Happy Camper's Trio box with papel-picado style art, and a fan of colourful number cards in front of it — Happy Camper's TrioPhoto: Happy Camper

An open Trio box with its card tray, the deck of cards and the rules leaflet on a blue background — 36 cards, a tray and the rulesPhoto: Happy Camper

A player holding a sorted hand of Trio cards, numbers running from low to high — Keep your hand sorted from lowest to highestPhoto: Happy Camper

A woman and two children playing Trio at an outdoor table, with matched cards laid out in front of them — A family game of TrioPhoto: Happy Camper

A fan of Trio cards: 1, 3, 4, 6 and a gold-foil 7 — The 7s are printed in goldPhoto: Happy Camper

The back of the Trio box, with a short rules summary under the line 'Can you find three of a kind?' — The box back explains the game in a few linesPhoto: Happy Camper

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Card game

Trio

Find three of a kind by asking for highest and lowest cards

Memory Deduction Collecting sets

3–6best with 4-6
15–20 minper game
Under a minuteto set up
8+years
Very easy
Nonereading

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The game in a nutshell

Trio is a small card game about finding three of a kind: on your turn you ask other players for their highest or lowest card, or turn one over from the middle, and try to reveal three matching numbers. It takes about 15 minutes for 3 to 6 players aged 8 and up, rewards a good memory, and won France's As d'Or Game of the Year in 2024. Our link goes to Happy Camper's English edition, which is imported into India.

Is Trio right for you?

Great if

Families with children from about 8 who enjoy memory games
Groups of 3 to 6, including mixed-language tables, since the cards show only numbers
A 15-minute warm-up before a longer game, or a few quick rounds after dinner
A small gift that is easy to carry to a cousin's house or on holiday

Skip it if

You mostly play as a couple; there is no official two-player mode
Your group finds memory games frustrating
You want a game with deep, long-term strategy

THE BOARDGAMES.IN TAKE

Our ratings

How hard to learnVery easy

1 / 5

Luck or skillLuck and skill

LuckSkill

Set-upUnder 1 min

ReadingNone

Behind the ratings

How hard to learnThe rules take a couple of minutes; the challenge is remembering which numbers have been seen.

Luck or skillThe deal and the middle cards add luck, but memory and working out who holds what decide most games.

Player interactionYou constantly ask other players for their cards, and what they reveal helps everyone, but you can't directly attack anyone.

Set-up timeShuffle, deal by player count, lay the rest face down in the middle and sort your hand.

Reading neededOnly numbers on the cards.

Difficulty uses our 1–5 scale: 1 is UNO or Connect 4, 3 is Catan, 5 is a heavy strategy game. These describe the experience, not an overall score.

A place on the honours list

Good company to be in.

Recognition from beyond our table.

As d'Or - Jeu de l'Annee, 2024 (Winner)

How Trio plays

Set-up: shuffle the 36 cards (three each of 1 to 12) and deal according to the number of players: with 3 players, 9 each and 9 in the middle; with 4, 7 each and 8 in the middle; with 5, 6 each and 6 in the middle; with 6, 5 each and 6 in the middle. Lay the middle cards face down, and sort your own hand from lowest to highest without showing anyone.

Time to teach: about 5 minutes.
Reading and language: The cards show only numbers and pictures, so nothing needs reading during play; the rules booklet is in English and the game is easy to explain in Hindi or any language.

How to Play Trio | Happy Camper · Happy Camper · Official

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Your turn, step by step

1
Reveal
Show cards one at a time: ask any player for their lowest or highest card, or turn one over in the middle.
2
Match
If the first two cards match, reveal a third; if any card doesn't match, everything goes back and your turn ends.
3
Collect
Three matching cards make a trio, which you keep face up in front of you.
4
Win
Collect three trios (or two connected trios in Spicy mode) first, or grab the three 7s to win at once.

Read the official rules (PDF)Trio - Rules of Play (English) · English

The full explanation: how a game of Trio goes

A turn: reveal cards one at a time, trying to find three of the same number. For each reveal you can ask any player, yourself included, to show their lowest or highest card, or turn over any card in the middle. If the first two cards match, you reveal a third. As soon as a card doesn't match, everything goes back where it came from and your turn ends.

How you win: when you reveal three matching cards, take them as a trio and place them face up in front of you. The first player to collect three trios wins, and whoever collects the three 7s wins at once. In Spicy mode you instead need two 'connected' trios, numbers that add up to 7 or differ by 7, as shown in the corners of the cards (for example 2 with 5, or 2 with 9).

Team variant: with 4 or 6 players, partners sit opposite each other, all the cards are dealt with none in the middle, and each pair may secretly swap one card at the start. Swapping is the only communication allowed; when a team wins a trio, the other teams may swap again. Trios are shared, and the winning conditions are the same.

Tip: watch every card that is revealed and returned, because that is how you find the third match later. Asking the same player for their highest card twice in a row shows their next highest too. The game works well in mixed-language families, since only numbers appear on the cards.

What's in the box

36Cards
three each of 1 to 12, with connection numbers in the corners for Spicy mode; the 7s have gold foil
1Rules booklet
English, with Simple and Spicy modes and the team variant

Box: 14.7 × 12.2 × 3.2 cm, 0.16 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.

Happy Camper lists 36 cards; Cocktail Games' French edition lists 36 cards and a rules booklet. The gold-foil 7s are described in a GeekDad review of the Happy Camper box. The original Japanese nana has the same 36 cards with different art.

Where to buy

Amazon.inImported edition

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Trio has no Indian edition. Copies sold in India are imported: Indian store listings show Happy Camper's English box, with Yes Papa Games, an Indian games company, named as the brand bringing it in, and a German edition also turns up. Our Amazon.in button goes to the Happy Camper listing, which is the English edition to buy here.

How to make sure you get a genuine copyA little care before you click.

Look for the Happy Camper logo on the box and the credits 'Game by Kaya Miyano, illustrated by Laura Michaud'; the French box carries the Cocktail Games logo instead.
Check the contents: exactly 36 cards, three each of 1 to 12, with small connection numbers in the bottom corners for Spicy mode and gold foil on the 7s.
The box should say 3-6 players and ages 8+, and the English rules booklet ends with '(c) 2023 Happy Camper, LLC, Cambridge, MA'.
Don't confuse it with Hape's Trio, a different product for young children, or with unbranded 'number matching' Trio decks; neither is Kaya Miyano's game from Happy Camper.

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What reviewers and players say

Trio is a widely praised small card game that won France's As d'Or Game of the Year in 2024. Reviewers like that it teaches in minutes, mixes memory, deduction and a little luck, and works for families and adults alike; the tension of asking for someone's highest card and the hunt for the golden 7s come up often. Complaints are minor: a box bigger than it needs to be, no official two-player mode, and play that may feel too light for strategy fans. One US reviewer was uncomfortable with the Mexican-style artwork of the English edition, which replaced the original Japanese art.

What people love

Teaches in a couple of minutes and plays in about 15
Memory and deduction with nothing to read
Asking for highest or lowest cards keeps everyone involved
Small box that is easy to take anywhere

Common complaints

No official two-player mode
Luck and memory may feel too light for strategy fans
The box is larger than 36 cards need

Based on 5 reviews and discussions

Review Snap Up Sets in 'Trio' (Jonathan H. Liu, January 2024) · GeekDad
Review Trio - Board Game Review (Alex McKenzie, March 2025) · Meeple and the Moose
Review Trio Second Opinion: A Clever, Quick Card Game for Everyone (Kacoplays, May 2025) · Zatu Games blog
Award As d'Or (list of winners) · Wikipedia
Reference Trio (publisher's page) · Cocktail Games

Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.

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Our picks if Trio isn't quite right

Feature	Trio	SCOUT	The Mind	Love Letter
Players	3–6	2–5	2–4	2–6
Best with	4-6	4-5	3-4	3-5
Play time	15–20 min	15–30 min	15–25 min	15–30 min
Age	8+	9+	8+	10+
Rules	Easy	Medium	Easy	Easy
Indian edition	Import	Import	Import	Import
Why look at it	This page	Another small-box card game from Japan built on numbered cards	Another small number-card game that plays on reading the people around the table	A tiny deduction card game for small groups

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Questions people ask about Trio

Is this Trio the same as Hape's Trio?

No. This Trio is Kaya Miyano's three-of-a-kind card game, published in English by Happy Camper and in France by Cocktail Games. Hape's Trio is a different product for young children, and unbranded 'Trio' number-matching decks only copy the rules.

Can two people play Trio?

Not officially. The box says 3 to 6 players and the rules have no two-player mode; the original Japanese version, nana, was labelled for 2 to 5, but the English edition is not.

What is Spicy mode in Trio?

It is the advanced way to win. Instead of any three trios, you need two connected trios, numbers that add up to 7 or differ by 7, such as 2 and 5 or 2 and 9; the small numbers in the card corners show the links. Collecting the three 7s still wins at once.

What age is Trio suitable for?

Happy Camper says 8 and up, and Cocktail Games says 7 and up. Children need to know numbers to 12 and remember what has been revealed; there is nothing to read on the cards.

Is Trio good for travel?

Yes. It is just 36 cards in a box about the size of a hand, set-up takes a minute, and a game lasts about 15 minutes, so it suits train journeys and holiday evenings.

Game facts

Designed by: Kaya Miyano
Publisher: Happy Camper (Happy Camper, LLC, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA); first published in Japan as nana, and in France by Cocktail Games
In India: Imported; Indian store listings name Yes Papa Games as the brand bringing it in
First published: 2021
Players: 3–6
Barcode: 860010873007
Language: No reading – The cards show only numbers and pictures, so nothing needs reading during play; the rules booklet is in English and the game is easy to explain in Hindi or any language.
Box size and weight: 14.7 × 12.2 × 3.2 cm, 0.16 kg
Awards: As d'Or - Jeu de l'Annee, 2024 (Winner)

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