Jet Lag: The Game

Jet Lag: The Game
Genre	Reality competition Travel
Created by	Sam Denby Adam Chase Ben Doyle
Presented by	Sam Denby Adam Chase Ben Doyle
Original language	English
No. of seasons	14
No. of episodes	80
Production
Executive producers	Sam Denby Adam Chase Ben Doyle Graham Haerther
Running time	20–81 minutes
Production company	Wendover Productions
Original release
Network	Nebula YouTube
Release	May 25, 2022 (2022-05-25) – present

Jet Lag: The Game is an American travel competition web series by Wendover Productions that is published on Nebula and YouTube. Created by and starring Sam Denby, Adam Chase, and Ben Doyle, and launched in May 2022, each season features a contest that sends players to achieve a geographical objective in some part of the world, some of which are inspired by playground and board games. Some seasons feature other content creators as guest competitors, such as Toby Hendy, Michelle Khare, and Tom Scott.

During seasons, episodes are published weekly on Nebula, and a week later on YouTube. As of March 2025, Wendover has produced fourteen seasons of the series, and the channel on YouTube has over 850,000 subscribers. The Jet Lag crew also produces a companion podcast and a set of game components to enable viewers to play one of the games at home. The show was nominated for a Streamy Award in 2023, and received a popular-vote Webby Award in 2025.

Gameplay

Each season features a game structure adapted to the geographic area and transportation modalities available in its filming location. These include requiring the players to visit and claim regions of the United States, Australia, or Europe; circumnavigate the globe via air travel; play tag in sections of Europe; race across New Zealand or the United States; capture flags in Japan; and compete in games of hide-and-seek in Switzerland, Japan, or New York City.

Players must often endure randomly assigned restrictions to progress through the game. These restrictions may be in the form of a challenge – requiring the player to perform a certain task before progressing – or a curse – which restricts their travel or adds a distracting element to the game.

Team format changes across seasons, depending on the structure of the game. In three-player games, two of them form a team, while the other player is on their own, rotating roles when the solo player is caught/found. In seasons where the trio are joined by a guest, Chase and Doyle typically compete as one team, while Denby allies with the guest. The series's guests have included Toby Hendy, Michelle Khare, and Tom Scott, among other content creators.

Production

(Left to right) Ben Doyle, Sam Denby, and Adam Chase, pictured in December 2023, created the show.

Jet Lag: The Game was created by Sam Denby, founder of Wendover Productions and chief content officer of streaming platform Nebula, with writers Adam Chase and Ben Doyle, all of whom compete each season. The first season was released on May 25, 2022. The show is created primarily for streaming on Nebula, which supports its relatively expensive per-video budget. Episodes are released first on Nebula and a week later on YouTube.

Jet Lag's format was partially developed during a previous Wendover Productions show, Half as Interesting's Crime Spree, which had Chase and Doyle pursuing Denby as he attempted to break obscure laws in US states. Denby has also cited The Amazing Race and Taskmaster as inspirations for some of the show's various game mechanics.

Filming locations are chosen based on the availability of "strong, frequent, reliable, or semi-reliable, public transportation", according to Denby; while seasons have taken place partially or completely using cars, the team felt they lack the strategic intrigue of public transit. To address the climate impacts of the show's use of air travel, Wendover purchases Gold Standard carbon offsets worth ten times the show's estimated emissions. "We knew from the get go that we would get some criticism for what is clearly somewhat frivolous travel", Denby told The Globe and Mail.

Most of the video is recorded by the players themselves, using handheld or tripod-mounted phones and wearable microphones, an approach that Denby says allows the competitors to focus on creating content rather than cinematography.

Countries visited

As of season 13, Jet Lag: The Game has featured 27 countries across four continents.

Countries that Jet Lag: The Game has visited are shown in color.

Times visited	Country	Season(s) visited
5	United States	1, 2, 4, 8, 13.5
3	Belgium	3, 7, 13
	France	3, 7, 13
	Germany	3, 7, 13
	Italy	2, 11, 13
	Netherlands	2, 7, 13
	Switzerland	9, 11, 13
2	Australia	2, 10
	Japan	6, 12
1	Austria	13
	Czechia	13
	Denmark	13
	Fiji	2
	Finland	13
	Hungary	13
	Liechtenstein	13
	Lithuania	13
	Luxembourg	7
	Mexico	2
	New Zealand	5
	Norway	13
	Singapore	2
	Slovakia	13
	Slovenia	11
	South Korea	14
	Sweden	13
	United Kingdom	13
	Vatican City	13

Reception

In September 2023, the show surpassed one million hours streamed on Nebula. As of May 2025, the channel has over 880,000 subscribers and 100 million views on YouTube, with many individual episodes exceeding a million views.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2023	13th Streamy Awards	Editing	Nominated
2025	Webby Awards	People's Voice – Reality Unscripted, Video & Film	Won

Seasons

As of April 2025, Jet Lag: The Game has released thirteen complete seasons, plus a two-episode special. The ongoing fourteenth season premiered on June 11, 2025.

Seasons of Jet Lag: The Game

Season	Title	Episodes		Originally released		Location	Guest	Winner(s)	Game
				First released	Last released
1	Connect 4	3		May 25, 2022 (2022-05-25)	June 1, 2022 (2022-06-01)	United States	Brian McManus	Sam Denby & Brian McManus	Connect Four via claiming western US states
2	Circumnavigation	5		June 29, 2022 (2022-06-29)	July 28, 2022 (2022-07-28)	Earth	Joseph Pisenti	Adam Chase & Ben Doyle	Race to circumnavigate the world
3	Tag EUR It	7		September 7, 2022 (2022-09-07)	October 19, 2022 (2022-10-19)	Western Europe	—	Adam Chase	Tag across Western Europe
4	Battle 4 America	5		December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)	January 4, 2023 (2023-01-04)	United States	Brian McManus	Adam Chase & Ben Doyle	Claim the most US states
5	Race to the End of the World	8		March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)	April 19, 2023 (2023-04-19)	New Zealand	Toby Hendy	Sam Denby & Toby Hendy	Drive the length of New Zealand, unlocking paths via challenges
6	Capture the Flag	7		May 31, 2023 (2023-05-31)	July 12, 2023 (2023-07-12)	Japan	Scotty Allen	Adam Chase & Ben Doyle	Capture the flag across Japan, starting in Tokyo
7	Tag EUR It 2	6		September 6, 2023 (2023-09-06)	October 11, 2023 (2023-10-11)	Western Europe	—	Ben Doyle	Tag across Western Europe
8	Arctic Escape	6		December 13, 2023 (2023-12-13)	January 17, 2024 (2024-01-17)	United States	Michelle Khare	Sam Denby & Michelle Khare	A race from Utqiagvik, Alaska to Key West, Florida
9	Hide + Seek	5		February 28, 2024 (2024-02-28)	March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27)	Switzerland	—	Adam Chase	Hide-and-seek across Switzerland
10	Au$tralia	6		May 15, 2024 (2024-05-15)	June 19, 2024 (2024-06-19)	Australia	Toby Hendy	Sam Denby & Toby Hendy	Claim the most regions of Australia
11	Tag EUR It 3	6		August 21, 2024 (2024-08-21)	September 25, 2024 (2024-09-25)	Southern Europe	—	Sam Denby	Tag across Southern Europe
12	Hide + Seek: Japan	7		December 4, 2024 (2024-12-04)	January 15, 2025 (2025-01-15)	Japan	—	Ben Doyle	Hide-and-seek across Japan
13	Schengen Showdown	6		March 5, 2025 (2025-03-05)	April 9, 2025 (2025-04-09)	Schengen Area	Tom Scott	Adam Chase & Ben Doyle	Claim the most countries in the Schengen Area
13.5	Hide + Seek NYC	2		April 23, 2025 (2025-04-23)	April 30, 2025 (2025-04-30)	New York City	Amy Muller	Sam Denby & Ben Doyle	Hide-and-seek across New York City
14	Snake	TBA		June 11, 2025 (2025-06-11)	TBA	South Korea	—	TBA	Snake across the South Korean railway network

Season 1: Connect 4

Season 1 concluded in front of the Montana State Capitol in Helena.

The first season premiered on May 25, 2022. Starting at Chicago O'Hare Airport, Denby and guest Brian McManus of Real Engineering compete against Chase and Doyle to claim the 22 states of the United States west of the Mississippi River in a game of geographical Connect 4, with the goal of claiming 4 states in a row on a direct east–west or north–south line. Teams must travel to their target state's capitol building, draw a challenge card at random, then successfully complete it to claim that state for their team.

By the end of the game, Chase and Doyle had claimed Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming, whereas Denby and McManus had claimed California, Nevada, and Idaho. Both teams ultimately converged at Helena, Montana to complete their line of four states, with Denby and McManus drawing a card that allowed them to claim the state immediately, thereby connecting four states and winning the game.

Season 2: Circumnavigation

Season 2 began and ended at the flagpole in front of Denver Union Station.

The second season premiered on June 29, 2022. Starting and finishing at Denver Union Station in Denver, Colorado, Denby and Joseph Pisenti (host of the YouTube channel RealLifeLore) compete against Chase and Doyle to be the first to circumnavigate the world. To count as a circumnavigation, each team must travel at least 22,859 mi (36,788 km) and cross all meridians. Teams started with a US$1,000 travel budget and could earn more by completing challenges selected from a deck of cards. Once a team completed a challenge, the same challenge cannot be completed by the opposing team. To encourage onward travel, the second challenge completed within a 300 mi (480 km) radius is worth half the stated value, and any subsequent challenge is worth one quarter of its stated value.

During the game, though the two teams took different routes across the world (Denby and Pisenti via Cancún and Amsterdam; Chase and Doyle via New York City and Milan), they both reached Singapore on the same day. Here, both teams aimed to complete some of the same challenges, with Chase and Doyle succeeding in completing several of them before Denby and Pisenti were able to do so. Denby and Pisenti were stranded in Singapore due to an inadequate budget to travel on, while Chase and Doyle were able to finish the journey back to Denver via Sydney, Nadi, and Los Angeles to win the game.

Season 3: Tag EUR It

Seasons 3 and 7 began at the Place Ducale in Charleville-Mézières.

The third season premiered on September 7, 2022. Starting at the Place Ducale in Charleville-Mézières, France, Denby, Chase and Doyle play a game of tag. Taking turns being "it", the runner must attempt to reach their destination: Zermatt, Switzerland for Denby; Jersey for Chase; and Borkum, Germany for Doyle. After 45 minutes the other two players begin to pursue the runner with the goal of tagging them. The chasers can track the runner using GPS tracking. The runner must complete challenges drawn randomly from a deck of cards to earn coins, which are then used to purchase transport, with the cost based on time and mode. The runner can veto any challenge (i.e. refuse to complete it) at the cost of a 30-minute penalty, during which they may only move on foot and cannot draw new challenges. They can also purchase power-ups, such as turning their tracker off for 10 minutes. A player wins instantly once they reach their destination. In the event that no player has reached their destination at the end of the third day, the winner is determined by whoever's destination is closest to the current runner.

Towards the end of the game, Chase, the runner at the time, made his way to the Champagne-Ardenne TGV station in Bezannes, France, 3 mi (4.8 km) into his win area. Chase, knowing that time in the game was running out, immediately ventured out into the surrounding countryside to make it difficult for the chasers to reach him. Denby and Doyle, taking a taxi, managed to catch Chase and tag him, but Doyle as the new runner could not escape Chase's win area in time, and the game ended with a victory for Chase.

Season 4: Battle 4 America

Season 4 concluded shortly after Chase and Doyle reached Ketchikan, Alaska.

The fourth season premiered on December 7, 2022. Starting in Times Square, New York City, Denby and Brian McManus, returning as a guest for the first time since Season 1, compete against Chase and Doyle to claim the most US states (plus the District of Columbia) in four days. Both teams have a travel budget of US$3,000, with an extra US$1,000 added at the beginning of each day. Both teams draw a hand of seven cards, each containing a challenge. To claim a state, they must complete the challenge on one of their cards while in the state; once completed, the card is discarded and a new card is drawn to replace it. Each completed challenge also awards a number of tokens which can be used to purchase power-ups, such as the ability to swap two cards with the opposing team or cross into another state by car, which is otherwise only allowed through a flight or public transportation. A team can steal a state from the opposing team by challenging the opposing team to a battle, provided they have claimed two bordering states. After a 30-minute warning, a competitive challenge is drawn from a separate deck; the winner of the challenge is awarded the state and the opposing team cannot challenge for the state again. At the end of the four days, each team earns one point for every state they hold, with a two-point area bonus awarded to the team that holds the largest land area; the team with the most points is the winner.

Denby and McManus, losing a battle challenge for Maryland early in the game and gradually trailing in the number of claimed states in general, decided to base their strategy around obtaining the two-point area bonus, claiming the large states of Texas and California. After competing with Chase and Doyle to claim Arizona, Denby and McManus initiated a battle challenge for the Chase and Doyle-held state of Nevada, which would have tied the game in the event that Denby and McManus succeeded. The result of this challenge was decided by popular vote on Twitter, which Chase and Doyle won. Chase and Doyle eventually flew to claim the state of Alaska, putting the two-point area bonus firmly out of reach of Denby and McManus, who acknowledged their defeat soon afterward, losing by a combined score of 9 to 14.

Season 5: Race to the End of the World

Toby Hendy was the guest competitor for seasons 5 and 10.

The fifth season premiered on March 1, 2023. Starting in Cape Reinga (the most northern point of New Zealand) Denby and Toby Hendy compete against Chase and Doyle, embarking on a road trip to be the first to reach Lookout Point in Bluff in the far south of the country. The teams must follow pre-made routes across the country, competing in challenges based on the local area placed across the state highway network. Once one team has completed the challenge, the roadblock is cleared for both teams. Teams may veto a challenge but must wait a predetermined amount of time before the roadblock opens; some roadblocks cannot be vetoed and force the team onto a longer diversion route. The winner of the challenge is awarded a number of coins which they can use to purchase power-ups, such as the ability to skip roadblocks, place down roadblocks to slow down the other team, place a curse on the other team, or purchase a dart for a Nerf gun that both teams carry with them. If a player is physically hit with a Nerf dart by a member of the opposing team, they are forced to serve a 30-minute penalty wherein they and their teammate are not allowed to progress in the game.

The two teams were closely matched to start off the game, switching lead positions several times and reaching the city of Auckland at the same time, directly competing against each other to complete the city's challenge and earn the right to advance first. Partially because Chase and Doyle were affected by a curse card that slowed down their movement, Denby and Hendy were able to complete the challenge first and take the lead out of Auckland. Denby and Hendy eventually boarded the first ferry across the Cook Strait between Wellington and Picton, building up a several hour lead over Chase and Doyle. However, due to ferry docking delays, this lead was somewhat cut down as they entered South Island. Even though the trailing Chase and Doyle managed to draw a curse card that forced their opponents onto a less efficient route in the southern half of South Island, Denby and Hendy were able to reach Lookout Point first, winning the game.

Season 6: Capture the Flag

Every round of season 6 started in the forecourt of Tokyo Station.

The sixth season premiered on May 31, 2023. Starting at Tokyo Station, Denby and Scotty Allen (host of the YouTube channel Strange Parts) compete against Chase and Doyle in a game of capture the flag across Japan. Each team must attempt to capture the opponents' flags and bring it back to their own territory without being caught. The flag locations are vending machines and the flag is represented by an item purchased from that vending machine. To travel in the opponent's territory, team members must complete challenges drawn randomly from a deck of cards to earn coins, which are then used to purchase transport. If a team member is caught, they forfeit all their coins to the opposition and are sent back to Tokyo Station, where they must serve a 30-minute penalty before resuming the game. The teams can also place "towers" which affect a certain radius around the location they are placed and force opposing players within that radius into a certain restriction: for example, only being allowed to move while carrying pizza or only being allowed to walk sideways.

The game was divided into three rounds, worth 1, 2, and 3 points respectively, with each round covering a progressively larger area of Japan. Chase and Doyle won the first two rounds, but Denby and Allen won the third. In the tie-breaking round, the players were not allowed to place towers, competing in a best-of-seven format to collect flags in Tokyo itself. Chase and Doyle collected four flags, and Denby and Allen collected only one.

Season 7: Tag EUR It 2

Ben Doyle secured his win in season 7 by stranding himself and the chasers in the town of Bar-le-Duc.

The seventh season premiered on September 6, 2023. Starting in Charleville-Mézières again, Denby, Chase and Doyle repeat the game format from season 3, but with the player destinations rotated: Denby this time is aiming for Jersey; Chase for Borkum, Germany; and Doyle for Zermatt, Switzerland.

Early in the game, Chase as the runner was able to stay ahead of the chasers for over 20 hours of game time and eventually reach Emden, the final stop en route to his target location of Borkum, before finally getting tagged there while waiting for an infrequent ferry. This made for the single longest continuous run seen in a Tag season, as well as the closest any runner ever got to their destination. In the final episode of the season, Doyle, the runner at the time, arrived in Metz after narrowly avoiding the chasers in Howald, Luxembourg. Initially intending to take a train to Nancy, Doyle noticed an infrequent train to the small town of Bar-le-Duc, relatively deep into his win area. Doyle knew that if he could make this connection without the chasers boarding the same train, then the next runner would not have a way to get out of his win area before the game ended. Before Doyle could board this train, Denby and Chase arrived at Metz train station and frantically searched the building for Doyle, who hid from the chasers in a photo booth and ultimately managed to make the connection. When the chasers caught up with Doyle in Bar-le-Duc, they declared him the winner of the season.

Season 8: Arctic Escape

Michelle Khare was the guest competitor in season 8.

The eighth season premiered on December 13, 2023. Starting in the northern extreme of the United States in Utqiagvik, Alaska, Denby and Michelle Khare compete against Chase and Doyle to be the first to reach the southernmost point of the continental United States in Key West, Florida. Teams complete challenges selected from a common pool called the flop to earn tickets, which allows them to take a specified form of transportation (plane, train, or rental car) with restrictions on distance and destination. There are also challenges in the flop which allow the team to steal a ticket from the other team. There are four challenges in the flop at any time, with a new challenge drawn once a challenge is completed, and the entire flop replaced at the beginning of each day. Each team may hold three tickets at a time.

After winning the first challenge of the game as judged by popular vote on Twitter, Denby and Khare were the first to leave Utqiagvik as well as Alaska as a whole, building up a lead over Chase and Doyle early in the game. After all traveling through Seattle, Washington, Denby and Khare took a route including Boise, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; Montrose, Colorado; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Alabama; and Atlanta, Georgia. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle went through the cities of Denver, Colorado; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois; Connellsville, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Atlanta, Georgia. Twice in the game, Denby and Khare were able to complete a challenge to steal a ticket from Chase and Doyle, which ultimately contributed to their victory as they were able to reach Key West while Chase and Doyle were in the Atlanta Airport.

Season 9: Hide + Seek

Centrally located within Switzerland, the city of Lucerne was the starting point in season 9.

The ninth season premiered on February 28, 2024. Starting in Lucerne, Denby, Chase, and Doyle compete in a four-day game of hide-and-seek across Switzerland. Players may only move on foot or by railway; alternate means of transport such as buses, cars, or cable cars are prohibited. The player designated as the hider is given a lead of 2.5 hours to travel to an undisclosed location of their choosing, after which the two seekers are free to look for them. To get clues to the hider's location, the seekers may ask any of a series of pre-set questions from various categories, which the hider must respond to truthfully. No question can be repeated in a given round, and there is a 30-minute delay between questions from the same category. For each question asked, the hider receives in-game coins, which can be used to purchase curses that hinder the chasers, with severity based on dice rolls. The hider may roam their immediate vicinity (defined as a circle of a half-mile radius) until the seekers reach the same locality. The hider must then move to a single hiding place and remain there. When the hider is found, one of the seekers becomes the next hider based on a pre-set rotation. The player with the longest single round of hiding is named the winner.

In Chase's first run, he hid in the town of Hospental atop its castle, and was reached by the seekers after 4 hours and 39 minutes. In the next run, Doyle hid in the village of Merlischachen, strategically misdirecting the seekers towards Zug instead. After correctly identifying Doyle's town, it took the seekers several hours to find Doyle's hiding spot at a secluded playground, putting his hiding time at 9 hours and 36 minutes. In the game's third run, Denby hid in the city of Winterthur, where the seekers were stalled for over five hours attempting to pinpoint his hiding location within a woodland on the outskirts of the city, putting Denby's hiding time at 7 hours and 23 minutes. In the final run, Chase took a train to Thun, then ran to nearby Steffisburg, which was not reachable by train service in the allotted time, leading Denby and Doyle to overlook it as a possibility. As Denby and Doyle were unable to find Chase before the game ended, they awarded him the win when he exceeded Doyle's previous best time.

Season 10: Au$tralia

Season 10 began at the Sydney Opera House and ended when Denby and Hendy claimed Queensland and New South Wales at their Gold Coast border.

Toby Hendy returned as the guest competitor for season 10, which premiered on May 15, 2024. The format involved two teams of two traveling across Australia and completing challenges to make claims to eight regions (the six states, and the two internal territories of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). Teams were able to deposit virtual money from their budget into the region they currently occupied; whichever team had the highest total deposited in a region claimed it. The team with the most regions claimed at the end of four days won the game.

Teams began in Sydney, New South Wales with a budget of A$1,000 for travel expenses and region deposits. They could earn money by completing challenges, most of which consisted of a wager with a multiplier ranging from ×1.5 to ×4.0. Failing to meet the challenge's conditions would lose their stake; successful completion won back their stake, times the multiplier. Additionally, there were challenges in which teams staked a listed percentage of their total current funds against the same percentage of their opponents'; successful completion stole that amount from the opponents. The available challenges for a given region were confirmed upon visiting a notable landmark in that region. Cash infusions of A$250 were provided at the start of each day and a bonus of A$750 was awarded to the first team to arrive in a region.

Early in the game, Denby and Hendy claimed New South Wales in Sydney, Queensland in Gold Coast, and the Australian Capital Territory in Canberra. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle claimed Tasmania in Hobart, South Australia in Adelaide, Victoria in Melbourne, and the Northern Territory in Alice Springs. Denby and Hendy then took South Australia and Victoria from Chase and Doyle, while Chase and Doyle took Queensland in Brisbane from Denby and Hendy. On the final day, Chase and Doyle planned to fly direct to Canberra to claim the Australian Capital Territory and then quickly travel to Queanbeyan across the border in New South Wales to claim both regions. However, non-stop flights from Brisbane to Canberra were booked out, so they flew to Sydney instead, claiming New South Wales from Denby and Hendy. Incorrectly guessing that Denby and Hendy were flying to Tasmania, Chase and Doyle flew to Melbourne to claim Victoria back. Denby and Hendy had in fact flown to the Gold Coast Airport on the New South Wales–Queensland border, claiming both states in quick succession to win the season by a score of four to three.

Season 11: Tag EUR It 3

Season 11 began outside the Castello Estense in Ferrara, Italy and ended atop Hospental Castle in Hospental, Switzerland.

The eleventh season premiered on August 21, 2024. Denby, Chase, and Doyle repeated the game format from seasons 3 and 7, but with a new starting point and final destinations. Starting in Ferrara, Italy, Denby aimed for Lyon, France; Chase for Bratislava, Slovakia; and Doyle for Capri, Italy.

Chase was randomly selected to run first. He made it to Nova Gorica, a Slovenian town on the border with Italy, before the chasers caught up with him. Denby was next in the rotation. After getting to Bassano del Grappa, Denby struggled to solve a puzzle box challenge. After giving up on the challenge and serving his time penalty, Denby chose to attempt to amass as many coins as possible. He twice used a power up that gave him double coins on his next draw and then drew a Curse card with a high coin value before he was tagged. After he missed an infrequent train to Verona, Doyle's first run was largely unsuccessful, only making it back to the starting point of Ferrara. On his second run, Chase managed to evade the chasers twice while being at the same train station as them before he was tagged in Castelfranco Veneto. Using the high coin balance from his first run and some fortuitous train schedules, Denby was able to build a multi-hour gap from the chasers as he efficiently made his way to Switzerland, far into his win region. He chose to travel to Hospental Castle, the location he and Doyle had found Chase hiding in season 9. He was tagged with less than one hour left in the game and declared the winner.

Season 12: Hide + Seek: Japan

Ben Doyle secured his win in season 12 with an over thirteen-hour run in Izu-Kōgen.

The twelfth season premiered on December 4, 2024. In this season Denby, Chase, and Doyle play a modified version of the game format from season 9, competing in Japan. The six-day game included a new selection of seeker questions as well as the addition of a deck of cards for the hider that provide curses and other tools, such as bonuses adding various amounts to the actual time they remained hidden.

Starting from Tokyo Station, Doyle went first, hiding in the small town of Yamadera in Yamagata Prefecture. He achieved a total score of 9 hours and 59 minutes. Chase went next and hid near Tobiyama Castle Site Station in Tochigi Prefecture, where he achieved a score of 7 hours and 41 minutes. Denby hid at the obscure Higashi-Narita Station in Narita International Airport, but was found by the seekers who had accidentally taken the train to his exact location instead of to Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station; he ultimately achieved a score of 7 hours and 42 minutes. In his second run, Doyle hid near Izu-Kōgen Station in Shizuoka Prefecture; due to the seekers' initial incorrect belief that he could not have reached the Izu Peninsula during his travel time, Doyle achieved a score of 13 hours and 9 minutes. For his second run, Chase hid in Saruhashi in Yamanashi Prefecture. With the seekers choosing to take the relatively slow Minobu Line, Chase achieved a score of 11 hours and 21 minutes. For his second run, Denby initially hid near Kawagoe Station in Saitama Prefecture. As the seekers approached his hiding location 6.5 hours into his run, he played a card allowing him to change his hiding place. He traveled to and was later found near Naka-Urawa Station with a total score of 10 hours and 46 minutes. Doyle's second-run score made him the season's winner.

Season 13: Schengen Showdown

Tom Scott was the guest competitor for season 13.

The thirteenth season premiered on March 5, 2025. Starting in London, United Kingdom, Denby and Tom Scott compete against Chase and Doyle to claim the most countries within the Schengen Area (including the microstates of Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City) over the course of six days. Countries are claimed by visiting them. Teams have the option to lock in their claim by completing a country-specific challenge; teams do not know the details of any of the challenges in advance. If they choose not to make an attempt or they fail, the country can be stolen by the opposing team visiting the country and successfully completing the challenge. The teams must use public transportation and have a US$4,000 budget for flights.

At the start of the game, Denby and Scott took a train to Brussels, Belgium, claiming France as the train passed through it. They completed Belgium's challenge in Liège, locking it. Afterwards, they went to Maastricht, Netherlands, claiming the country, but failed its challenge. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle flew to Zurich, Switzerland, claiming the country, and from there took a train to Schaffhausen, Switzerland, claiming Germany along the route. After traveling to Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany to lock in their claim, they then traveled to Saint-Louis, France where they completed France's challenge, stealing the country from Denby and Scott. They traveled to Höchst, Austria by train while Denby and Scott took a flight from Brussels to Vienna, Austria. Although Denby and Scott claimed Austria by landing in Vienna before Chase and Doyle arrived in Höchst, Chase and Doyle were quicker to finish the country's challenge, thereby stealing the country. Denby and Scott then took a train to Hegyeshalom, Hungary where they completed Hungary's challenge. At the same time Chase and Doyle visited Schaan, Liechtenstein to claim that country, before going to Zug, Switzerland where they completed Switzerland's challenge. Denby and Scott traveled to Břeclav, Czechia, and Bratislava, Slovakia, completing both countries' challenges. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle traveled to Rome, where they locked both Italy and Vatican City.

Denby and Scott traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden in quick succession, claiming both countries. After forfeiting Sweden's challenge, they returned to Denmark and failed its challenge as well, before flying to Helsinki, Finland. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle flew to Amsterdam, Netherlands but were unable to steal the country. Chase and Doyle then traveled to Malmö and successfully stole Sweden from Denby and Scott, while Denby and Scott failed to complete Finland's challenge. Chase and Doyle then took the train to Copenhagen, where they also stole Denmark, while Denby and Scott flew to Vilnius, Lithuania, claiming that country. Meanwhile, Chase and Doyle flew to Sandefjord, Norway, before taking the train to Oslo, where they successfully locked Norway. With the score at 10–7 against them, and weather delays for travel out of Vilnius making it impossible to make up the difference the following day, Denby and Scott conceded the game at the end of the fifth day.

Season 13.5: Hide + Seek NYC

Grand Central Terminal was the starting point in Season 13.5.

A special two-episode "season 13.5" was played in New York City demonstrating the show's Hide and Seek home game, premiering on April 23, 2025. Amy Muller – a writer and producer for the series – joined the three regulars. Unlike the guests in previous seasons, Muller allied with Chase rather than Denby. The game was played in two parts, separated by production of Season 13.

Starting at Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, Chase and Muller went first and hid near the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station in Queens, where they achieved a total time of 4 hours and 2 seconds. Denby and Doyle went second and hid at the Elevated Acre near the Wall Street subway station in Lower Manhattan. While the seekers reached them quicker than in the first round, Denby and Doyle reached a time of 4 hours and 28 minutes after the addition of several time bonus cards, winning the mini-season.

Season 14: Snake

Yongsan Station, Seoul, is the starting point in Season 14.

Season 14 premiered on June 11, 2025. Starting at Yongsan Station, Seoul, Denby, Chase, and Doyle competed in a five-day game based on the video game Snake, across the country of South Korea. The designated "snaker" must attempt to trace the longest possible path along the South Korean rail network, without crossing itself and "crashing". The snaker's progress is saved when they reach a station with multiple choices of onward travel direction, called a "node". The two "blockers" can place curses and roadblocks that disincentivize routes or otherwise hinder snakers. The blockers can also place battle challenges, initiating a head-to-head game when activated; the snaker immediately crashes if they are unsuccessful. The snaker's location is typically hidden from the blockers except when he reaches a node. Once all three players have played one round each as the snaker, the next snaker is chosen randomly from the two most recent blockers, with the player currently in the lead ineligible to be selected.

Doyle went first, tracing a route from Yongsan Station through Pyeongtaek, Cheonan, Cheonan–Asan, and Hongseong before losing a battle challenge to Chase and Denby in Iksan, scoring a total length of 154 mi (248 km).

Additional content

The Jet Lag crew produces additional series-related content exclusively available to Nebula subscribers. Two companion videos titled The Layover were released after seasons 3 and 4; these transitioned into an audio podcast, which started concurrently with season 5 of the series. These serve primarily to discuss game design and production details from a behind-the-scenes perspective. Videos containing outtakes have been released on Nebula since season 8.

Following season 12, the company produced a set of materials for viewers to play the game themselves. Jet Lag: The Game's Hide and Seek, including a deck of the game's cards, dice, rules, and a notepad, became available for purchase in November 2024; a metric version became available for purchase in April 2025. Its rules are largely the same as those used in Season 12 of the show, with some modifications allowing for play in different sizes of geographical area, ranging from small cities to international.

External links

• Jet Lag: The Game's channel on YouTube
• Jet Lag: The Game at IMDb