Oct 26 – November 2, 2026
Halloween Nights
Eight nights of harvest lanterns at Elmbrook Farm, and one mask that will not stay put.
A new case opens each night from October 26 until November 2, rising from an Easy 5×5 to an Expert 8×8.
Night 1 is open now as a preview.
Play this case and the whole casebook in the app, free on iPhone, iPad and Android.
The eight nights
- Night 1: The First LanternElmbrook Farm lit the first lantern of harvest week at the orchard gate.
- Night 2: The Wager at the Cider PressTwo neighbours bet a barrel of cider on whose pumpkin was heavier.
- Night 3: The Empty HookThe painted mask for the lantern procession was gone from its hook in the barn.
- Night 4: The Stranger in the Fox MaskA stranger in a fox mask joined the apple picking, though nobody had invited him.
- Night 5: The Scarecrow in the Wrong FieldBy morning the prize scarecrow stood in the wrong field, wearing someone else’s scarf.
- Night 6: The Forty-First LanternForty lanterns went up the hill for the procession, and forty-one came down.
- Night 7: The Mask in the HayloftThe missing mask turned up in the hayloft, freshly painted in someone else’s colours.
- Night 8: The Last BonfireOn the last night the whole village gathered at the bonfire, and the fox mask came too.
New on the board
Pumpkins, scarecrows, gravestones and cauldrons block their cells. A suspect can sit on a hay bale.
Hay bale · Scarecrow · Gravestone · Cauldron · Pumpkin
In the app, each night's case is free on its own night. Finish all eight to earn the Lantern badge.