Triple Triad

Triple Triad is a card game that originates from the PlayStation game Final Fantasy 8. It is a game that involves strategy, planning, and a little bit of luck. A different combination of rules can be implemented to make the game quite a bit different depending on the set of rules. Since the game can range from very complex to quite simple, it attracts people from all kinds of ages.

The goal of the game is to have more cards at the end than your opponent. You play on a three by three board and each opponent has five cards. Depending on the rules that you're playing with, you can take your opponents cards in a variety of different ways. Each card has four numbers on it. There is a top number, bottom number, left number, and right number. The base rule, known as the power rule, means that if you place down a card and your corresponding number is higher than theirs, you would temporarily take that card. It may seem complicated, but it's actually very quite simple once you start playing it!

I personally spent hours upon hours playing Triple Triad instead of going through the plot line in Final Fantasy 8. There are new cards that you can discover that are secretly hidden though out the game. It was a ton of fun seeing just how many cards I could collect. In the game, it would also allow you to change the cards into something useful, such as healing potions or special magical powers. But in reality, the game was so much fun, I simply played it because I thought it was challenging. Trying to beat the AI opponent was quite the challenge at times, and you continually altered your strategy.

At times, I'd have my brothers and sisters all watching me play Triple Triad, giving me suggestions on which move to try next, and although it would sometimes get a little heated, we would all celebrate together after each victory. It's also a lot of fun to compare your own strategy with the strategy of friends. Different minds definitely have a variety of ways of winning. A lot of the game uses math, so those who are good with numbers will be especially good at this game. But there is also a lot of creativity involved, and if you don't look several moves ahead, you'll find yourself on the defeated end quite often.