Game rules and strategy

Movie Night

Seven categories. One fitting movie each. A smaller coverage score makes a deeper cut.

Play Movie Night · Rules, scoring and catalogue limits

Movie Battle

Open the arena · Classic, online and Royale rules

Long Shot

Choose a condition. Type a country. Land the points.

Play Long Shot · Rules and worked example

Earlier original games

• Double Take

  Untangle two familiar films from one original mashup. Two answers, two little victories.

  Rules and worked lesson

• One More

  Find an answer, then decide whether to risk it on a tighter condition. Knowing when to stop counts.

  Rules and worked lesson

• Alibi

  Open the evidence, connect the records and find the statement that cannot be true.

  Rules and worked lesson

• Read the Room

  Secretly pick a side, pass the phone, then discover how badly you misread your friends.

  Rules and worked lesson

• Time Capsule

  Inspect a little collection from the past. Spot the objects that arrived from its future.

  Rules and worked lesson

• Film Festival

  Build a programme from a shared hand of films. Using the obvious pick may block your finale.

  Rules and worked lesson

The classic collection

Learn a useful first move, recognise common mistakes and put the idea into practice. These guides match the games on Solve Meadow, rather than assuming every edition has the same rules.

• Block Puzzle

  Earn points by filling complete rows or columns.

  Learn the rules · Play now

• Water Sort

  Make five full tubes of a single colour, leaving two empty.

  Learn the rules · Play now

• 2048

  Make a 2048 tile.

  Learn the rules · Play now

• Sudoku

  Fill every row, column and thick-bordered box with 1–9.

  Learn the rules · Play now

• Solitaire

  Move all 52 cards to the four Ace piles.

  Learn the rules · Play now

• Movie Groups

  Find four sets of four films, grouped by director.

  Learn the rules · Play now

• Movie Clues

  Answer five multiple-choice film questions.

  Learn the rules · Play now

• Movie Link Battle

  Keep the movie chain going until the computer cannot reply.

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New to the collection? Read how daily play and saved progress work.