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2009 Ranked #13,922

Mutton

Deduction game has a hidden wolf player eat sheep while a farmer tries to identify and shoot the wolves. Players alternate roles across rounds, and the wolf who kills most sheep wins.

Abstract Bluffing Deduction Secret Unit Deployment Animals: Sheep

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.45

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Mutton is a game of bluff, deduction, and berserk farmers with AK-45s. The wolves have infiltrated the flock; in deep disguise, they start eating the sheep one by one.

Core mechanisms

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Secret Unit Deployment

Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
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Mutton is a game of bluff, deduction, and berserk farmers with AK-45s. The wolves have infiltrated the flock; in deep disguise, they start eating the sheep one by one. Can the farmer with his trusty rifle find and kill the wolves, before all the sheep be reduced to mutton? Each game is played in two rounds, with the players taking turns to be the wolf player. The wolf player who kills the most sheep wins. You'll find the rules here: http://www.cameronius.com/games/mutton/ Online Play Boardspace.net (real-time, AI option) Gamerz (turn-based, play by email or play by web) Mobile Apps Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, IOS Boardspace.net local multiplayer or online, Android

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Type

2
Abstract Family Games

Category

2
Bluffing Deduction

Mechanism

1
Secret Unit Deployment

Family

5
Animals: Sheep Animals: Wolves Digital Implementations: Ai Ai Digital Implementations: BoardSpace Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Cameron Browne Stephen Tavener

Artists

1
Néstor Romeral Andrés

Publishers

3
(Web published) Gamerz.net nestorgames

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