{"product_id":"war-of-the-3-sanchos","title":"War of the 3 Sanchos","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe three Sanchos are the Kings of Castilla, Nájera-Pamplona and Aragón, fighting over the northern territories of Spain (as it wasn't then) in 1065-67. The war where \u003ci\u003eEl Cid\u003c\/i\u003e gained his reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn game terms, players are looking to gain control of the castles and towers across the land and hit the crucial 10 points-worth that gives them supremacy. Or have the most points after all cards have been played.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers' actions are fuelled by the cards in their hand, but playing a card also lets both opponents do something. This makes for some tricky decisions over which card to play when – ideally when the other guys can't take advantage of it. Combat is handled by a mechanism that needs a bit of getting used to, but is ever so clever when you get the hang of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm particularly taken with this game as there aren't many designed specifically for three players (when fewer than three people are playing, non-player Sanchos take up the slack). It's also the fourth in Surprised Stare's \"Pocket Campaign\" series after \u003ca title=\"More about The Cousins' War\" href=\"\/products\/Cousins-War-2nd-ed\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cousins' War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca title=\"More about The Ming Voyages\" href=\"\/products\/Ming-Voyages\"\u003eThe Ming Voyages\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca title=\"More about The March of Progress\" href=\"\/products\/March-of-Progress\"\u003eThe March of Progress\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor 1-3 players, aged 12+, playing time 30-45 minutes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar of the 3 Sanchos\u003c\/em\u003e was designed by David J Mortimer and is published by Surprised Stare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind out more:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e    \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar of the 3 Sanchos\u003c\/em\u003e at \u003ca title=\"More about War of the 3 Sanchos at Boardgamegeek (in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/380455\/war-3-sanchos-1065-67\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBoardGameGeek\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Games from Pevans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58452173553989,"sku":"861","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/0116\/7685\/files\/3-Sanchos-cover.jpg?v=1783095838","url":"https:\/\/games.pevans.co.uk\/products\/war-of-the-3-sanchos","provider":"Games from Pevans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}