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Night of the Ninja

#306321BGG ↗

2021 · 4-11 players · 30min · weight 1.84 · 1,837 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
306321
Name
Night of the Ninja
Year
2021
Rank
2258
Min players
4
Max players
11
Playing time
30
Min playtime
15
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.8378
Num weights
37
Bayes avg
6.19194
Average
7.15466
Users rated
1837
Num owned
3427
Wanting
76
Wishing
912
Num comments
310
Fetched at
Sat May 02 2026 15:54:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Closed DraftingHidden RolesTeam-Based Game
Categories (3)
BluffingDeductionParty Game
Description (1385 chars)

Night of the Ninja is a fast-paced game of deadly secrets, midnight assassinations, and paper-thin alliances. In Night of the Ninja, your mission is to defeat a rival ninja House ...if you can figure out who they are! Each round, you choose your ninja role: a Spy or Fortune Teller gains valuable information, but only a Shinobi or Blind Assassin can cut down an opponent. To win, you’ll have to trick your opponents, figure out who can’t be trusted, and fight for your House! Night of the Ninja supports 4-11 players, and a single round can play out within 5 minutes. Created by Justin Gary (Ascension, Shards of Infinity), it's designed to appeal to anyone from novice gamers to social deduction enthusiasts. Every card features papercraft art by Ben Charman, intricately hand-cut and photographed to create a unique, evocative visual style. Night of the Ninja offers several twists on the social deduction genre. The team-based play means you can win Honor even if you die, as long as your House prevails. Each round begins by drafting Ninja cards, and no role is strictly better than others. The deadliest cards are also the last to be played, and gathering information can be as valuable as assassinating another player. Night of the Ninja contains everything needed for up eleven players: 33 Ninja cards, 11 House cards, 11 Player standees, and 35 Honor tokens.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.