2023 · Level Up Board Gamez
Midnight Hero enables couples to find greater pleasure by using competition to reconcile different preferences and re-introduce novelty. You will take a journey with your companion to learn what makes them excited and what they shy away from. This game is not for the timid, because the real-life outcome of your evening is shaped through competition rather than the standard formula.
While this game cannot solve all barriers to intimacy (health issues, sleepless nights with kids, or wider relationship issues as examples), it is designed to help break down common barriers to sexual intimacy in healthy relationships. Some of those common barriers are:
Initiation of sex can be an awkward song and dance
Switching from everyday life to being intimate can be a difficult transition
Trying new things can be intimidating, and for some it is hard to even know what to do
Sexual preferences often differ and those differences are frequently ignored rather than explored.
The game is played in 3 phases
In phase 1 you play a game of would you rather.
Step 1: Deal 10 cards to each player from the foundation building deck
Step 2: Player 1 reads 2 cards at a time from their deck to player 2 (tip do not show cards while reading)
Step 3: Player 2 selects their preferred card and the remaining card goes to player 1. The cards should be distributed face down.
Step 4: Player 1 repeats steps 2-3 until all cards from their hand are distributed.
Step 5: Player 2 now follows the same steps 2-4
Step 6: Both players turn their cards face up and organize by color
Phase 2 you’re playing to get to 9 points first.
The board needs to be set up with the bonus cards up top while the scoring cards are in a pile with 5 cards turned over just below that. The moonlight tokens are stacked below the scoring cards and 2 blocking tokens are given to both players.
The player who has the next birthday starts. If this isn’t your first time playing, the loser from the previous round starts.
A player has 2 options for their turn.
Option 1: Select 3 moonlight tokens (or 2 of the same color if there are 4 or more of the same color available)
Option 2: purchase a scoring card
The Scoring cards and foundation cards subsidize future purchases by discounting the purchase price by the number of cards you have.
When a scoring card is purchased the point value purchased is in the upper right hand corner. The first player to 9 points wins the phase.
Players may also use their blocking token during their turn. This does not count as their turn, however it removes the scoring card from the line up.
If a wild card is drawn the scoring cards that have not been purchased need to be reshuffled.
Bonus cards contain no point value and are earned when a player obtains the minimum of scoring cards displayed on the bonus card. The bonus card holder may be different than the Midnight Hero (winner of phase 2) however the Midnight Hero collects any remaining bonus card
