Three Sisters is a strategic backyard roll-and-write game. Three Sisters is named after an indigenous agricultural technique still widely used today, in which three different crops – in this case pumpkins, corn and beans – are planted close together.

Corn provides a place for beans to climb, the beans transfer nitrogen from the air into the soil, and the squash provides a natural ground cover to reduce weeds and keep pests away.

In the game you have your own player sheet with multiple areas: the garden, which is divided into six numbered zones, each containing the three types of crops; the apiary; compost; perennials; goods; fruit; and the shed, which is filled with tools with special skills.

All crops, fruits, flowers, and beehives are represented by tracks that you mark when you purchase these items. Many of the tracks are interconnected with other elements in the game, giving you bonuses along the way.

A common feature of these tracks are circles representing a harvest, which generates goods; get enough goods and you will unlock bonus promotions. Progressing on all of these tracks offers varying amounts of points, progress and bonuses.