The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow is a very simple game (exactly the same as "Mafia") but it is blast to play. All the players are the residents of a village beseiged by werewolves. At night, the werewolves kill one player. During the daytime, the villagers debate and decide to lynch one player. The game ends when the villagers have eliminated all the werewolves or vice versa. Each player is given a card at the beginning of the game which tells your true identity, so you never know who is friend or who is foe.

Here's how good "Werewolves" is:

I had a bunch of friends over at my apartment last weekend. Most of them came to play poker and drink. But I said, "I know you will probably hate this, but I'm going to make you play one game of 'Werewolves.'" I had just received the game in the mail that day, and was anxious to play. After figuring things out in a quick first game, we played a second game and had a lot of fun. Then my friends started calling other people in the apartment complex to come over and play the game. We ended up playing for about three hours straight.

Buy this game, and get the expansion pack, too, which has some great suggestions for variants. You'll have hours of fun, guaranteed.

This was the most played (and well-liked) game at the 2007 Mensa Annual Gathering. Participants of all age ranges kept coming back for additional sessions throughout the week. Creating your own characters also adds to the experience - in some games, one of the Villagers was a Wizard who could reassign 2 players' seats in the night. Quite funny when the Werewolves accidentally kill one of their own, or the Witch poisons herself...

Looking forward to the expansion.

This is a great game. I love playing this with our game group. We have such a good time and I'm usually laughing during and even after being killed. :) True, you can play the game with a regular deck of cards but for me a deck like this adds to the flavor of the game. Also, it's really not that expensive. I for one would rather be dealt a wolf face than a jack of hearts to signify a wolf. It just adds to the role play.