the number of werewolves in the game plus one. | |||
| *P.I. (+3): Inspect three players each night (they must be beside each other). You only know if at least one of them is malicious. (variation: Inspect three adjacent players on one night). | |||
| *Pacifist (-2): You cannot vote when lynching. | |||
| *Priest (+3): On the first night, protect a player. The next attempt to kill the player fails. The night after that attempt, you protect a different player. (variation: Protect one player from death caused at night, including vampire attacks.) | |||
| *Prince (+3): You can't be lynched. | |||
| *Seer (+7): Each night, point at a player and learn if they are: Either on the villager team, or a vampire, or, if a werewolf, the exact powers. | |||
| *Spellcaster (+1): At night, indicate a player who must not use their voice the following day. | |||
| *Tough Guy (+3): You survive an extra day if attacked by werewolves at night. | |||
| *Troublemaker (+2): Once per game, choose to have two lynch attempts on one day. If the votes are tied, then you've wasted your chance. | |||
| *The Amulet of Protection: Anyone who has this won't ever die. You must pass the Amulet to another player each day or else it is destroyed. | |||
| *White Wolf (Miller's Hollow): Wakes up every night with the werewolves. Every other night, wake up alone as well as with the wolves, and kill anyone. To win, you must be the LONE SURVIVOR of the game. | |||
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| *Thing (+3): Each night, tap a player sitting immediately next to you. | |||
| *Villager (+1) (20): Find the werewolves and lynch them. | |||
| *Witch (+4): Kill or heal a player, once each per game. | |||
| *Sorcerer (-3): You are a seer, but you are on the Werewolf team. You only know if you've found a werewolf, another seer, or something else. | |||
| *Minion (-6): Work with the werewolves or vampires to kill the villagers. The moderator decides whether you work with the werewolves or the vampires. | |||
| *Werewolf (-6) (12): Eat a villager each night. | |||
| *Wolf Cub (-8): If you die, the werewolves get two kills the following night. | |||
| *Dream Wolf (-5): If a werewolf dies, you replace them (you're not allowed to wake up until a werewolf dies.) | |||
| *Cursed (-3): You are a villager until attacked by werewolves, at which time you become a werewolf. (variation: You become a vampire when attacked by vampires.) | |||
| *Doppelgänger (-2): Select a player the first night. If that player dies, you secretly take that role. | |||
| *Drunk (3): You are a villager until the third night, when you remember your real role. | |||
| *Cult Leader (+1): 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 (+1): You only win if you are killed. | |||
| *Lone Wolf (-5): You are a werewolf, but you only win if you are the last wolf team member alive. | |||
| *Vampire (-7) (8): Each night, Choose a player. That player is eliminated when a player gets their 2nd accusation the next day. | |||
| *Little Girl: Like a villager but each night she gets to peek out but be discrete so the wolves don't notice, because they can signal the moderator if they think you are the little girl. You die if the wolves' accusation was correct. | |||
| *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 | |||
| *Sasquatch (-2): You are a villager until a day ends without a lynch, in which case you become a werewolf. | |||
| *Leprechaun (+5): You can redirect werewolf attacks to players adjacent to the target(s), but you don't have to. | |||
| *Bloody Mary (+1): If you die, kill someone from the team that killed you each night. | |||
| *Chupacabra (+4): Each night, select a player. If they are a werewolf, they die. If they aren't a werewolf, they don't die. If all the wolves are dead, kill a player each night. | |||
| *Nostradamus (+1): Predict the winning team on the 1st night. If that team wins AND you are alive at the end of the game, you get a solo win. For the rest of the game you are a villager. | |||
| *Dire Wolf (-4): On the first night choose a companion. You die if they die, but if you die they don't die. You are on the wolf team. (variation: Put yourself in love on the first night). | |||
| *________: Some decks come with 3 cards with no role or description. The owner can make a role up and write it down. | |||
| *Fortune Teller (Miller's Hollow): You know the exact roles of your inspectees (wolf man/lycan excepted), and the person you inspected doesn't know it. | |||
| *Moderator: Moderates the game. You can't play without this role. | |||
| *Black Wolf: A spell caster and a werewolf combined. | |||
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| ==Expansion packs== | ==Expansion packs== | ||
| {{div col|colwidth=30em}} | |||
| *''Ultimate Werewolf: Classic Movie Monsters'' | *''Ultimate Werewolf: Classic Movie Monsters'' | ||
| *''Ultimate Werewolf: Night Terrors'' | *''Ultimate Werewolf: Night Terrors'' | ||
| *''Ultimate Werewolf: Artifacts''<ref name= |
*''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''== | |||
| ''One Night Ultimate Werewolf'',<ref name="One Night Ultimate Werewolf">{{cite web | |||
| | 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 /> | |||
| ==Awards== | |||
| *2009 ] Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee<ref name=BG /> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| * at Bézier Games | * at Bézier Games | ||
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| * at ] | * at ] | ||
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Board game adaptation of the social deduction game Warewolf
 Cover art for the deluxe edition released in 2014 | |
| Designers | Ted Alspach |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Bézier Games, Inc. |
| Players | 5 to 75 |
| Setup time | 5 minutes |
| Playing time | 15-45 minutes (depending on number of players) |
| Age range | 9 & up |
| Skills | Bluffing, 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
- ^ "Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Utlimate [sic] Werewolf: Ultimate Edition". Bézier Games. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- Robertson, Margaret (4 February 2010). "Werewolf: How a parlour game became a tech phenomenon". Wired. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- Plotkin, Andrew. "Werewolf: A Mind Game". Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- "Ultimate Werewolf Artifacts Review". The Opinionated Gamers. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "One Night Ultimate Werewolf". Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- "Ultimate Werewolf Deluxe Edition vs One Night Ultimate Werewolf - Board & Card Games Stack Exchange". July 17, 2017.
- ^ "A better version of Werewolf". 28 June 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- "Ted Alspach introduces One Night Ultimate Werewolf". YouTube. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "One Night App". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- "One Night Ultimate Alien - Bezier Games". July 17, 2017.
- Guida, Eddie (18 August 2016). "Bezier Games announces Ultimate Werewolf Legacy". Dice Tower News. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- "Doppelgänger One Night Ultimate Strategy". July 17, 2017.
- "One Night Ultimate Werewolf review". Board Game Theories. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- "One Night Ultimate Werewolf expansions reviewed". Board Game Theories. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- "The Hunt is on: Werewolf Game Review and Kickstarter Alert – Black Gate".
External links
- Ultimate Werewolf: Deluxe Edition at Bézier Games
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf collection at Bézier Games
- Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition at BoardGameGeek