About PineAppleTree Games

PineAppleTree Games is an independent tabletop publisher focused on crafting thoughtful, strategy‑driven games set within a connected fantasy world.

We believe great board games are more than just mechanics they’re experiences that reward curiosity, mastery, and meaningful choice. Our goal is to create games that feel intentionally designed: games you want to come back to, explore more deeply, and share with the right group of players.

The name PineAppleTree comes from a simple idea, and an epic story: something familiar, grown in an unexpected way. That philosophy carries through everything we build blending classic tabletop foundations with fresh systems, themes, and long‑term world‑building. The Pine Apple Tree itself is a pine tree that grows apples. Uther, a Paladin of Yanavah the Goddess of Nature, acquired a unique talent through his worship of the great deity, he could teleport through trees! The problem with this talent is that it requires a large tree. So, everywhere he went he planted trees then using Yanavah’s blessing he caused the to grow unnaturally large and fast. He discovered a weird quirk to this though the first time he did it when he planted a pine tree. He buried the seed in the ground, watered it, and blessed the site. The tree grew quick and large and then it sprouted apples! Apples on a pine tree! Every tree he grew in this way ended up with apples, and since the first one was a pine tree the name PineAppleTree Games came to life!

Our first title, Lapidary Legends, is just the beginning. While each game we publish will stand on its own, they are all part of a larger vision: a shared universe where mechanics, themes, and stories can grow over time.

PineAppleTree Games was founded by a lifelong tabletop gamer who wanted to build the kinds of games he always wished existed games that respect the player, reward engagement, and aren’t afraid to take their time.

If that sounds like your kind of table, you’re already part of the Grove.