Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
3 Kings is a game of deceptions, trickery and power that will bring the players to wear the shoes of leaders of powerful factions, with the objective to impose their own will on the triumvirate waiting the nomination of the new king.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Variable Phase Order
The order of phases changes according to player choices or game state.
Voting
Players collectively approve, reject, or select an outcome through votes.
Read the full game description
3 Kings is a game of deceptions, trickery and power that will bring the players to wear the shoes of leaders of powerful factions, with the objective to impose their own will on the triumvirate waiting the nomination of the new king. Every player should play the game using intelligence and strength to impose his allies on the throne, without letting the other players understand the allies identities. Killings, sabotages, bluffs and much more is waiting for you in a 3 kings match! A match of 3 Kings is played in 4 turns. In each turn players should manage their hands to secretly plan their strategies. The played cards will allow the players to interact with each other's strategies, to make hand-building and to vote in the intrigue phase to directly eliminate all the enemy kings' pretenders to the throne.