3 Chapters Game Review

Once Upon a Time

Trick-taking games are hot. They are plentiful, and it’s not going away. I think I’m experiencing burnout from the oversaturation in the gaming market these days. I used to hate trick-taking games but have grown to love them. But after a while, the majority of titles all do just about the same thing, with maybe one or two minor differences and a splash of a different theme. Some of my personal highlights have been Rebel Princess, Xylotar, Mü & More and Arcs. However, seldom does a trick-taker come along that is refreshingly new, easy to teach, and a bunch of fun. Is 3 Chapters a unicorn amongst the trick-taking masses?

I had a chance to first play 3 Chapters at PAX Unplugged in 2024 with Alex from AMIGO. He humorously told me a story about the English copies not being available for the show, leaving him with the auf Deutsch (German) versions. He hoped that everyone kann deutsch sprechen (translation: can speak German), but realistically, he had to settle for printing out all the English translations and gluing them to the demo copies. This dash of print-and-play didn’t steer me away, and I played the game some four or five…

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