Heist. 3 to 6 players, or solo. One evening, New Year's Eve, 7pm to just after the bells. Works as a party game.

The Midnight Job

Thirty years ago an Edinburgh art dealer conned Mags's gran out of a painting. Tonight it hangs in his house, at his Hogmanay party, and Mags's crew are going to walk out with it while everyone watches the fireworks.

At 9pm Mags texts the crew: Vane knows. Someone's sold us. You go at midnight.

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Mags
Vane knows. Someone's sold us.

Tell me when it opens.

The Midnight Job runs New Year's Eve 2027. Leave your email and we'll send you one message when The Midnight Job opens. Nothing else unless you ask.

Your weekend, roughly.

You can still go to the shops. The busy stretches are Saturday morning, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.

  1. 7pmThe briefing, in the crew chat.
  2. 9pmVane knows. A canvas, an inbox, a phone call to London and a staff door.
  3. 11:30pmEveryone in one chat, live. Who sold you out?
  4. MidnightThe bells. The job, one way or another.

Six people in the lodge. One of them knows.

They'll all be in your phone by Saturday lunchtime. Each player was closest to someone different, so each of you hears different secrets.

  • Mags DoigThe planner. It's her gran's painting.
  • Dougie DoigHer brother. Drives.
  • Sorcha BainInside, with the caterers.
  • Fergus LaingVane's butler for twenty years. Sacked in the spring.