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3 Man Chess – Board Game Review
3 Man Chess is a Board/Strategy game from Adam King, first launched in 4th December 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 6+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes 3 Man Chess Stand Out
An app version of the "3 Man Chess: In the Round" board game! Play a variant of chess which has 3 players on a circular board. The unorthodox shape allows for strategies not possible in normal chess: A rook or bishop can loop around the whole board. Two players can work together to checkmate a third, or one player could potentially checkmate both others at the same time. The possibility of temporary alliances and backstabbing among the players gives a dose of political intrigue to the classic chess formula.
App Features:
- Local multiplayer via Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi. Or just pass one device around between 3 people.
- Save your games to come back to them later. Transfer a game in progress to other devices in multiplayer.
- Turn-by-turn replays of your matches: pause, adjust the speed, or stop in the middle and play the game from there to rewind.
- You can display all the locations a piece can move to for easy learning, or hide them to have a more competitive setting.
- Very few changes from traditional chess rules; just enough to make the 3rd player and round board work.
- All official chess and 3 Man Chess rules are included, and are enforced during gameplay.
- More detailed instructions for using the app and setting up multiplayer are included as well.
- The all-important ability to zoom in, especially useful for phones.
- No ads.
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, 3 Man Chess is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 4th December 2018
Download & Availability
3 Man Chess is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is such a great game, so complex, much more strategy involved! Also, this app works amazingly well, and even has online multiplayer with friends, you just have to make a virtual LAN with the VPN app ZeroTier One. Thank you for this app, great price for so much entertainment.
Completely broken game. Does not let the white pieces win. Anytime white moves in for a checkmate it says CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE. BLM. And then the turn goes to black again. Unplayable.
Bought this game with two of our friends to play and you cant actually connect with anyone online without being on local multiplayer.
First off it way to small to play. Second no one has this game so good luck trying to play another person online. There is no AI player so your screwed if no one joins. We never got to play anyone and totally wasted 2.99.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 10.84 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Adam King
Last updated: 4th December 2018 | Genre: Board, Strategy | Developer: Adam King