Werewolves of Millers Hollow

by Asmodee

• A game designed by Philippe des Palličres & Hervé Marly.
• For 8-18 players, Ages 10+
• Playing Time - about 30 minutes
• Contains 24 cards and 1 rulebook

Product Details

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• ASIN: B0009Z3M8S
• Item model number: 849418
• Our recommended age: 10 - 13 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,802 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)

Product Description

Werewolves of Miller's Hollow is a game that takes place in a small village which is haunted by werewolves. Each player is secretly assigned a role - Werewolf, Villager, or special character such as The Captain, The Hunter, the Witch, the Little Girl, The Seer and so on... There is also a Moderator player who controls the flow of the game. The game alternates between night and day phases. At night, the Werewolves secretly choose a Villager to kill. During the day, the Villager who was killed is revealed and is out of the game. The remaining Villagers (normal and special villagers alike) then deliberate and vote on a player they suspect is a Werewolf, helped (or hindered) by the clues the special characters add to the general deliberation. The chosen player is "lynched", reveals his/her role and is out of the game. Werewolf is a social game that requires no equipment to play, and can accommodate almost any large group of players.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 54 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My family made fun of me, initially... December 28, 2010

By Marisa Abernathy

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Durability: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

Every year at Christmastime, my rather large family (my parents have 10 kids, plus all the grandchildren) get together at my parents' house to laugh and play board games, and maybe have a couple of cocktails. Our usual game of choice is Trivial Pursuit, as most of us fancy ourselves trivia savants. ;) This year, I thought I would change things up a bit, not that I don't enjoy a good game of Trivial Pursuit, but I just wanted to try something new and see how things went.

I brought Apples to Apples (which was also new to us and very well received), Clue (a classic favorite), and The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow. When I pulled out the small box and explained the premise of the game, basically a role-playing game, many a sigh and discouraging comment was thrown my way. I must say, I was also a bit hesitant to even bring the game out, having never played it myself and the term "role-playing" rousing comparisons to games like "Dungeons & Dragons" and "World of Warcraft"...not that those are BAD games, necessarily...but certainly not the type of game that would interest my siblings or my parents.

Finally, having heard enough, and after playing about 100 rounds of Apples to Apples, I pulled "Werewolves" out once more. Apparantly after a few drinks my family is a lot more open to try new things...they all said "Well, I guess we could try it and just see how it is. If we don't like it we can always quit." And with that, our Christmas quality family time changed forever... :D

To put it simply, my entire family LOVED this game! No one, perhaps, more than my own mother, age 62. The first round had us all laughing so hard we could barely breathe. And we all found out that my Mom is a bit of a thespian, sending us often into bouts of hysterical laughter throughout the night with her convincingly serious accusations and pleas for her life. We started with 9 players and ended with 12...and even incorporated my 11 year old nephew and my 12 year old son (who strangely seems to be a lycanthrope more often than not!), allowing them to stay up until the very end...it was Christmas vacation after all.

I can't say I have ever played a game where we could include the "tweens" and the grandparents in one hilarious grouping. I highly recommend this game to everyone. Guaranteed to be a night filled with theatrics and aching sides. If not, I'd say your group must have a collective stick up the you-know-what.

And if you think it was the booze doing all the entertaining, it may have helped, I'll admit, but the next morning my Mama was still raving about the game...so don't let the "role-playing" description turn you off, give it a chance and I almost GUARANTEE you will find it worth every penny! The only down side is that it is only fun if you have a large enough group, which we were fortunate to have...SUPER FUN!!

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Party Game October 16, 2005

By William Brode

Durability: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 2.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

For any gathering of 8-18 people, this game is a must have. A role-playing game, Werewolves is a game of deception and trust where everyone must decide who is lying and who's telling the truth. Everyone looks as thought they are townspeople but some people (through radomly passed out cards) are secretly werewolves that are trying to kill all the townspeople. Every nighttime the werewolves kill and every daytime the town must decide on someone to kill, hoping that person is a werewolf. With many different variations to the normal townsperson (hunter, fortune teller, cupido, little girl, witch, and theif) which all have unique special abilities, the game never gets old. For those of you who remember Mafia, this game is very similar but more well balanced and polished. I hope you have as much fun with it as I have!

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple, stylish version of "Werewolf" game December 2, 2010

By S. Rider

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Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars    Educational: 3.0 out of 5 stars    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

This is a variation of the Werewolf / Mafia game that came out of colleges in the early 90s. Briefly, a large group of people all play the residents of a medieval village. There are werewolves among you, and every night the werewolves kill another villager. During the day, the villagers must try and figure out who the werewolves are.

The details of the rules can be found online, and are common to many different forms of this game, so for this review I will primarily focus on how this compares to others variations of the same game: "Ultimate Werewolf" and "Are You A Werewolf?" (For brevity: "Ultimate Werewolf" = UWW, "Are You A Werewolf" = AYAW, and "Werewolves of Miller's Hollow" = WMH)

1: WMH is the most stylishly designed of all the different versions. Both UWW and AYAW have a straightforward picture of the card's character, and text stating the character's title. WMH just has a stylized design on each card, which may lead to some confusion among newer players. The designs are pretty distinct, but you have to make sure people know what they ALL are before you pass them out.

2: WMH and UWW are printed on good card stock. AYAW is on cheaper paper stock, (which makes sense considering its budget price). WMH cards are square -- the size of the long side of a regular deck of cards; UWW cards are standard card size and shape. AYAW are a bit smaller, but also standard card shape.

3: The IMPORTANT part: Gameplay. While the rules are very similar, the card sets are what make the biggest difference in these games.
a) WMH has the standard villagers, seer, and wolves, plus a handful of extra characters (witch, hunter, cupid). Unique to this set is the Little Girl character -- her special ability is that she is allowed to peek during the "werewolves awake" night phase. I have not come across this character in any other version of the game.
b) AYAW is a very simple, budget set with only standard characters.
c) UWW is an "everything plus the kitchen sink" set with a very large number of unique cards and characters, including Vampires, Masons, Sorceress, Diseased, and a lot more.

Overall, I think I like the Ultimate Werewolf set the best, but it's a very slim margin over Werewolves of Miller's Hollow. Miller's Hollow also has an expansion that adds some interesting new characters, and a deck of "event" cards that add a lot to the game. The "Are You A Werewolf?" game is a very straightforward set that is very playable, and a such a low price that it's a no-brainer to at least try the game out, and "upgrade" if you like it.