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Rules assistance for GROWL: Madness + Plagues
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 4–10 players
- 15–25 min
- 10+
Rules assistant for GROWL: Madness + Plagues
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GROWL: Madness + Plagues is an expansion for GROWL released in 2021 for 4–10 players, 15–25 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Joey Vigour and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Deduction, and Acting.
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About the game
While previous expansions have given players more cards and special abilities, MADNESS focuses on the social in social deduction. Madness replaces the regular Bite cards with a deck of psychosis-spreading bites. Wolves and humans can observe the spread of the madness to deduce who is on their team. Madness is contagious.... PLAGUES Plagues adds 10 new spells and replaces Night and Final Night cards with 12 apocalyptic Plague cards. Plagues trigger awful ongoing repercussions for the players accused of the most heresy. On your turn you may give a Plague token to a player you suspect is not on your team. When a Plague Night is revealed, everyone flips over unrevealed tokens and the player or players who have the most heresy become victims of the plague! Depending on the plague, the "heretic" players gain new, tougher, victory conditions. Some plagues can even turn the heretics into a new faction! —description from the publisher
Designers
Publishers
- Vigour Games
Questions and answers
GROWL: Madness + Plagues supports 4–10 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for GROWL: Madness + Plagues is 15–25 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists GROWL: Madness + Plagues for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
GROWL: Madness + Plagues belongs to these categories: Party Game, Negotiation, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Deduction, and Acting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of GROWL: Madness + Plagues are: Joey Vigour. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists GROWL: Madness + Plagues as an expansion for GROWL. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need GROWL to use it. Check that your edition of GROWL is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.