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Midnight Brag Before Poker

Three cards. Look or play blind.Watch the stakes double.

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A teaser of Three Card Brag, the clubs and live tables in Midnight Brag.
Midnight Brag / Before PokerLoop

Five clubs. An AI campaign. Live Brag tables.

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The name

Before poker, there was Brag.

Three Card Brag is an old British card game, and one of the games poker grew out of. Three cards each, no draws, no wild cards.

Midnight Brag brings it back to a late-night club where the stakes never sit still. Hence the name: Midnight Brag, Before Poker.

01 / The game

Three cards. A rising stake.

Three cards each, no draws or wild cards. You can look before you commit, or play blind for half the price.

A hand of Three Card Brag being played at the table.
A hand at the tableLoop
The Three Card Brag table and its play controls.
The table, the cards, the choices
  1. 01

    Three cards.

    Three cards each. No draws. No wild cards.

  2. 02

    Look or play blind.

    Blind PLAY costs half the current stake. After LOOK, it costs the full stake.

  3. 03

    The stake doubles.

    After an unraised betting round, the stake doubles.

  4. 04

    Raise doubles it now.

    A Raise doubles the stake immediately.

  5. 05

    Last Stake.

    If PLAY exceeds your remaining stack, commit what you have. Last Stake locks the stake and refunds excess live commitments before one-pot resolution.

The hand ladder

Highest to lowest.

Three threes is the highest prial. A-2-3 is the highest running flush and run.

  1. 01

    Prial

    52 / 22,1000.2353%

  2. 02

    Running flush

    48 / 22,1000.2172%

  3. 03

    Run

    720 / 22,1003.2579%

  4. 04

    Colour / flush

    1,096 / 22,1004.9593%

  5. 05

    Pair

    3,744 / 22,10016.9412%

  6. 06

    High card

    16,440 / 22,10074.3891%

Deal frequencies, not chances of winning a contested hand. Flush excludes running flushes. Suits never break ties.

Both hands revealed at a Three Card Brag showdown.
The showdownLoop
The result of a Three Card Brag hand.
The hand result

02 / Five clubs

Five clubs. One long night.

The Collector sends you after five signed markers. Clear Setup, then Read and Pressure in either order, before challenging the boss to open the next venue.

Each host plays with a different decision style and timing. Bosses race to two leg wins; at the Spire, Harry and Cassia play you together.

The Dive Bar.

Club 01 / Campaign

The Dive Bar

Face Eddie Reeve in The Dive Bar.

Eddie Reeve, host portrait.
Eddie Reeve
The Night Train.

Club 02 / Campaign

The Night Train

Face Vesper in The Night Train.

Vesper, host portrait.
Vesper
The Penthouse Spire.

Club 03 / Campaign

The Penthouse Spire

Face Harry Mercer and Cassia Crowne together in The Penthouse Spire.

Harry Mercer, host portrait.
Harry Mercer
Cassia Crowne, host portrait.
Cassia Crowne
The Orbital Station.

Club 04 / Campaign

The Orbital Station

Face Ilya Voss in The Orbital Station.

Ilya Voss, host portrait.
Ilya Voss
The Drowned Vault: a glass dome sunk on the sea floor with giant jellyfish drifting past, then inside it, under a chandelier of glowing jellyfish and the surface light.

Club 05 / Campaign

The Drowned Vault

Face Mother Nacre in The Drowned Vault.

Mother Nacre, host portrait.
Mother Nacre

03 / The Nexus & live play

Take a seat with other people.

Visit the Nexus, browse live Brag tables, go to a table and buy in at a chair.

Two clients sharing a live Brag room in the Nexus.
The Nexus / live playLoop
The clubs

Resident tables.

Every venue keeps a live Resident table beside its three career tables and boss table.

Your table

Host at Home.

Invite friends or list your Home table in the Nexus. Up to six people total, including you. Visiting is free; playing requires a Coin buy-in at a chair.

Across the table

Talk nearby.

Voice chat in live rooms, with mute controls and a microphone picker on desktop.

Two players in the Nexus hall, one with a name plate overhead.
The Nexus
Two players standing in the Nexus hall beside a Brag table.
The hall, from across the floor

04 / Homes

A room for your evening.

Nine rotation Homes, plus the Settling Room starter. Three rotation Homes are free each day; the starter remains free.

Settling Room.
Settling Room / Starter & tutorial
Glasshouse.
Glasshouse
Sky Palace.
Sky Palace
Reading Room.
Reading Room
SkyLoft.
SkyLoft
Tea House.
Tea House
Back Room.
Back Room
Mooring.
Mooring
Seeing Room.
Seeing Room
Quiet Floor.
Quiet Floor

The Settling Room is the Bench and tutorial destination, alongside the nine rotation rooms in the Home gallery.

A slow tour through the Home rooms.
A tour of HomesLoop

05 / You

Dress for the door.

Customize your avatar at a Home mirror with a 3D wardrobe. Choose hair, clothing, capes, gloves, headwear and eyewear, with supported palette colours.

Changing an avatar outfit at the Home mirror.
At the mirrorLoop
An avatar and wardrobe controls at a Home mirror.
Your look

HOT HAND

Let the streak show.

Unbeaten wins build HOT HAND at 2, 4, 6 and 8 wins. Folding holds the count; a contested loss resets it.

Embers at first, then fire at higher levels. Wins have card pulses, arcs, halos and suit particles, with reduced-motion handling.

HOT HAND effects during an unbeaten streak at the table.
HOT HAND / At the tableLoop

06 / Cups & the Circuit

Play the field. Make your mark.

The Club Cups screen.
Club Cups

32 entrants / AI opponents

Four to a heat.

The top two advance until the Final decides the champion. Progress from Table 1 through Tables 2 and 3 to the boss table for the Final. The bosses do not compete.

Win all five Club Cups to unlock the 32-player AI Circuit Invitational at The Drowned Vault.

The flow of an AI Club Cup.
A Club CupLoop
The Circuit screen with its daily Stamp and missions.
The Circuit

The daily Stamp & missions

A little ink. A few Coins.

Collect a daily stamp on a seven-slot ledger: 100 Coins on slots 1 to 6, 400 on slot 7. Missed days pause your progress.

Three daily mission slots automatically pay 100, 200 and 300 Coins. One uses public live hands when a tier is affordable.

The Circuit Stamp and daily mission screens.
Stamp & missionsLoop

07 / Screens

The club, on screen.

Home screen.
Home
Campaign screen.
Campaign
Friends screen with an invite button beside an online friend.
Friends
Homes screen.
Homes
Android Home screen.
Android / Home
Android Campaign screen.
Android / Campaign

08 / Platforms

VR first. Flat screens too.

  • 01

    Meta Quest

    VR, with snap turning and a peripheral comfort mask during artificial movement.

    Coming soon
  • 02

    PC / Steam

    Windows PC flat or a headset through OpenXR. Flat players can switch walking first/third person and seated views.

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  • 03

    Android

    Three Card Brag on a flat screen.

    Coming soon

The release plan

Cross-play.

Cross-play between Quest/PC VR, PC flat and Android is planned for release, with the same rules and live tables.

Sign-in

By store build.

Native Steam, Meta and Play Games sign-in is planned. Current non-store sign-in uses email and password with in-game email codes.

At the door

A few questions.

When can I play it?

Midnight Brag is coming to Steam for Windows PC, on a flat screen or in a PC VR headset. Wishlist it on Steam and Steam will email you when it launches. Meta Quest and Android versions are coming soon.

What is Three Card Brag?

Three cards each, no draws or wild cards. Play blind for half the current stake, or look and pay the full stake. The stake doubles after an unraised betting round; a Raise doubles it immediately.

Can I play on my own?

The single-player campaign takes you through five venues against AI opponents. Solo encounters can be suspended and resumed. Club Cups are also against AI.

Can I play offline?

Offline AI campaign and Cups are planned for release. Current paid entry requires a connection, so unrestricted offline access is not promised.

How many people fit in a Home?

A Home holds up to six people total, including the host and visitors. Visiting is free; playing requires a Coin buy-in at a chair.

Do I need a VR headset?

No. Midnight Brag is VR-first, with Quest and PC VR, plus flat-screen play on Windows PC and Android.

Is cross-play planned?

Cross-play between Quest/PC VR, PC flat and Android is planned for release, with the same rules and live tables.

How do I sign in?

Native Steam, Meta and Play Games sign-in is planned by store build. Current non-store sign-in uses email and password with in-game email codes.

Do Coins have cash value?

No. Tables use virtual Coins, with no cash value, withdrawal, trading or real-money prizes.

Where do I report a bug or suggest something?

On the Midnight Brag Discord, where #bug-reports, #suggestions and #help are read by the developer.