Werewolf

The game is best played with 12 to 16 players and a non-playing moderator. A standard deck of cards is used, with one card dealt per player based on total player count. Jack cards represent the mafia, kings represent the sheriff, aces represent the doctor, and numbered cards represent the townspeople. Players keep their roles hidden from one another throughout the game.

The game features two opposing teams. The mafia's objective is to secretly kill all townspeople before they are exposed. The townspeople, along with special roles like the sheriff and doctor, must deduce who the mafia members are and eliminate them through trials before the mafia outnumbers them.

Each round mimics a day-night cycle. At night, all players close their eyes while the moderator wakes up the mafia to secretly choose a victim, then wakes up the sheriff to investigate a player, and finally the doctor to protect a player. During the day, all players wake up to discuss suspicions. Players can be accused, put on trial, defend themselves, and voted on to be eliminated.

There are no individual scores; victory is entirely cooperative and achieved by the team that successfully fulfills its primary win condition.

The game concludes immediately when either all mafia members are eliminated (townspeople win) or only three players remain with at least one mafia member surviving (mafia wins).