Wolves is a pack building strategy game for 2-5 players. The game is a fight for the survival of the fittest, as players try to assemble the largest, most dominant pack by occupying territory, recruiting lone wolves and hunting for prey. However, they must also be careful not to expand too recklessly into the territory dominated by rivals, because here they can seduce the members of their pack.

Decisions are guided by a smart action selection mechanism. For each action, you must turn over territory tiles that match the terrain where you want to perform the action. Actions you take on double-sided tiles this round determine what types of terrain you can take actions on in the next round. As you expand your pack's control over each region, you'll also improve your pack's attributes, allowing you to perform even more aggressive actions as the game progresses.

In three in-game scoring phases, players calculate which of them has the upper hand in each region. At the end of the game, players tally up the victory point tokens earned in the scoring phases, as well as the highest victory points achieved on the six scoring lanes of the player board. The player with the most victory points wins!