The Last Scribe
Daniel 6 · 28 verses · Babylon under the Medes
Daniel 6 as a game: the decree, the open window and the lions’ den
Stand in Babylon when Daniel is past eighty, set over the whole realm, and watched by men who can find no fault in him except his God. See the decree signed, the window left open, the stone sealed, and the morning the king ran to the den.
No download. Plays in any modern browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Revelation 1 and the Baptism of Jesus are free to try first.
What you will see
One night in Babylon, told from the plot to the morning
You arrive as a Scribe, sent to witness the chapter and write it down. Daniel 6 is one map you can walk end to end, and the people of the chapter stand on it: Daniel, King Darius, the governors who plot against him, and the angel of the den. Each speaks only from their own verses, so what you hear is the chapter, in order.
Five things wait to be found. Read the clay tablet with the decree the governors wrote for one man: no petition to any god or man for thirty days, save to the king. Find the window Daniel left open toward Jerusalem, the den with the king’s seal on its stone, the palace where Darius would have no music that night, and the second decree he sent to all the earth. The quest takes you through them in the chapter’s order.
The deliverance is told as Daniel tells it: “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths.” When you have seen it all, step into the quiz zone and fifteen questions ask what you saw.
The chapter, in order
The quest, Windows Open Toward Jerusalem, has seven steps, and they follow the chapter in order. Nothing is added to the text; the steps are a way of making sure you miss none of it.
- See Daniel promoted above the governors and satraps
- Witness the plot of the governors against Daniel
- Watch the king sign the irrevocable decree
- Pray with Daniel at the open window toward Jerusalem
- See the stone sealed over the lions’ den
- Witness the angel shut the lions’ mouths
- Hear Darius publish the decree of reverence to the living God
Who you meet
Five people and voices stand in the chapter. Each speaks only from their own place in the chapter.
- Daniel, the Aged Intercessor — the prophet in his eighties, who tells you of his office, his habit of prayer and the night in the den.
- Darius the Mede — the king who signed the decree, could not undo it, and “laboured till the going down of the sun” to save Daniel.
- The Conspiring Governors — the presidents and princes who could find “none occasion nor fault” in Daniel and so turned to the law of his God.
- The Angel of the Den — the messenger God sent to shut the lions’ mouths (6:22).
- The Interpretation Angel — a guide who sets Daniel 6 beside Daniel 3, the furnace and the den, one decree to worship and one forbidding prayer.
What you find
Walk up to any of these and the game reads you the verses it comes from, in the King James Version.
- The Irrevocable Decree (Daniel 6:7–9)
- The Open Window Toward Jerusalem (Daniel 6:10)
- The Lions’ Den (Daniel 6:17)
- The Sleepless Palace (Daniel 6:18)
- Darius’s Second Decree (Daniel 6:25–26)
The verse at the open window
“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” Daniel 6:10, King James Version
Every verse the game quotes is the KJV. Where a character speaks in their own words, the dialogue is written from the chapter and checked against our doctrinal rules before release. The about page says plainly how we read the Bible.
Try five of the fifteen
Daniel 6 quiz questions, with answers
Five real questions from the Daniel 6 quiz, in the game's own words. In the game the options are shuffled every time, and you need 70% to pass.
1. For how many days did the decree forbid petitioning any god or man except the king?
- One year
- Forty days
- Seven days
- Thirty days
Show the answer
D. Thirty days “Whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.”
2. How did Daniel respond when he knew the decree had been signed?
- He fled from Babylon
- He stopped praying for thirty days only
- He went home and knelt at his open windows toward Jerusalem three times a day as was his custom
- He closed his windows and prayed secretly in his cellar
Show the answer
C. He went home and knelt at his open windows toward Jerusalem three times a day as was his custom “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.”
3. How was the mouth of the den sealed?
- With a net of chains
- With a door of iron
- With wooden beams nailed across the mouth
- With a stone sealed with the king’s signet and with the signets of his lords
Show the answer
D. With a stone sealed with the king’s signet and with the signets of his lords “A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.” A detail that foreshadows the sealed tomb of Christ in Matthew 27:66.
4. What did Darius do through the night while Daniel was in the den?
- He signed a second decree nullifying the first
- He fasted, refused musicians, and could not sleep
- He consulted with his wise men
- He celebrated his own power
Show the answer
B. He fasted, refused musicians, and could not sleep “Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.”
5. According to Daniel, how was he preserved from the lions?
- Daniel had a secret weapon with him
- The lions had been fed beforehand
- A fire kept the lions at bay
- God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths
Show the answer
D. God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me.” The same Angel of the covenant who walked with the three in the furnace shut the mouths of the lions.
Right answers pay 10 XP each and a perfect score pays 50 more. In a room, everyone answers the same quiz and sees how the others did. More on how the quiz works.
Chapter facts
- 28
- verses, every one covered by something you see, hear or read
- 15
- quiz questions, each tied to a verse
- 5
- people and voices to speak with
- 5
- things to find and read
- 1–6
- players in a room; solo play is fine too
- KJV
- every verse quoted from the King James Version
How to play it
- Open the game in your browser and make an account. A child under 13 gives a parent's email instead of their own, and the parent confirms before the child can play with anyone else; see the page for parents.
- Play the short intro story in the Archivery, the library where the Scribe finds the Book. It is free and takes a few minutes.
- Open the world map and choose Daniel 6. To play with others, start a room and share its code, which looks like SCRIBE-7K4P2Q; up to six people can join from their own devices.
- Walk the map, speak with everyone, read everything, then step into the quiz zone.
Free, and with a subscription
Daniel 6 is part of the subscription ($9.99 a month or $79.99 a year). Chapters open in Bible order along a road through the books, era by era, so Daniel 6 opens when you reach Daniel on that road; nobody skips ahead. See pricing.
Free forever, for every player: the intro story, Revelation 1, the story scene The Baptism of Jesus, and four open lands to walk with other players: the City of the Last Days, the Garden of Eden, Judea in the days of Jesus, and Patmos and the Seven Churches. Revelation 1 is a good first chapter to try before you subscribe.
More to play
- Before: Daniel 5 — Stand in the king’s palace on the last night of Babylon, when Belshazzar drinks from the vessels of God’s house.
- Every chapter and story with a page: the list of what you can play.
Kneel at the open window.
Daniel 6 takes about twenty minutes alone, a little longer with friends in a room.
Start with the free chapters