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{{Infobox_Game|
  subject_name=Branches & Twigs & Thorns|
  designer= [[Andrew Plotkin]]|
  image_link=|
  description= Players build branching tree structures from a root, trying to always branch from their own pieces, not their opponent's.|
  players= 2 or 4 |
  stashes = 1 per player |
  other_equip = Chessboard, two pairs of markers |
  setup_time= 1 minute |
  playing_time=??? |
  complexity=Medium |
  strategy=Medium |
  random_chance=None |
  mechanics=[[Tile placement]] |
  theme = Horticulture |
  footnotes = 
}}

'''Branches & Twigs & Thorns''' (AKA ''BTT'' and formerly known as ''Barsoomite Go'') is [[Andrew Plotkin]]'s refined version of [[Martian Go]], tweaked to produce fewer tied games and a bit less of a first-mover advantage. Instead of automatically occupying the center of the [[chessboard]], the root is placed wherever the non-first player wishes (or the second pair of players in a 4-player game). The first player (and the second, in 4-player) places a "null" to which no one may point. Also, scoring is a bit funnier: not only does the player who placed lose points equal to the size of the target of the placement, but the owner of the target ''gains'' points equal to the size of the hapless pointer. (This is all tracked with tokens.)

BTT can be played with other numbers of players when played on Eeyore's [[Chessboard_wedge|chessboard wedges]].

BTT was published in [[Hypothermia]] #15.

==Additional Languages==
[[Branches & Twigs & Thorns (Polish)]]

== External Links ==

* Branches & Twigs & Thorns is listed on [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/17298 BoardGameGeek].

* Official Rules site: [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/barsoom-go.html http://www.eblong.com/zarf/barsoom-go.html]

* This game can be played online at [http://superdupergames.org/?page=about#btt Super Duper Games].

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[[Category:Placement]]
[[Category:Games on SDG]]
[[Category:Games on Volity]]
[[Category:One stash per player]]
[[Category:Non-stacking]]

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