Seven Murders Til Midnight

Your sanity is tracked as a game of Hangman, which feels about right.

Somebody is killing people, one a day, and there are seven days until midnight. You are a detective, a reporter or simply a concerned citizen who has decided this is now your problem, and the killer may well be anticipating your moves. Seven Murders Til Midnight is a solo modern-crime horror game from Absurdist Productions, a 118-page softcover that follows on from their earlier solo game Transformation and uses the same system.

A standard deck of playing cards sets each murder scene, the clues the killer leaves, the events of your investigation and the strain it puts on you, and you write a journal entry for each day. Two resources matter: Clues and Sanity. When midnight arrives on day seven, those two numbers decide how it ends, and the Hangman drawing in the margin decides how you felt about it.

Please note: you will need a standard deck of playing cards, a pen and a journal. Recommended for adults.

Perfect for: Anyone who has watched an entire true-crime series in one weekend and quietly believed they would have solved it by episode three.

1 player | Solo journaling | Age 18+