Werewolf: how the role works and how to play it

Team: Werewolves
From: Base game
Wakes: #18 of 49 (the night order)
In a deck: Up to 2 cards

What it does

All the Werewolves wake together and see who the others are. The Alpha Wolf, the Mystic Wolf and the Giant Wolf wake with the pack; the Dream Wolf stays asleep, but the pack sees who it is.

A Werewolf who wakes alone may look at one card in the center. It is the lone wolf’s best tool: a role that lies in the center is a role nobody can contradict.

Rules and edge cases

The Werewolves win if no werewolf dies. If the Tanner dies they lose, even with every wolf alive.
What counts is the card you hold when the night ends. A Werewolf robbed by the Robber is on the village team, and the Robber is the wolf.
A deck holds up to two Werewolf cards. Both may lie in the center: then the village wins only if nobody dies.
A wolf with the Mark of Fear keeps their eyes closed, and the pack does not see them.

How to play it

Claim early and claim something specific. A role you saw in the center is the safest; a Villager claim is weak when the deck holds a single Villager.
Do not be the first to defend your partner. Two players vouching for each other out of nowhere is what the village looks for.
If a Troublemaker says they swapped your card, you may no longer be a wolf. Decide whether you believe it before you vote.

When it is in the deck

Ask everyone what they did and to whom, then look for the two stories that cannot both be true.
Use the claim sheet. A role turns red when more players claim it than the deck has cards of it, and one of those players is lying.
Wolves know more than they should. A player who is certain about a card they had no way to see has given something away.

If the Doppelgänger copies it

A Doppelgänger who looks at this card becomes a second Werewolf. She wakes with the group when it is called.

Around it

Wakes just before it: Cow. Wakes just after it: Minion.

See every role, or read how to play.