The Grove · six games · three branches
The Grove: every game on the Briar
Six original games, two on each branch. They are all free, all played for dew, and all made here: the rules, the art and the maths. Dew is a play unit with no cash value. You cannot buy it, and nothing you hold at the end of a session can be exchanged for anything.
Each game has its own page with the board, a session log, the rules, the full pay table and a short note on where to stop. The meters show how fast a game moves (pace), how much its results jump around (swing) and how much your own choices matter (depth). Only Thorn Pyramid asks for real decisions; the other five play out on their own once you press the key.
Reels branch
Two reel games with shapes of their own: one read from the middle, one that grows.
Reels · node II
Briar Climb
Six bramble reels that grow between two and six rows on every spin, so the number of ways to make a run changes each time.
Pace
Swing
Depth
Cards branch
A fast race to nine and a slow patience game that rewards a plan.
Cards · node IV
Thorn Pyramid
A patience game for one: clear a pyramid of 28 cards by pairing open cards that add up to thirteen, with one pass through the stock.
Pace
Swing
Depth
Dice branch
Two old party and pub dice games, played to a fixed number of throws.
Dice · node V
Moth Muster
An old party dice game with a new insect: build a moth part by part from one die, in a fixed number of throws you choose before you start.
Pace
Swing
Depth
Dice · node VI
Fifty Thorns
A pub dice game where only doubles score. Ten throws of two dice, five points a double, twenty-five for double six, and a double three that clears the lot.
Pace
Swing
Depth
The same three rules on every branch
Dew has no value
You start with 2,000 dew. It cannot be bought, sold, exchanged, transferred or redeemed, and there are no prizes of monetary value.
Nothing to buy
No shop, no in-app purchases, no daily rewards on a timer. Under 50 dew, a free top-up restores 2,000 whenever you like.
Pause is always there
The Pause key sits in the header of every page. A pause of an hour or more is firm and can only be made longer.