Manu Arcade · No. XLIX
Vespers
Five bells, one rope in your hands.
The ringing chamber
Ring true, ring in turn.
The band rings four bells; the rope of bell three is yours. Watch the row below: when the flame crosses your golden slot, pull. Tap anywhere, or press Space. The order weaves as the night goes on: rounds, then called swaps, then the plain hunt. Three flawed blows stand the bell.
About Vespers
Vespers is the bell-ringing game, an English change-ringing rhythm puzzle: five bells, one rope in your hands, and your place to strike in every row as the changes weave. Free in your browser, no ads, no sign-up.
How to play
The band rings row after row, and you pull one bell. Strike on your turn in each row as the order shifts, from steady rounds through called swaps to the plain hunt, quicker as the night deepens. Honest timing is all it asks; the band carries the rest.
Controls
- Tap, click, or SpacePull your bell on the beat
Tips
Feel the pulse rather than counting it; ringing is rhythm, not arithmetic. In the plain hunt your bell moves one place each row, out to the front or back and then turning around, so anticipate the turn.