Home by Midnight
2–10 players · ~60 min
Every game, unlimited · or play once for $30
It is Christmas Eve and the snow has not stopped since supper. Marta, the village toymaker, has gone down to the station to meet the midnight train and bring the late guests home. She left your team in her house with one job: get it ready for Christmas before the church strikes twelve. The fire is low, the tree is dark and frost has sealed the front door.
Marta never does anything the easy way. Her parlour and her study are full of small puzzles that only open for a team that talks. While one player reads, another is already searching the next room. Everyone walks through the same house, and whatever one of you finds goes into Marta's household book for the rest. Most of the game happens in conversation.
Home by Midnight is the warm room in our Christmas line-up. There is no monster, no countdown and no way to lose, only a fire that likes to be fed. It suits a team holiday party or an evening with friends who want an hour of cosy puzzling. It runs in the browser on a laptop with a mouse and keyboard, and nobody needs to download anything.
How to play
Step 1
Join with one link
The host shares a link. Open it in Chrome or Edge on a laptop, type your name and wait in the hall until the host starts the game. Built for 2 to 10 players, best with 4 to 6, and about an hour.
Step 2
Walk and look
Move with W A S D and look around with the mouse. Click to pick something up, read it or use it. The mouse wheel changes what is in your hand.
Step 3
One house, one notebook
Everyone is in the same house at the same time. Clues you find go into Marta's household book on the little table, so call out what you see and check the book often.
Step 4
Hand things over
Each player carries their own things. Right-click puts down what you hold, so a teammate can pick it up. Some moments go faster with more than one pair of hands.
Step 5
Ask Marta for help
Stuck? Press H for one of Marta's postscripts. Each one is a little more specific than the last, and they cost nothing. The host can also send a nudge from the operator panel.
How your group joins
Step 1
Start a room
You get your own room for this game, with one join link for your group.
Step 2
Send the link
Paste it in your group chat, Slack, Teams or the meeting chat. It looks like this:
homebymidnight.playsuperglue.com/s/AB12CD
Step 3
Everyone joins
Players open the link, type a name and they are in. No account and no download. Only you need an account.
Take Home by Midnight with you
The story, the facts and the artwork in a single PDF, ready for your deck or event proposal.
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