Front Page

Content

Authors

Game Index

Forums

Site Tools

Submissions

About

KK
Kevin Klemme
March 09, 2020
35165 2
Hot
KK
Kevin Klemme
January 27, 2020
20836 0
Hot
KK
Kevin Klemme
August 12, 2019
7428 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
December 19, 2023
3981 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
December 14, 2023
3506 0
Hot

Mycelia Board Game Review

Board Game Reviews
O
oliverkinne
December 12, 2023
2079 0
O
oliverkinne
December 07, 2023
2587 0

River Wild Board Game Review

Board Game Reviews
O
oliverkinne
December 05, 2023
2257 0
O
oliverkinne
November 30, 2023
2499 0
J
Jackwraith
November 29, 2023
3020 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
November 28, 2023
1973 0
S
Spitfireixa
October 24, 2023
3696 0
Hot
O
oliverkinne
October 17, 2023
2626 0
O
oliverkinne
October 10, 2023
2462 0
O
oliverkinne
October 09, 2023
2291 0
O
oliverkinne
October 06, 2023
2509 0

Outback Crossing Review

Board Game Reviews
×
Bugs: Recent Topics Paging, Uploading Images & Preview (11 Dec 2020)

Recent Topics paging, uploading images and preview bugs require a patch which has not yet been released.

Three's Company - My top 15 three player games

More
09 Oct 2010 22:22 #269458 by KingPut
...

3iscompanyThree's a crowd, Three's company but some times it's hard to find a good three player game.  With 2 players I can always play a war game.  There are tons of great games for 4 - 6 players.  And with 7+ you usually end up playing a party game.  But with 3 it's a little more difficult to find good games.   The problem with 3 player games is preventing the 2 against 1 situation that tends to come up in every game.  Or if you can't prevent it why not embrace it and create games that are designed to be 2 against 1.
My criteria for my top 20 for 3 players is that playing with 3 players is the sweet spot or the game plays equally well with 2 or 4 players.  I've also included games that have some degree of interaction.  Other peoples list may have low interaction games like Dominion, Race for the Galaxy, etc. but I'm not into that kind of game.  For me game like Arkham Horror, Ti3, Doom were taken off the list for me because both games play better with 4 players than with 3 players.

So here' my list of 15 games to play with 3 players

#1 War of Ring (hardcore fans of the game will only play 2 players but 3 works real well)

#2 Friedrick (long but doesn't feel long, I still haven't play Maria maybe that's #1)

#3 Starcraft (Scales well from 2-6 but works real nicely with 3 players)

#4 Age of Steam (3 players is as good as 4 or 5 players)

#5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (3 is great number for this game)

#6. Caylus (2-5 players but I'll never play 2 or 5 players)

#7. Nexus Ops

#8. Middle Earth Quest

#9. American Megafuna

#10. Talisman (can be played with 2-50 people but 3 - 4 is the best)

#11. Prophesy, World of Warcraft, Dungeon Quest, other dungeon games, etc.

#12. Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean  (2005)

#13. Wallace game (Byzantium and God's Play Ground)

#14. Android

#15. Attika - A unique Euro from 2003

So what's your favorite 3 player games?

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Moderators: Gary Sax
Time to create page: 0.163 seconds