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In Three Generations: The Rise and Fall of the Eternal Empire, you’ll tell the story of the rise and fall of an empire across three eras as you build a network of cities and describe the journeys of characters who travel across its lands. Play by drawing cards from a deck, answering the questions on them, and assembling them into a map of people and places.

Key Info:

  • Time: 60 minutes
  • Player count: 1-5 players, no facilitator
  • Themes: empire, exploration, trade, travel
  • Designed by Randy Lubin and Sam Dunnewold
  • Inspired by Desperation by Jason Morningstar

The game runs on playingcards.io via a custom .pcio file, or you can download files to print and play. The full rules of the game in this rules document.

This is the beta version of the game and it is in open playtesting. It lacks art but otherwise contains all the text and components you need to play. We'd love to hear your feedback – feel free to leave it in the comments on this page.

StatusIn development
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorsRandy Lubin, sdunnewold
GenreRole Playing
Tagsstorygame
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish
ContentNo generative AI was used

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Three Generations – The Rise and Fall of the Eternal Empire.pcio 54 kB
Three Generations print and play 11-24-2025.pdf 559 kB

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This looks interesting.  Is there any chance of you making a version of the print and play file that is formatted for people whose printers can print pages front and back?

My thinking was that playing the game with thin slips of paper would be pretty frustrating as opposed to these which sandwich around a card well in a sleeve, or fold up and tape together into something more substantial/grabbable than a thin, small piece of letter paper. But I can look into it.

When I print stuff like that, I use card stock, so thin paper wouldn't be an issue.