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The Brambles: A Solo Card Game

Use these tarot-like cards to defeat the dark evils lurking in the brambles!

Requirements

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12+

Description

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The Brambles is a solo card game where your goal is to save the children caught by the dark evils of the haunted brambles. To release the children, you must play different card combinations powerful enough to defeat the 20 Bramble Evils, thereby releasing the children. If you fail to defeat the evils before the Collection runs out, the children are lost to the Brambles forever.

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In addition to the suited cards, there are special cards within the Collection deck with unique abilities that help you defeat the Bramble Evils, or bring destructive energy to your hand!

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The Bramble Evils are a deck of hex cards that are layed out in a formation that emmulates a bramble patch. Each card has a rank that requires a certin strength of card combination to defeat it.


Here is a succinct rules explanation video:


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Click here for a great article on Solitaire Times where Athena dives deep into the history of the art in the Brambles: A Pictorial Guide to John Burton's The Brambles

Included in this Game Crafter offering is the new Masques & Monsters expansion that adds more Collection cards and hex cards to increase the complexity of the game.

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Also available on Game Crafter is a high-quality neoprene player mat which adds to the spooky ambiance of the game:

The Brambles Neoprene Player Mat

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Check out these great videos of the first prototype version of the game for the BGG 2020 Solitaire Print and Play Design Contest:

One Player:

"I love the artwork, I love the theme, it's fantastic. It does feel pretty tense and I like the puzzle element of it. I would definitely recommend."


Solo Adventures

"I love the aesthetic. I love this creepy gothic witchy vibe...This game is really excellent."

Components

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Hex Deck 1 deck of 24 cards Hex Deck component icon
Small Stout Box 1 Small Stout Box component icon
Medium Booklet 1 Medium Booklet component icon
Poker Deck 1 deck of 90 cards Poker Deck component icon

Vitals

Average Rating 28 reviews
Publish Date January 09, 2021
Edition First
Department Games
Tags Horror Hand Management
More Info The Brambles: A Solo Card Game web site

Why buy this?

I love the artwork, I love the theme, it's fantastic. It does feel pretty tense and I like the puzzle element of it. I would definitely recommend.

  • Strange and compelling artwork
  • Tense push-your-luck gameplay
  • Engrossing atmospheric theme

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Ratings and Reviews

Posted 4 months ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

The Brambles is a great solo game that shines in both mechanics and aesthetics. The well-written rules guide you through your first runs perfectly. The artwork, with its colors and detail, immerses yo...

Posted a year ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

An extremely satisfying pure solo game that I find myself coming back to play time and time again. The artwork is beautiful, the game is challenging, and the expansions add a little extra spice to an ...

Posted a year ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

the artwork and theme is amazing, exactly my sort of thing. It's a little luck based sometimes, feels like I can win about 50% of the time though, and I love how quick the setup is. Even got my Mom to...

Posted a year ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

I mainly went for this because of the art/design. I love the gothic tarot design. As for gameplay, simple and to the point yet not too easy to win especially with the addition of the Masque & Monsters...

Posted a year ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Realy good solo game, a must for any solo collection.

Posted a year ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

My partner and I really just love everything about this game. It might surpass Onirim as far as our most played solo game. Honestly I don't think we have played this solo because of backseat gaming.

Posted 2 years ago
Own It Played It Fun High Replay Value Nice Artwork

Fun game, great graphics, easy to learn but not so easy to win. Plays quickly and is a great weeknight game when you don't have a ton of time but want a game.the artwork is stunning. Game Crafter does...

Posted 2 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Very fun solo card game. Easy to learn and not too complex. Graphics on the cards is very cool. Nice Filler game.

Posted 2 years ago
Own It High Replay Value Nice Artwork

Brambles is a really fun solo experience with amazing art.

Posted 2 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Nice Artwork

Great game. Easy to learn. Fantastic artwork. Great replay ability. Easy set up. I started play with all three flux convergent cards when I was learning and no monsters. Now I play with the enti...

Posted 2 years ago
Own It Played It Fun High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

This is a simple solo game that is quick to setup and play, but with enough complexity to keep it interesting and replayable. The art is great and the gameplay is fun!

Posted 2 years ago

Amazing game. Beautifully illustrated. One of the best solo games i have ever played. Amazing design! Highly recommend to everyone!

Posted 2 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Posted 2 years ago

Posted 3 years ago
Own It Nice Artwork

Posted 3 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Beautiful art and wonderful game design!

Posted 3 years ago

Posted 3 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Excellent little solo game!

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Love the style and artistic choices made for this game, well done! I just keep playing it over and over, trying to figure out how to do better each time. If I feel a game was too hard, I can usually t...

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

As a solo game I think this really has it all. Some reviewers complain about randomness but I feel utilizing flex cards and seer cards appropriately helps reduce this issue. The thing about this game ...

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

Excellent for what it is, using a poker-like mechanism to attack "the brambles." Very easy to setup and it plays quickly. However, there is limited control over the deck primarily through the Seer car...

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

The game looks great and plays quickly. I feel that randomness plays too great of a role in the game however. You have little control over the composition of your hand. You either get the cards you ne...

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

A very nice little solitaire game! Beautiful artwork and an interesting challenge every time.

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

This game is really fun and addicting. I can't stop playing!

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Fun High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

The artwork is what really makes this game great. The rules are outlined in multiple places throughout, which just makes sense. It's a challenge and I had a lot of fun playing. Highly recommend gettin...

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

This is a beautiful game. The engravings have a bizarre Dr. Seuss-like appearance; the sort of thing you'd find in a Dr. Suess book if he had been born 300 years earlier, perhaps. I am eager to play t...

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

I enjoy solo games because it is a nice way to wind down at the end of a day... this game may seem expensive for a solo game, but I would argue it is worth every penny. The designs are old engravings...

Posted 4 years ago
Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

I play this game over and over again and I still get a lot out of it even though I spent a lot of time playtesting it in the design phase. The Masques & Monsters expansion is a fun addition to spice ...

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