Threepia

Overview

Threepia explores the realm of our mind, color, and shape to create a simple stimulating puzzle card game that transcends both age and languages. You can learn to play the game within minutes and be engrossed for hours. Before starting the game, players must set a game grid by randomly picking4 cards from the deck and form them into a square with the different colors and shapes facing upward. Inspired by International Chess, each player is given a total of 3 mins for the entire game. Players get 3 cards at the start and take turns to form a roll of at least3 matching shapes or colors by stacking 1 card from their hand onto the game grid. Players who do not have any stackable card will have to end their turn by drawing a card. The player starts their countdown at the start of their turn and pause the timer at the end of their turn, the countdown resumes when it's come around to the same player. The game ends for the player when their clock runs out, while others continue to finish the game with their remaining time. When the time runs out for everyone, the player with the highest score wins! Points are awarded for each roll of 3 matching shapes or colors at the end of the player’s turn. Points are also awarded when the player finishes all the cards in their hand. The player will also need to draw 3 more cards to continue playing. Players get extra points by forming both vertical and horizontal combo in a single turn. Combos can be combined to get even more points! There are a variety of starting game grids to choose from and many other ways to play Threepia. -description from publisher