How Sonic 3 & Knuckles Zones is played

Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — story order — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in story order — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

What's in the deck

14 of the 14 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Angel Island Zone The lush tropical island set ablaze by Dr. Eggman
Hydrocity Zone The ancient, flooded underground ruins
Marble Garden Zone The crumbling ancient city built into a valley
Carnival Night Zone The bright, circus-themed amusement park with tricky barrels
IceCap Zone The snowy mountain where Sonic starts on a snowboard
Launch Base Zone The heavily fortified shipyard where the Death Egg is being rebuilt
Mushroom Hill Zone The giant forest filled with bouncy fungi and seasonal shifts
Flying Battery Zone Eggman's airborne battleship loaded with hazards
Sandopolis Zone The desert ruins plagued by rising sand and ghosts
Lava Reef Zone The subterranean volcanic cavern with cooling magma
Hidden Palace Zone The ancient shrine housing the Master Emerald and Knuckles' fight
Sky Sanctuary Zone The floating ruins where Sonic battles Mecha Sonic
Death Egg Zone Eggman's massive, orbit-bound space station
The Doomsday Zone The final space chase for Super Sonic to recover the Master Emerald