Party Games
How to play One Night Ultimate Werewolf
One hidden-role night leads to one discussion and one vote. Track final cards: a swap can change which team you should help.
What you need
Base-game cards and role tokens; narrator app or a player reading the script
Set up the game
- For five players use eight cards: two Werewolves, Seer, Robber, Troublemaker and three Villagers. Display matching tokens, shuffle, deal one facedown per player, and leave three in the center.
- Privately inspect your starting card, then put it facedown within reach. Configure the narrator for these roles.
Playing One Night Ultimate Werewolf
- Everyone closes their eyes. Werewolves wake together. Under the optional lone-wolf rule, a sole waking Werewolf may inspect one center card.
- The Seer may view one other player’s card or two center cards. The Robber may swap their card with another player’s and inspect the received card.
- The Troublemaker may swap two other players’ cards without looking. Villagers do not wake. Follow the app or printed waking order.
- Discuss original roles, observations and swaps. Lying is legal. Do not inspect cards again unless a role specifically permits it.
- Vote simultaneously for another player. The highest vote total kills its recipient; tied leaders all die. If nobody receives more than one vote, nobody dies. Reveal cards.
A true observation can become outdated
Mara starts as Robber and exchanges with Ben, seeing a Werewolf. Mara then has Werewolf and Ben has Robber. A later Troublemaker swaps Mara with a Villager. Mara ends on Village despite personally seeing Werewolf. The useful question is where the wolf card finished, not simply whether Mara truthfully described the card she saw.
Resolve this introductory vote
Village wins if at least one final Werewolf dies, even if a villager also dies. With a Werewolf present and none dying, Werewolves win. Tanner, Hunter, Minion and Doppelgänger alter the calculation and are excluded here; read their roles before adding them.
Beginner decisions
- Ask each claimant to separate their original card from their probable final card. An honest early inspection can be outdated by a later swap.
- Trace one exchange before evaluating every claim at once. Consider which sequence is possible in the announced waking order.
Common rule mix-ups
- Playing multiple nights or eliminating players before discussion.
- Waking for a role somebody swapped onto you instead of your original role.
Questions about this game
Which card sets my team?
The final card in front of you. With this selection every non-Werewolf is Village.
What if both wolves are in the center?
Village wins only if nobody dies; one vote per player achieves that.
Sources and edition notes
Bézier Games base game; introductory five-player selection: two Werewolves, Seer, Robber, Troublemaker and three Villagers. No expansion roles.
Sources and stated format checked October 14, 2026. This records a document check, not a claim of hands-on testing.
- Bézier Games: publisher and downloadable rules
- Bézier Games: Getting Started Guide
- Bézier Games: base role rulebook