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Trio
A clever card game where players reveal lowest and highest cards to find three of a kind.
Age
7-99
Time
15 min
Players
3-6 players
What's Included
36 numbered cards (1-12, three copies each), rules sheet
Skills Developed
Memory and deduction, logical reasoning, number sense, social reading, risk-taking decisions, attention and focus
How to Play
On your turn, reveal the lowest or highest card from any player hand (including your own) or from the central face-down cards. Try to find three cards with the same number. If you reveal three matching cards in a row, you win them. If not, all revealed cards go back. First to collect enough trios wins.
Notes
Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA. "Trio ravensburger.jpg"
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