New Player Guide

Werewolv.es is a website and community where you can play an online version of the popular game Werewolves. This is also known by the name Mafia and there are many different versions of these games with very similar roles and mechanics with different names. The Werewolv.es "universe" is unique and combines elements of many different varieties of the game.

Werewolves Basics

In the game of Werewolves a small village is under attack by viscous werewolf creatures.

In the basic game there are two teams - a good team called the Village and an evil team called Werewolves. The game is played in rounds called "days" and each day has a night phase and a day phase. During the day all players are free to talk to each other to try and establish who, if anyone, they wish to execute that day. At night time the werewolves know each other and can talk in a private chat with each other, whilst the village sleeps. Whilst the village does not have a private chat and are not informed who the other village players are, there are some roles who have special abilities which they can perform at night. Some of these abilities might give more information about what roles people possess.

The village and Evils have a different Win Condition - the village must eliminate all evil players to win the game, the werewolves must eliminate enough village players to gain voting Parity. During the daytime the evil players will be pretending to be villagers in order to stay hidden long enough to win the game.

Your First Game

After creating your account you should first play either a speed game if you want a fast game or a wlf game if you want a long-format game. Speed games take place over 10-15 minutes whereas long-format games can take place over many days.

Games that are in signup are found in the Lobby. Once you select the game you would like to join you will enter the pre-game chat with your werewolv.es nickname and avatar showing. At this point the game hasn't started yet and in the case of a wlf