Briar & Bramble - Ashcan Edition

Briar & Bramble is a Powered-by-the-Apocalypse, Table-Top Roleplaying Game set in the English countryside at the turn of the 20th century. 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, one that is safe from the dangers of man. 

In Briar & Bramble, players take on the role of these woodland creatures, valuable members of The Community. Together they will overcome obstacles such as:

• Travelling between dangerous environments.
• Negotiating between other animal Communities you encounter.
• Avoiding humans.
• Internal Community conflicts.
• External predator threats like wolves, hawks, and snakes.
• 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.

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. The name was inspired by the song Detectorists by Johnny Flynn.

Games Design & Writing by Freddie Taylor-Bell
Cover Artwork by Anastasia Khmelevska
Playbook handouts by Harald Eckmüller
Editing by Steven Ticehurst
Woodland Advice By Lefty