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A brother in a yellow hood carries a lantern and a book down a candlelit abbey hall and glances back. Four brothers watch from the sides, and a dark figure with red eyes stands in the far doorway.

Compline Games

Catholic-inspired games, made with reverence.

Start with Condemn the Heretic, a free abbey mystery to play alone or with friends.

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Condemn the Heretic

Night falls on a closed abbey. The brothers keep their duties by candlelight, but a hidden heretic walks among them, leading souls astray.

Gather up to seven friends on your phones, or play alone with computer brothers. Keep your duties, watch who goes where, then ring the bell and meet in council. Weigh every account, decide whom to trust, and condemn the heretic before the abbey falls.

  • 4 to 8 brothers, bots included
  • Phones and browsers
  • A solo story
  • Three monasteries
  • Free
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The brothers gathered round the cloister fountain at the start of a night, each with his name above his hood
A brother stands before the votive candles in the chapel, about to begin his duty
Keep your duties by candlelight.
A council after a discovered habit, with each brother's account of what he saw
Compare accounts. Decide whom to trust.
Two brothers meet on the footbridge of the Riverside Priory by lantern light
Watch who crosses your path.
Arius sings in the refectory as a brother hurries to reach him before his song ends
Face Arius in the first story chapter.

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How a night unfolds

  1. I

    Gather the brothers

    One player hosts a game and shares the room code, invite link or QR. Friends join from their phones, and bots fill any empty seats.

  2. II

    Keep the night

    Each brother receives a secret role. The faithful keep their duties around the abbey while the heretic works in the shadows.

  3. III

    Condemn the heretic

    Ring the cloister bell to call a council. Share what you saw, question each account, and vote. Choose wrongly, and the innocent pay.

Ways to play

Classic

The faithful win by voting out every heretic or by finishing the abbey's duties. Larger games can hide two heretics.

Confession

One faithful brother is secretly the Confessor. A faithful brother who goes to confession is guarded from the heretic's Influence until the next council. The seal is kept: the Confessor learns nothing about his penitent.

The Hours

The chapel bell calls the brothers to Compline, Matins and Lauds, and the abbey notes who stays away. The faithful win at dawn or by uncovering the heretic. Finished duties do not end the night.

Spiritual Battle

Corruption spreads from brother to brother. Restore the corrupted before corruption overwhelms the abbey.

The novice's story

Play alone through a free first chapter: three nights and two mysteries at St. Anselm Abbey, ending in a night against Arius himself. More chapters are on the way. There is also practice with seven computer brothers, tonight's vigil and a casebook of twelve short cases.

Family and parish nights

Family night gives everyone ready-made lines in place of typing and a gentle verdict on every device. Parish night sets up the simplest game in one tap, with a short script for the host to read aloud while the phones join.

The faith is never the joke. The heresy is the enemy, and the brotherhood is worth saving.
The studio

Named for the Church's night prayer

Compline is the Church's night prayer, the last of the day, prayed before the great silence of the night.

Compline Games is an independent studio in Colorado. We make games rooted in the Catholic imagination: monasteries and kingdoms, prayer and duty, loyalty and betrayal. We want them to be fun first and faithful throughout, games you can play with friends and family.

Noctem quietam et finem perfectum concedat nobis Dominus omnipotens.

May the Lord almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end. A traditional blessing from Compline

More games are in the works

New candles are being lit. Play Condemn the Heretic tonight, and check back for what comes next.

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