Games on Brethreign: Bible Quiz, the Chess Ladder and more

A tour of every game on Brethreign, from the Bible Quiz and Chess Ladder to Verse Memory, plus how scores and the weekly leaderboard work.

Community Brethreign team 9 November 2026 5 min read

Not every moment on Brethreign has to be serious. The Games page is a place to sharpen your scripture, stretch your mind with a chess puzzle and enjoy a bit of friendly competition with other members. Here is every game, how the Chess Ladder works, and how your scores add up.

Find the Games page

Open the Games page at /games. At the top you will see your own numbers for the week: Score this week, Plays this week, Best single run and Your rank (week). Below that is the list of games, each with a short description and a button to play.

Bible Quiz

The Bible Quiz is multiple choice, on books, characters and verses, and it counts toward the weekly leaderboard. Before each round you set it up the way you like.

Pick a theme. Choose Any, or a theme such as Salvation, Grace, Prayer, Forgiveness, The Cross, Holy Spirit or Bible History.
Pick a difficulty. Easy, Medium, Hard or Mixed.
Pick a length. 5, 10 or 20 questions.
Start. Tap Start the round.

The Bible Quiz setup screen titled 'What kind of round?', with theme buttons such as Any, Salvation, Eternal Life, Faith, Grace and Bible History, difficulty options Mixed, Easy, Medium and Hard, length options of 5, 10 or 20 questions, and a Start the round button — Set your round: theme, difficulty and length.

Chess Puzzle of the Day

Every day there is a fresh chess puzzle from Lichess, which you play right on the board in Brethreign. Solve it to earn points. You can earn points from the daily puzzle once a day, so it is a good habit to come back to.

The Chess Ladder

If one puzzle a day is not enough, the Chess Ladder is for you. It lives on the chess page at /games/chess, and it is a climb: how high can you get?

Here is how it works.

Choose your level. Pick Easy, Medium or Hard.
Climb 10 stages. Each stage is a puzzle, and each one is harder than the last.
You have 3 tries per puzzle. Hearts under the board show how many you have left.
A wrong move costs a try. It is shown in red and taken back, with a message such as “Not the best move here. 2 tries left.” Then you can think again.
A hint also costs a try. Use one when you are truly stuck.
Any checkmate counts. If the puzzle asks for mate and you find a different checkmate from the one expected, it still counts.
Run out of tries and the climb starts again. You go back to Stage 1.
Your best stage is remembered. So even when a climb ends, your best effort is kept.

The Chess Ladder on Medium, Stage 1 of 10, a mate-in-two puzzle with Black to move. The message reads 'Not the best move here. 2 tries left.' Two red hearts and one empty heart sit under the board beside Hint and Restart buttons, with the Easy, Medium and Hard choice below — Stage 1 of 10 on Medium. One try gone, two hearts left.

More games

There is plenty more on the Games page, and each one has its own guide:

Church History. Questions on the people and moments that shaped the church, plus the Church History Arena. Read the guide.
Character Match. Read a description and name the Bible figure. Read the guide.
Verse Memory. Fill the blanks in five KJV verses. Read the guide.
Reference Scramble. Place a famous verse in the right book and chapter. Read the guide.
4 Pics 1 Word. Four emoji, one Bible story. Read the guide.

Trying each one once is the best way to find your favourite.

Scores and the leaderboard

Your numbers at the top of the Games page tell your story for the week:

Score this week. Points you have earned this week.
Plays this week. How many games you have played.
Best single run. Your highest score in one go.
Your rank (week). Where you stand on the weekly leaderboard.

Because the leaderboard is weekly, everyone gets a fresh start. A new member has just as much chance as someone who has been playing for months.

Games are meant to be fun, and they can be more than that. A quiz round can send you back to a passage you had forgotten. A verse you practise in Verse Memory may be the one that comes to mind when a friend needs it.