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Three Musketeers
1969
Rules assistance for Three Musketeers
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- 2 players
- 10 min
- Complexity 1.7/5
For 2 players
Rules assistant for Three Musketeers
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Three Musketeers is a board game released in 1969 for 2 players and 10 minutes per game. It was designed by Haar Hoolim and its main mechanics are Point to Point Movement.
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About the game
Three Musketeers was first published in Sid Sackson´s A Gamut of Games. Three Musketeers is played on a 5 x 5 square grid board. The bottom left corner, the center and the top right corner are starting spaces for the three musketeers. All other spaces are initially occupied by "enemies." Musketeers can only move to adjacent spaces with an enemy piece, which is captured by this move. Enemies can only move to empty adjacent spaces. Enemies win if all three musketeers are ever on the same line or column. Musketeers win as soon as they run out of legal moves. Musketeers will start the game. According to Wikipedia the game was strongly solved in 2009 by Johannes Laire. The enemies (that could be called Cardinal Richelieu's men) can always force a own win. References are missing but due to the restricted amount of available moves for the Musketeers and the strict, clear, and simple rule set proof is possible with acceptable effort with same result.
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- Random House, Inc.
- The Game Crafter, LLC
- Let's Play Games! LLC
- NewVenture Games
- Hugendubel Verlag
- Hutchinson
- Dover Publications
- dtv (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag)
- RBA Libros S.A.
Questions and answers
Three Musketeers supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Three Musketeers is 10 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Three Musketeers has a complexity rating of 1.7 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Three Musketeers belongs to these categories: Abstract Strategy. Its main mechanics are Point to Point Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Three Musketeers are: Haar Hoolim. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Three Musketeers as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.