<p>I have mostly played the game <em>with</em> this character, almost never without, so I can't <em>really</em> compare. That being said, from our experience as a group, and from my personal experience of having been The Little Girl myself quite often, this character actually isn't all that powerful, and certainly not "hugely overpowered". Whether I have seen the wolves or not, I still have just one vote, and I still have to defend it against others' views (with 10-15 people, our group is rather large). </p>

<p>Of course, I can always say "listen up, people, I am the Little Girl, so follow my advice", but a) people don't have to believe me, since b) I might <em>actually</em> be lying, and most importantly, c) the wolves will pay special attention to me from then on, and I'll probably get killed the very next night.</p>

<p>Of course, The Little Girl does become quite powerful when she's also the Village Chief, but then again, so does pretty much any character. Besides, from our experience, a Village Chief is even more likely to get killed quickly. I would say the game is pretty well-balanced, actually.</p>

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2011-01-06T21:19:33.000Z
What is the Village Chief?  I've never heard of that role!
morganpdx
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2011-01-06T21:19:53.297Z
I think it would be cool, perhaps, to create a community wiki of all the possible werewolf roles :)
morganpdx
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2011-01-06T21:32:33.827Z
Perhaps you are referring to him as the Mayor or something else. Anyhow, it's the player with [this card](http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/index.php?title=Image:Capitaine.gif). It's a "meta" role that simply gets you a second vote on top of your normal role (whatever that may be). The Village Chief gets elected at the beginning; if he's killed, a different person gets elected, and so forth. See [here](http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/index.php?title=Werewolf#Village_Chief).
RegDwight
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2011-01-06T21:58:01.453Z
Just noticed that in [this answer](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/81/what-extra-roles-have-you-used-with-werewolves/1166#1166) to a related question, he's referred to as the Sheriff.
RegDwight
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2011-01-06T12:32:54.977Z
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RegDwight
<p>Our box set has the Little Girl, and it works fine. </p>

<p>Advantages:
The Little Girl (with a little skill/luck) can find most (if not all) of the Warewolves. How many depends on where they're sitting relative to the wolves.</p>

<p>Disadvantages:
If you get caught, you're dead - and since everyone else is sitting still, your ability to look around is limited.
You still need to convince people. And the more you let on that you <em>know</em> they're the Wolf, the more likely you are to get eaten the next night. (I suppose the Wolves could just look at you really closely, but my experience is they just get eaten in retaliation).</p>

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2011-03-02T23:22:44.320Z
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Allen Gould
<p>To add to the other answers, one more variant involving the little girl, that can potentially be a lot of fun:</p>

<p>Sometimes, in order to make things more interesting for the villagers, we keep the number of werewolves secret to the players (only the game master knows how many werewolf cards are in the deck). Thus, the village never really knows how close they are to winning (we agree on a specific range before the game, for example "there will be between 3 and 5 werewolves"). In this situation, we have house-ruled that the Little Girl is allowed to full-on open their eyes and look around, thus pretending to be a werewolf. They are, however, not allowed to explicitly vote for killing someone. This requires some acting from the Little Girl and, also, it requires a little trust in the group.</p>

<p>It creates uncertainty for the werewolves, and is just generally a more interesting game.</p>

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cetequ
<p>We do use the card Little Girl, but with different role. <br>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/FNYFu.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/FNYFu.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>She is "Half-wolf". She is a villager from the beginning (villager team). When she is bitten, she becomes a werewolf (werewolf team).  </p>

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Haha TTpro
<p>I agree it’s powerful, to the point of game-breaking. One good peek and the Girl can know who all the werewolves are.</p>

<p>I use a modified version. Once per game, the player can just plain look at one person’s card.</p>

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Stephen R
<p>We've played a lot of Werewolf, both with and without the Little Girl. One thing we've done to make sure the Little Girl works properly is adjusting lines of sight. Before even handing out the roles, we make sure that everyone can easily look at everyone else's face. It sounds simple, but we've found that it makes the Little Girl much more cautious - and the Werewolves more attentive.</p>

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sprenge777
<p>The group I play with uses a character called The Little Girl.  She can peek each night at everyone else and see who the werewolves are, but if the werewolves spot her she's dead.  It seems that in the right hands, this could be a hugely overpowered position.  Anyone else use it? </p>

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2012-01-20T11:35:53.407Z
How does the "spotting" part work? Can't the wolves just point at a different person each turn, no matter if they were peeking, until they eventually find the Little Girl and have her killed? Or is pointing out the peeker possible only once?
mafu
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Does anyone else use The Little Girl in Werewolf?
morganpdx
# Does anyone else use The Little Girl in Werewolf?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-01-05)

The group I play with uses a character called The Little Girl. She can peek each night at everyone else and see who the werewolves are, but if the werewolves spot her she's dead. It seems that in the right hands, this could be a hugely overpowered position. Anyone else use it?

**Tags:** werewolf

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: How does the "spotting" part work? Can't the wolves just point at a different person each turn, no matter if they were peeking, until they eventually find the Little Girl and have her killed? Or is pointing out the peeker possible only once?  

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## 6 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2011-01-06. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

We've played a lot of Werewolf, both with and without the Little Girl. One thing we've done to make sure the Little Girl works properly is adjusting lines of sight. Before even handing out the roles, we make sure that everyone can easily look at everyone else's face. It sounds simple, but we've found that it makes the Little Girl much more cautious - and the Werewolves more attentive.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2011-01-06. Score: 7

I have mostly played the game *with* this character, almost never without, so I can't *really* compare. That being said, from our experience as a group, and from my personal experience of having been The Little Girl myself quite often, this character actually isn't all that powerful, and certainly not "hugely overpowered". Whether I have seen the wolves or not, I still have just one vote, and I still have to defend it against others' views (with 10-15 people, our group is rather large).

Of course, I can always say "listen up, people, I am the Little Girl, so follow my advice", but a) people don't have to believe me, since b) I might *actually* be lying, and most importantly, c) the wolves will pay special attention to me from then on, and I'll probably get killed the very next night.

Of course, The Little Girl does become quite powerful when she's also the Village Chief, but then again, so does pretty much any character. Besides, from our experience, a Village Chief is even more likely to get killed quickly. I would say the game is pretty well-balanced, actually.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: What is the Village Chief?  I've never heard of that role!  
> **username_0**: I think it would be cool, perhaps, to create a community wiki of all the possible werewolf roles :)  
> **username_2**: Perhaps you are referring to him as the Mayor or something else. Anyhow, it's the player with [this card](http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/index.php?title=Image:Capitaine.gif). It's a "meta" role that simply gets you a second vote on top of your normal role (whatever that may be). The Village Chief gets elected at the beginning; if he's killed, a different person gets elected, and so forth. See [here](http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/index.php?title=Werewolf#Village_Chief).  
> **username_2**: Just noticed that in [this answer](http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/81/what-extra-roles-have-you-used-with-werewolves/1166#1166) to a related question, he's referred to as the Sheriff.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2011-03-02. Score: 2

Our box set has the Little Girl, and it works fine.

Advantages:
The Little Girl (with a little skill/luck) can find most (if not all) of the Warewolves. How many depends on where they're sitting relative to the wolves.

Disadvantages:
If you get caught, you're dead - and since everyone else is sitting still, your ability to look around is limited.
You still need to convince people. And the more you let on that you *know* they're the Wolf, the more likely you are to get eaten the next night. (I suppose the Wolves could just look at you really closely, but my experience is they just get eaten in retaliation).


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-09-03. Score: 0

To add to the other answers, one more variant involving the little girl, that can potentially be a lot of fun:

Sometimes, in order to make things more interesting for the villagers, we keep the number of werewolves secret to the players (only the game master knows how many werewolf cards are in the deck). Thus, the village never really knows how close they are to winning (we agree on a specific range before the game, for example "there will be between 3 and 5 werewolves"). In this situation, we have house-ruled that the Little Girl is allowed to full-on open their eyes and look around, thus pretending to be a werewolf. They are, however, not allowed to explicitly vote for killing someone. This requires some acting from the Little Girl and, also, it requires a little trust in the group.

It creates uncertainty for the werewolves, and is just generally a more interesting game.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-11-03. Score: -1

We do use the card Little Girl, but with different role.   
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/FNYFu.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/FNYFu.jpg)

She is "Half-wolf". She is a villager from the beginning (villager team). When she is bitten, she becomes a werewolf (werewolf team).


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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-08-29. Score: -1

I agree it’s powerful, to the point of game-breaking. One good peek and the Girl can know who all the werewolves are.

I use a modified version. Once per game, the player can just plain look at one person’s card.


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