A feast is comingSt. Andrew's nightIn 28 days, on 29 Nov.
Latest in the galleryThe woods keep secretsSome answer to a word, some to an hour, some to a deed nobody thinks to try.
A tale told at every dawn
Every dawn, someone walks into the Old Woods to become strong enough to slay the balaur that bleeds this isle. Down the river lie other woods, other guardians, and at the end the place where nobody grows old.
Today that someone is you.
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Along the old river the woods still keep their guardians: the balaur in its lair, the strigoi at the crossroads, the Mother of the Forest who misleads travellers, the ielele dancing in the clearings.
Every isle has its village, its inn and its smith, and every wood a gate that opens only once its guardian is slain.
Down the river wait the next woods, and at the end, the place where nobody grows old.
Old Woods is a text game in daily turns: a handful of hunts each dawn, a fight read line by line, gold for the smith, a bed at the inn, and tomorrow the woods again.
Take a minute or an evening; the woods are waiting.
It plays in the browser or in the Android app, in the language you choose, with the same hero in both.
- 28heroes in the woods
- 30guardians slain
- 1played this dawn
- 11most in one dawn20 Oct 2026
- 7woods open
- 2tried the woods as guests
- 120deaths in the woods
- 2married at the inn
- 1clans under banners
- 16duels fought
- 53words in the square
- 579letters carried
- 45errands run for the innkeeper
- 2friends of the realm
- 52 / 211secrets found
On iPhone or iPad: tap the Share button in Safari (the square with an arrow), then Add to Home Screen. Old Woods sits on your screen with its own icon, like an app.
On iPhone or iPad: open this page in Safari first (the menu here has Open in Safari), then tap Share and Add to Home Screen. Old Woods sits on your screen with its own icon, like an app.
On Android: tap the menu in Chrome (the three dots, top right), then Add to Home screen or Install app. Old Woods sits on your screen with its own icon, like an app.
On Android: open this page in Chrome first (the menu here, the three dots, has Open in browser), then tap the menu and Add to Home screen. Old Woods sits on your screen with its own icon, like an app.