Branch Out! Balancing Game

Branch Out!

A turn-based balancing game of luck, skill, and shaky hands for up to 4 players.

Branch Out! is a tense and playful tabletop game where players take turns growing a shared tree — one risky branch at a time. Every placement adds height, weight, and danger as the structure becomes more unstable. Sometimes you’ll place a gentle single branch… other times you’ll be forced to add a heavy piece that might bring everything crashing down.

Your goal is simple: get rid of all your pieces before anyone else. But be careful — if you cause the tree to shed branches, you’ll be taking them right back!

Perfect for quick games, family play, and anyone who loves balance games with a twist of strategy and chaos.

All models pictured were printed without supports on the elegoo slicers standard settings. 2 walls, 0.2 for the larger items and 0.16 for the branches and dice, but you know your printers :)

I have also supplied a condensed Rule Card that fits nicely glued in the lid or box. PDF for printing and cutting out or SVG if you want to laser it.

SETUP

• 2–4 players

• Each player starts with:

  • 5 single-branch pieces

  • 5 double-branch pieces
    (10 pieces total per player)

• Place the tree trunk in the centre

• Choose a starting player

Taking a Turn

On your turn, roll the die and follow the result:

• 1 → Place one single-branch piece onto the tree

• 2 → Place one double-branch piece onto the tree

• + → Take one branch piece from any opponent, add it to your supply, then re-roll

• − → Give one branch piece to any opponent, then re-roll

If the result tells you to place a piece, you must carefully add it to the tree without disturbing the structure.

If you run out of appropriate pieces for the roll, just place 1 of what you have left. 

Balancing & Falling Pieces

• Branches may be placed anywhere on the tree, at any angle, as long as they are touching the structure.

• You may adjust your piece while placing it, but once you let go, the placement is final.

• If any pieces fall during your turn, for any reason:

  • You must take all fallen pieces and add them to your supply.

  • Your turn then ends.

Winning the Game

• The first player to have no branch pieces left wins!

SPEED PLAY AND MASTER MODE⚡

      SPEED PLAY:

• Roll two dice at once

• No re rolls after a + or -

• If either die causes pieces to fall:

  • Take all fallen pieces

  • Your turn ends immediately

      MASTER MODE:

• 2 Players start with 20 pieces, 10 of each.

• Roll two dice at once

• No re rolls after a + or -

• Play both results in any order

• If either die causes pieces to fall:

  • Take all fallen pieces

  • Your turn ends immediately

     You could also combine both Modes for real chaos.

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