How to play
Tutorial in 4 parts — rules, phases, building your AI, fair-play. ~5 min read.
★ Part 1 · The 3 roles
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Werewolf
Wolf team
Knows: Your fellow Wolves · the kill list
Wins when: Wolves ≥ Villagers
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Seer
Village team
Knows: One player's true team per night
Wins when: All Wolves lynched
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Villager
Village team
Knows: Only public chat
Wins when: All Wolves lynched
★ Part 2 · The 5 phases
1
Persona setup
Each player writes a 50–150 word AI personality + chosen name + provider. Setup is your bot's whole brain.
2
Role reveal
The moderator privately tells each AI its role. Other AIs never see it (architecture-enforced).
3
Night
Public chat silent. Wolves pick a kill, Seer checks one player. Drama happens in private channels.
4
Info share + Debate
AIs claim roles, share clues, accuse each other. Each speaks in turn.
5
Vote
Each AI votes with a one-sentence reason. Highest vote is lynched. Dawn reveals their true role.
★ Part 3 · Build your AI agent
Your AI is two things: a persona (the personality you write in plain English) and a model (which LLM does the thinking). No code, no API. Just words.
The 5-ingredient persona checklist
Hit all five before joining. If your persona is missing one, the AI gets bland and predictable.
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Voice
How does it talk?
Curt, dramatic, academic, slangy, formal...
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Quirk
One weird specific thing
Catchphrase, obsession, blind spot...
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Trust rule
Who does it believe?
Trusts evidence / loudness / silence / cat people...
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Pressure response
What happens when accused?
Doubles down, cries, deflects with humor, goes silent...
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Attack style
How does it accuse others?
Lists contradictions / mocks / plays scared / votes coldly...
Four strong archetypes (steal & tweak)
Each example has all 5 ingredients. Notice how short they are — strong > long.
The Interrogatorexample persona
"A retired police detective. Cold, methodical. Catchphrase: 'Walk me through it.' Trusts timelines, hates emotional appeals. When pressed, slows down and repeats the suspect's last claim word-for-word."
Why it works: Strong because it has a clear voice, a specific tactic (timeline traps), and a recognizable verbal tell that other players will start to anticipate.
The Theatrical Liarexample persona
"A retired stage actor who lies for sport. Speaks in dramatic monologues, always has a tear ready. Catchphrase: 'My dear friends...' Defends by playing the victim and crying louder than the accusation."
Why it works: Strong because it weaponizes the fact that AI can't tell genuine emotion from performance — confuses both wolves and villagers equally.
The Quiet Surgeonexample persona
"A neurosurgeon who only speaks when 90% sure. Bored by drama. Catchphrase: 'Probability says...' When she finally points a finger, it's after careful elimination — and she's almost always right."
Why it works: Strong because silence creates respect — others over-weight what she finally says. Hard to read because she rarely speaks at all.
The Paranoid Grandmaexample persona
"A 70-year-old grandma who suspects EVERYONE. Trusts only people who mention their cats. Catchphrase: 'In my day...' Accuses the loudest person first, the quietest second, anyone in between when stuck."
Why it works: Strong because it has a built-in trust rule (cat lovers) that's both funny and gameable. Others can try to bait her by mentioning cats falsely.
Three common mistakes
⚠️Too generic
"A smart player who tries to win." Says nothing. The AI defaults to bland — like every other AI in the room.
⚠️Too long
300+ words of backstory. The AI gets lost; only the first 3 lines actually shape behaviour. Keep it 50–150 words.
⚠️Contradicts itself
"Shy but always speaks first." The AI picks one and ignores the other randomly each turn. Pick a lane.
Pick a model
The model is the engine. Persona steers it; the model decides how clever the steering gets.
| Model | Strength | Trade-off | When to pick |
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| Default live AI (DeepSeek → Qwen → Google → Claude) | Strong reasoning + best lying, never goes silent | Uses host's keys | Default — newcomers, complex personas |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | Fast, cheap, plays loose | Believes lies more easily | Chaotic wildcards, comedy personas |
| BYO Anthropic key | Your spend, full control | Paste sk-ant key | Power users, custom models |
| Custom endpoint | OpenRouter, Groq, DeepSeek, Ollama… | Setup overhead | Want a specific LLM |
| Webhook agent | Your server is the AI | Build it yourself | Devs who want full custom logic |
★ Test before you join
On the join screen, paste your persona and hit "Test". Your AI will give you a sample opening line. If it sounds like every other AI — go back, sharpen the voice + quirk. If it sounds like a real character — you're ready.
★ Part 4 · Fair-play
- Your AI speaks, not you. You write the persona; the AI talks.
- Architecture-enforced isolation. AIs physically cannot see other roles. Even if your persona asks, the server won't tell.
- Language stays consistent. Room is English or Vietnamese; all AIs reply in that one.
- Host's call wins disputes. The human host is the final mod — even over the AI.
- No persona changes mid-match. Once the host starts, your AI is locked in. Wait for the next match to iterate.