Briar & Bramble

I can't wait till the bound versions are out! 

This game is nuts! Love it

What's immediately striking about Briar and Bramble is how the setting and tone are baked into the mechanics. The game is about keeping hope alive during a sad and desperate situation in a world that wants to hurt you and B&B never lets you forget that.

Anyone who enjoys ttrpgs should give this book a read. Regardless of your opinion on Powered by the Apocalypse games or even the premise of Briar and Bramble, I think there's an important lesson here about cohesion and how evocative a game's setting can be through its rules.

Also, yes, you can play as cute animals which is always a plus.

What can I  say about B&B that hasn't already been said about similar inventions like the wheel or penicillin?  

Drunk Wizard strikes again folks! This game fills a niche in my heart that's been left conspicuously void by other TTRPGs. Though some have tried and failed (looking at you Mouse Guard), Briar and Bramble exquisitely brings home the experience of playing as a fluffy (or not-so-fluffy) woodland creature.  

Whether you're interested in the small inter-personal struggles between our forrest friends,  or broader commentary on the relationship between humans and our woodland neighbors,  Briar and Bramble can get you where you want to go.

A very well written and edited TTRPG that makes use of an unconventional setting, straying away from violence and bloodshed, but instead telling the tale of this interesting world where you actually play as animals.

I think most people who are into TTRPG should definitely check it out! It's surprising that it's free to download(though you should definitely be paying) considering the level of content and polish available in this. Not to mention you are likely to get hours of content out of this with a good group of friends.

I have played and run many systems and powered by the apoc is by far one of my favourites and to hear that someone was writing another style of storytelling for this system I jumped at the chance to have a look at it and I was blown away by how wonderful quaint at first sight this game but when you read into more you see the dangers that your characters will be facing by human and predators alike. I cannot wait to run this for my players and if you like games that creates enviroments for players to explore different ideals, roleplay experiences and see the world in a whole new light. This is the game!

I've been planning to do a woodland themed story for a while but executive dysfunction prevented me from properly adjusting another style of game to fit it, after a brief glance over it this seems perfect for my bird campaign.

There's a lot of leading questions for the Narrator to help prompt further gameplay decisions and to keep my brain on track so I can focus on what is important in the world and story crafting.

The inclusion of player safeguarding is also really useful as most games allude to it without providing the information required for it and having that openness and transparency seems like a great way to normalise discussing or avoiding difficult topics with your players.

I'm definitely looking forward to being able to see friends in person again to run this game! it looks like it's just as easy to play online, but I feel like this is going to be one of those experiences that is best done irl.

This looks utterly charming and combines all of my key interests: finding food, a sense of community, and avoiding humans. :D

Some really neat concepts! Definitely going to be trying this with my weekly group! :)