Three Pawns

I have so much that has happened in the last few days that I want to share, but I spent several hours during our beach day today playing, watching, and learning about a new game that I can’t wait to share with all of you! The game can be played with just a few items and as it is a logic game, it can be played by a wide variety of levels. The name of the game loosely translates to Three Pawns.

Our beach day venue had a game board painted onto an old wooden bench. You could paint your own on a simple canvas or piece of wood, or you could draw it on a whiteboard, or you could draw it onto a small piece of paper, or you could even create the game board on the sand. Two people play the game, and each will need three items. One of you could be pennies, and the other could be paper clips, or different colored tokens, but today, sitting on the beach, one of us was pinecones, and the other was shells.

The game board should have nine dots in a square formation with lines, connecting each of the dots, like this: 

One person begins the game by placing one object on the game board. Then player number two places one of his or her pieces onto the board. You continue taking turns until all six pieces are on the board. The goal of the game, much like tic-tac-toe, is to get three in a row. The big difference is, with this game, you can move the pieces around. However, you are only allowed to move one piece at a time when it is your turn and that piece can only move to a circle that is connected to the current circle your piece is on. You can’t move from one side of the square all the way to the other side, you can only move to the next closest circle.

Here’s a video as our hosts teach us how to play:

Enjoy playing!