How to Play 20 Strong Tanglewoods: Red

20 Strong: Tanglewoods Red is a compact solo dice-and-cards adventure from Chip Theory Games, where you journey through the forest to reach Grandma’s Cabin and face the Big Bad Wolf. When I first picked it up, I realised that learning it required reading two separate rulebooks (one for the core 20 Strong system and another for this specific deck), so I wanted to make something simpler. This video combines both into a single, complete tutorial that walks through setup, rules, and gameplay from start to finish.

I explain everything step by step: how to set up your hero, what your stats mean, how the forest traversal works, and how encounters, merchants, and dice mechanics tie together. Then I run through a gameplay example so you can actually see how the game flows in practice. If you’ve ever wanted to try 20 Strong, this guide should get you playing without needing to flip between rulebooks.