A game I want to try out and host

[FictionJunction]

12 players:

three wolves.
9 humans.

dynamic roles.

Everyone has two things: an inactive role and a partner. Roles rotate and are randomized every phase. So, Player X has Player Y as a partner. Player X knows what his role is but cannot use it unless Player Y tells the host he allows the role to be activated. All partners are randomized so humans can have wolf partners. Wolves can have human partners. Partners are not dynamic. They do not change upon death.

Players have the option of guessing who each players' partners are. Players who guess correctly by sending a PM to the host are rewarded with permanent powers in exchange for the death of the player they sent a PM about. So if Player Z guessed that Player X's partner is Player Y, Player Z is rewarded with Player X's role for that phase regardless if it was activated by Player Y or not. Player X dies. If Player Z guesses incorrectly, though, he forfeits his ability to receive or activate roles for the rest of the game.

[James May]

Sounds interesting for a TWG game variant.

[FictionJunction]

well, it's hardly a variant - the game is the same. Wolves kill humans, humans vote to try and kill wolves.

But the game is interesting because humans have to worry about enabling wolves just as much as wolves have to worry about enabling humans. If roles are particularly attractive how will anyone justify denying that opportunity to someone else? And if they do, how will those who were denied the opportunity deal with it in public?

This dependency on others is a sort of mixed blessing - everyone has a role but someone else decides if you get to use it. If your partner is red will they give you a role that is pretty awesome? If you're red and your partner is not, will you kill them? vote for them? how will you gain their trust?

Wolves already have the ability to kill people during the night. Humans don't have any abilities. It is in their best interest to try and activate a couple of roles in order to get anything done.