3 Stones

by Enginuity Games

Product Features

• Quality solid wood and glass board game that can be kept on display!
• Winner of Mensa Select award.
• Winner of Games Magazine "Games 100" award
• Winner of Dr. Toy "10 Best Games" award
• A great head to head strategy game.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 1.8 x 13.2 inches ; 3.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004U5FX
• Item model number: 0871
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,985 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From Parents' Choice®

An innovative variation on the classic 3-in-a-row challenge with an original twist. Create a complex strategy of offensive and defensive moves to form 3-in-a-rows while trying to prevent your opponent from doing the same. However, 3 Stones requires that play continue in the same row or column as the previous play and (here's where it gets interesting) you must play whatever color you draw even if it's your opponent's.

A 2000 Parents' Choice® Silver Honor Winner

Product Description

3 Stones takes just a minute to learn but offers a lifetime of gaming pleasure. Place 3 stones of your color in a row, across, up-and-down, or diagonally, while preventing your opponent from doing so. Just two things to remember -- you have to play in the same row or column as the last play, and, you must play whatever you draw, even if it's your opponent's color. The clear stones count for both players. Try to score as many points as you can, and keep score right on the board.

3 Stones is part of Enginuity's Signature Collection of solid wood and glass board games that look good enough to keep on display. Game includes solid wood board, 4 nickel-plated scoring pegs, 80 glass stones and wooden ring. For 2 players.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great new "classic" for two players, December 8, 2000

By 

Kelly Hawkins "plantfood" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 3 Stones (Toy)

This is a great two player game in the tradition of Othello, Go and Pente. It's simple to play and suitable for kids as young as 7 or 8 yet still challenging enough for adults. The board is heavy, sturdy wood (1/2 inch thick) and the stones are nice and weighty, with extras in case you lose them.

The game is very simple: each person chooses a color (white or black) The first player picks a stone from the bag without looking and then, after seeing what color it is, places it on the board in one of the holes. The second player then picks a stone, also without looking, and then, after seeing what color it is, places it on the board in a hole in either of the rows that intersect where the previous piece was placed. The trick is, you could pick either your own piece, the other person's piece, or a clear "wildcard" piece. If the piece is yours, you try to find a place where you will get a three stones in a row. If the piece is your opponent's piece, you try to put it where s/he won't get three in a row, but you won't mess up your own configuration. If the piece is clear, you try to put it where you will get three in a row but your opponent won't.

Sounds complicated but it's really very simple, easy to learn (i'm sure their directions are much better than mine) and good for hours of play.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.com, December 3, 2005

By 

Megan Romer (Lafayette, LA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 3 Stones (Toy)

This is a wonderful board game, destined to become a classic. The rubberwood playing board (rubberwood is an environmentally friendly renewable resource) and glass "stones" make for a feel of quality while playing the game.

Game play is relatively simple. Equal numbers of black, white and clear "stones" are put into a bag, and players take turns drawing from the bag and placing the stones on the board. The catch is that one player is trying to make three-in-a-rows with black stones, and one is trying to do that with white stones, and they are forced to play each other's stones strategically and defensively to protect their own potential rows and keep the other player from building theirs. The clear stones can be played as either color (or both colors!) and add another twist.

This game is as clever and fun as it is attractive, and it is sure to be a hit in your household.

5.0 out of 5 stars a different twist, December 28, 2010

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William Bryan Harrell III "William" (Greenfield, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: 3 Stones (Toy)

Lining three stone up in a row might not seem to take much thought and then..., you realize that you only get to play next to the last piece played, you might not be playing you own colored game piece and that you are having a lot of fun!
This is a ver inovative game that makes you think as your play.
It is fun for gamers of all ages.
Another nice aspect of this game is that the game board is sturdy, solid wood and built to last, although you are given extra game pieces should you lose them all they would be simple to replace and the game is easy to learn though not as simple as it might seem to play!
Great fun. My daughter (age ten) and I (age 57) love it.