Hollowpine
£421–4 players · 45 min · ages 10+
Our flagship. Grow a lantern-lit trail through the forest, feed your fox, argue about the Winter deck. The one the shop is named after, basically.
flagship[ Tabletop publisher · Est. 2019 ]
Pull up a chair — the dice are already warm.
Meeplewood makes board games with kind rulebooks and loud endings. Ten minutes to teach, years of replays, and all arguments strictly affectionate.
- Games in print
- 5
- Teach time
- 10 min
- Tables joined
- 48,210
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[ The games ]
Five boxes, zero homework.
Everything we publish passes the same test: a new player is having fun within ten minutes, and the rulebook never once sounds like a tax form.
Custard Thief
£183–8 players · 15 min · ages 8+
A fast, slightly rude card game about stealing pudding. The loudest fifteen minutes we publish.
in stockLighthouse Keepers
£382–5 players · 60 min · ages 12+
Co-op. The storm is the opponent and it plays very well. Keep the lamp lit or go down together, warmly.
in stockBurrow & Borrow
£272–4 players · 30 min · ages 8+
Cosy tile-laying with mild larceny. Build the nicest burrow, borrow the neighbours' carrots. Return them? Unclear.
reprint — augThe Long Ferry
£222 players · 25 min · ages 10+
A two-player duel about ferrying lanterns across a dark lake. Quiet, tense, and best of three. Always best of three.
newFree replacement meeples, forever. Dogs eat pieces. We know. We plan for it.
[ How to play ]
Rules, explained kindly.
Here's the entire Hollowpine rulebook — four spreads, no appendix, nothing in nine-point legalese. Flip through it. Time yourself. We'll wait.
hollowpine — the rulebook Four flips. Whole game. This is the actual Hollowpine rulebook, shrunk to fit the table. Flip through — you'll be teaching it yourself by the last page. hollowpine · rules · cover
That's the whole game. Ten minutes of teach, forty-five of play. If anything wobbles mid-game, the Rulebook Hotline answers. Kindly. 10 min teach · 45 min play Meet the rest of the shelf → hollowpine · rules · p.7
rule 01 Set the table
- Unfold the forest board — mossy side up.
- Shuffle the trail deck, deal five cards each.
- Everyone takes a fox and three acorns. Yes, the wooden ones.
rule 02 On your turn
- Do exactly one thing:
- Wander — move your fox up to two clearings.
- Plant — play a trail card in front of you.
- Forage — take two acorns from the supply.
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[ Community ]
The long table.
A publisher is just a shop until people sit down. There's a long table in ours, the kettle is usually on, and Wednesdays get loud in the best way.
Wednesdays · 6pm
Open Table
Every game on the shelf, taught by us. Bring nobody, leave with a group.
First Friday
Print & Play
A free mini-game in the newsletter. Scissors on the house.
Whenever
Rulebook Hotline
Stuck mid-game? A human answers and explains. Kindly, always.
“We came in for one demo of Custard Thief. We have now been here every Wednesday for two years.”
“The rulebook made my dad laugh. My dad. During rules.”
“I called the hotline mid-game and a real human kindly told me the fox eats first. Game saved.”
[ The Table Club ]
Membership, three sizes.
The club keeps the lights on and the open tables free. In exchange you get first roll at everything we make.
Drop-in
£0forever
- The table-talk newsletter
- Print & Play of the month
- Open Table invites
Regular
£7/month
- Everything in Drop-in
- Monthly scenario pack for any of our games
- 10% off every box
- Early playtest seats
Legend
£15/month
- Everything in Regular
- The annual big-box, on us
- Your name in the next rulebook's credits
- A vote on cover art
Demo pricing — this is a design showcase, not a working checkout.