3 Ring Circus Game

The circus has come to town! Under the big top, jugglers, clowns,magicians, strongmen and wild beasts capture the curiosity of a dedicatedaudience that applauds non-stop. After each performance, your little troupeaccumulates fame and may one day pique the interest of P. T. Barnum, thegreatest circus mogul of all time. In 3 Ring Circus, players take on the roleof a circus director who tours the United States at the end of the 19thcentury. Your objective is to hire artists and offer performances in varioustowns and cities with the intention of gaining fame. In towns, features areeasy to set up and give you starting resources to upgrade your cast; smallcities are somewhat more demanding, but they allow you to come into contactwith better artists; audiences in big cities are even more demanding and wantto see very specific numbers, but performing there brings you much more fame!On their turn, players can hire an artist or host a performance. At thebeginning of the game, each player’s circuses are empty, so it will benecessary to form the company. The artist cards grant more or fewer benefitsdepending on the order in which they act, so one of the keys to the game isplanning the shows that will be offered. If they decide to act, the playersmust move to a free space on the map. If it is a town, they receive the mostbasic currency cards as a prize. If you perform in a small city, depending onthe number of pedestals you have in your company you can claim more or fewerentry cards (the second most valuable) or fame points. In the big cities, youget a lot of fame points, but the public always demands a specific type ofartist. While your little circus tries to survive, the great and splendidBarnum Circus travels across the country, and when it arrives in a big city, ascore is held in that region and the circuses that have given the mostperformances there will gain even more fame.