# Play Sasabonsam

> Everybody hides in the yard. Every round Sasabonsam searches one place, and anyone hiding there is taken. The last one hiding sees the sunrise. Play with anyone, or yard against yard.

Section: Games · Updated: 2026-10-05
URL: https://commonyard.app/guides/play-sasabonsam/

Sasabonsam followed the drums out of the forest. Everybody playing hides behind something in the yard. Every round it searches one place, and anyone hiding there is taken. There are fewer places to hide each round, and the last one hiding wins.

## Join a night

1. Tap **GAMES**, then the **TEAMS** door, and tap **Sasabonsam** — or open a link a friend sent you.
2. Under **OPEN NIGHTS**, tap one to step into its lobby.
3. Wait for the night to start. The lobby shows who has joined, and how many more it needs.
4. When the round starts, tap a place to hide. One tap and you're hidden there — you can't move once you've picked.
5. Sasabonsam searches. If it finds you, you're out; if not, hide again for the next round.

![The Sasabonsam lobby: the players who have joined and the wait for the night to start](https://commonyard.app/guides/img/sasabonsam-lobby.webp "The lobby fills up before the hunt begins.")

## Start a night

1. Tap **START A NIGHT** on the Sasabonsam page, or tap the round **+**, choose **Play** and pick **Sasabonsam**.
2. **What kind of night?** **Public survival** — the last one hiding wins — or **Yard vs Yard** — the last yard standing wins.
3. **Who plays?** **Anyone** with the link, or **Your yard**, for its members only.
4. Choose whether to **List it on Games**, so anybody can find it and join, or keep it to people with your link.
5. **When does it start?** **When I say** — you press start — or **At a set time**, and it starts itself.
6. Create it, then tap **Invite people** in the lobby to send the link.

## Good to know

- A public night needs 5 players to start; up to 100 can hide.
- In **Yard vs Yard**, everybody picks the yard they hide for as they join. It needs two yards with at least three players each.
- A night for your yard made by a member waits for one of the yard's admins to allow it.
- The host can **Call it off** before the hunt begins.
- Tap **Hear the story again** for the tale of Sasabonsam.