Three Sisters is a beautifully-illustrated, backyard-farming roll-and-write game for 1 to 4 players that plays in about 45 minutes.
Three Sisters is named after the Indigenous agricultural technique – companion planting – that is still widely used today. Three different crops—in this case, pumpkins, corn, and beans—are planted close together. Corn provides a lattice for beans to climb. The beans bring in nitrogen from the air into the soil, and the pumpkins provide a natural mulch ground cover helping to reduce weeds and keep pests away.
All the crops, fruits, flowers, and hives are represented by mini-tracks. The areas are interconnected to other elements in the game, giving you bonuses along the way. Many crops generate goods that are used to unlock bonus actions. Advancing on all of these tracks offers various amounts of points, advancements, and bonuses.
Three Sisters is the brand new loaded roll-and-write game from the designers of Fleet: The Dice Game, Wasteland Express Delivery Service, Piepmatz, Stellar, and more. Three Sisters packs all the decisions and fun of a full gaming experience into an efficient and innovative package.
The Tractor Meeple is an alternative meeple to Farmer Edith for those extra busy days in the yard!
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Three Sisters is a beautifully-illustrated, backyard-farming roll-and-write game for 1 to 4 players that plays in about 45 minutes.
Three Sisters is named after the Indigenous agricultural technique – companion planting – that is still widely used today. Three different crops—in this case, pumpkins, corn, and beans—are planted close together. Corn provides a lattice for beans to climb. The beans bring in nitrogen from the air into the soil, and the pumpkins provide a natural mulch ground cover helping to reduce weeds and keep pests away.
All the crops, fruits, flowers, and hives are represented by mini-tracks. The areas are interconnected to other elements in the game, giving you bonuses along the way. Many crops generate goods that are used to unlock bonus actions. Advancing on all of these tracks offers various amounts of points, advancements, and bonuses.
Three Sisters is the brand new loaded roll-and-write game from the designers of Fleet: The Dice Game, Wasteland Express Delivery Service, Piepmatz, Stellar, and more. Three Sisters packs all the decisions and fun of a full gaming experience into an efficient and innovative package.
The Tractor Meeple is an alternative meeple to Farmer Edith for those extra busy days in the yard!
Three Sisters is played over 8 rounds. Each round, dice are rolled based on the number of players, grouped by number, and each group is placed on a section of the action rondel. Then players take turns drafting one die and using it. When everyone is done, everyone gets another action based on the die that is remaining.
The die you take lets you do two things: Work your farm based on the value of the die and then take the action of the section you took it from. When you work on your farm, you are focused on the zone matching the die value. You may either Plant or Water. The actions on the rondel let you interact with other areas of your yard like your shed, fruit, or apiary.
The player sheets have several areas: Your field, divided into six zones, each containing the three crop types, and various other areas related to additional actions you can take: Fruits, perennial flowers, your apiary, and a shed with tools that have special abilities.
Three Sisters has a fully developed solo mode sure to satisfy solo gamers of all types. Farmer Edith will get in your way as you work to grow the best garden. But don’t take our word for it:
