The Midnight Express
A missing star. Three passengers. Two linked routes. A promise that follows you home.
Play chapter one ↗THE YARNFIRE CHRONICLES / SEASON ONE
Play the mystery. Keep the stories. Open the book together.
Begin The Midnight Express ↗Playable preview · One device · Music and guide preselected
Earn 10 crew points the first time you complete each different game. Replays and editing keepsakes never award extra completion points. This is a local prototype, without account sync.
A missing star. Three passengers. Two linked routes. A promise that follows you home.
Play chapter one ↗A botanical fantasy about a town whose memories bloom into flowers.
Next quarterly release · date to be announcedA retro science-fiction broadcast carrying clues from your crew’s future.
Following quarter · planned conceptAn expedition built around the places and traditions your group invented.
Following quarter · planned conceptRelease plan: 15 new games each quarter, led by one story arc with companion reading and workbook activities. Future chapters and dates are not yet released.
FROM SCREEN TO TABLE
Role cards, evidence notes, the council’s decision, a season passport and a page for your next inside joke.
Download sample PDF ↓11-page illustrated sample · US Letter · home-print friendly
A short original story to read before and after play, with both endings and conversation prompts.
Download sample PDF ↓7-page illustrated sample · includes clearly marked ending spoilers
Subscriptions are not live. Sample PDFs are free. Pricing and account access are still being configured.
Planned print editions: a bound crew workbook and illustrated read-aloud book, sold separately from Pro. Preview the interiors above before publication.
No physical product or checkout is available yet.WIN TOGETHER. NOTICE EACH OTHER.
Celebrate both solutions and the people who make the room better. Host-awarded points are separate from automatic crew progress.
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Add your crew, then award points for teamwork, creativity and puzzle solving.
Invite a quieter voice, explain a clue or help the group move forward.
A memorable story detail or a surprising interpretation.
A solution the player can explain to the whole group.
Rewards are optional group rituals, not cash, prizes or paid benefits. Ties share the spotlight. Points and nicknames remain in this browser; use Export to keep a copy.
A SEASON OF SHARED DISCOVERIES
Complete different games to fill your season goals. Replays never inflate the counters. There are no streak deadlines or lost rewards.
THE PEOPLE MAKE THE STORY
Preserve today’s scoreboard leaders as a named crew honor. Ties share the spotlight. This archive belongs to this browser.
INVITE ANOTHER CIRCLE / PREVIEW
Proposed referral benefit: earn one Pro month when an eligible new member joins through your invitation and completes their first paid month.
Prototype only: this browser-generated code is not redeemable, no invitation is sent automatically, and no Pro credit is earned here. Account identity, referral attribution, eligibility rules, payment confirmation and billing credits must be connected before launch. No credit card or friend’s contact details are collected.
THE WORLD REMEMBERS YOUR CREW
Bring saved discoveries back through the existing story thread. The long-term series is designed around shared lore, physical clue pages and seasonal callbacks—not just a larger question bank.
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