let’s play our way through the darkness

How do we expand joy, embrace disorientation, and become more alive — together?

In the universe of the Long Night Games,

the winter is different.

The stars, for one thing. All of the constellations have different shapes and strange names. And the moons — nobody can agree on how many there are — wax and wane on their own mysterious schedule.

Then there’s the way the air feels. Everything crisper, a little more charged, with flickers of motion at the edge of your vision that disappear when you turn to look.

Standing in your regular kitchen, stirring regular soup, you might wonder why that matters. Tasting for salt, you might even ask out loud: “What does any of that have to do with me?”

That’s when you hear the train whistle in the distance — like an answer, like an invitation.

The trains around here haven’t run for years. 

And then, faintly, a coyote howls back. 

Coyote?! Surely not a coyote. There aren’t any coyotes in these parts… are there?

Maybe not in your regular town, in a regular winter.

But this is the Long Night Games. 

And they’re calling to you. 

Don’t even put down the spoon. Fling open the door and go.

Give yourself or someone else Eleven weeks (solstice thru equinox) of otherworldly invitations, ticklish ideas, half-baked schemes, & other ways to play

Note: Long Night Games ran from Winter Solstice 2020 through Spring Equinox 2021 (Northern Hemisphere times). You can subscribe yourself or a friend with the form below and receive the archived games via email; you will also be added to our list for future mailings. The games also live here, on this website; visit the top menu to wander. 

• a gift tag introducing Long Night Games

• a welcome letter

• 11 games, approximately one every week between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox

• an epilogue letter

All will be delivered via digital post.

If it turns out that Long Night Games isn’t a fit, it’s easy to unsubscribe.

We’re so glad you’re playing the Long Night Games! If you also wish to contribute to the development & costs of the project, you can do that below, with our deep thanks and appreciation.

Long Night Games can be given and received freely

Just by playing the Long Night Games, you expand the amount of joy, disorientation, and attention in the world. If it would feel good to support Long Night Games in other ways as well, you can do that here!