Briar & Bramble is a Table-Top Roleplaying Game set at the start of the 20th century in the english countryside. Humans have begun to expand into what was once peaceful woodlands; chopping down trees, filling in ponds, and redirecting rivers all for the sake of industry. It is this destruction that has forced a small Community of woodland creatures to band together despite their differences so they may traverse the countryside and find themselves a new home, safe from the dangers of man. 

 

In Briar & Bramble, players take the role of these woodland creatures as valuable members of  The Community they have found themselves in. Together they will overcome obstacles such as…

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• Traveling between dangerous environments.

• Negotiating between other animal Communities you encounter.

• Avoiding humans.

• External predator threats like wolves, hawks, and snakes.

• Internal Community conflicts.

• Environmental hazards like crossing a river or passing through Human lands.

• Keeping their Community together and safe.

• Foraging for food.

• Finding shelter.

 

Briar & Bramble is a game about Community and Survival. Only by working together can these wayward souls hope to find somewhere safe to call home, lest they fall victim to the cruelties of nature.

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The key thematic inspirations for Briar & Bramble are darker tales of animals such as The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann and Watership Down by Richard Adams.

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The game released for free on itch.io on Wednesday 20th of April 2021 and ran a successful Kickstarter for artwork and printed physical copies between September 1st and October 1st 2021

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Read a review of Briar & Bramble by Dicebreaker here!

Listen to the game being played by Fables Around the Table here!

Listen to me discuss the game on the +1 Foward podcast here!