Nightcup

Nightcup is a digital collection of games played at a shared table. You can choose a game, fill empty seats with bots or open a lobby for Steam friends. It includes four games: Dice Poker, No Hard Feelings, Kolonisten and Solitaire.

The games

In Dice Poker, up to six players roll five dice, with three attempts per turn, and fill in 13 boxes on a score pad. The pad includes a bonus for a strong upper half; you can keep some dice and reroll the rest.

No Hard Feelings is a race to get your four pieces to the finish. Landing on another player’s piece sends it home. Alongside the classic rules, Bombs and Portals modes change how pieces move: a piece stopping on a bomb returns home, while a piece entering a portal jumps a quarter of the way around the board. Six optional house rules include barriers, forced captures and three rolls when you are blocked.

In Kolonisten, you settle a newly discovered island by gathering resources through dice rolls, trading with the bank, harbours or other players, and building your realm. You can play a fixed beginner map or explore islands with sea routes, random maps, numbers, harbours, knights and trade goods. It supports up to six players and includes a map editor for creating islands.

Solitaire offers Klondike for one player, with draw-one or draw-three rules. In its multiplayer race, everyone receives the same deal, and the first player to clear the board wins.

Play at the table

You can open a Steam lobby for friends to join by invitation, through their friends list or through the server browser. Local network play is also supported. Bots can fill empty seats, play complete games and be set to one of three difficulty levels. All four games use the same table, dice, cards and pieces, so you can switch between them without long loading screens.

The collection includes four complete games with rules that play through to the end. It is in alpha, with further work focused on polish and comfort.