Blog
Tips, stories, and updates from the team.
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February 21, 2026
How to Use the Drawing Canvas in Three Word Tale
Everything you need to know about the powerful new Drawing Canvas built for phones, tablets, and desktops.
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February 21, 2026
How to Use the Audio Storyteller (Text-to-Speech)
Turn your family's wacky Three Word Tale into a mini-audiobook. Learn how our new voice narration feature works.
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February 21, 2026
No-Friction Lobby: How to play without an account
Why we made our multiplayer game completely account-free for kids and grandparents.
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February 20, 2026
How AI Turns Your Chaos Into a Real Story
The magic behind Tale Cards — how our AI reads your contributions and weaves them into a cohesive narrative with a title, summary, and mood.
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February 20, 2026
Bring Your Paper Drawings to Life
Photograph your child's crayon masterpiece and instantly add it to your Three Word Tale comic strip.
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February 20, 2026
Play Across Time Zones: Async Mode Is Here
Your story doesn't need to happen in one sitting. Play at your own pace, across days, with friends and family anywhere in the world.
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February 20, 2026
New Feature: Hall of Fame
We're excited to introduce Hall of Fame — a new way to enhance your storytelling experience.
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February 20, 2026
From Screen to Fridge: Print Your Comics
Download high-res PDFs, order prints, create photo books, and turn your digital stories into physical keepsakes.
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February 20, 2026
Play With Anyone: Public Rooms Are Here
Meet new storytelling partners around the world. Join public rooms or create private ones for family and friends.
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February 20, 2026
New Feature: Story Starters
We're excited to introduce Story Starters — a new way to enhance your storytelling experience.
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February 20, 2026
Three Word Tale Isn't Just for Kids
Genre packs, competitive voting, and public rooms for grown-ups. The three-word constraint works beautifully with adult wit, wordplay, and storytelling.
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February 20, 2026
New Feature: Voice-to-Text
We're excited to introduce Voice-to-Text — a new way to enhance your storytelling experience.
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February 20, 2026
New Feature: Text-Only Mode
We're excited to introduce Text-Only Mode — a new way to enhance your storytelling experience.
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February 20, 2026
New Feature: Weekly Challenges
We're excited to introduce Weekly Challenges — a new way to enhance your storytelling experience.
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February 20, 2026
The 5 Best Family Games of 2026 (That Aren't on a Console)
From storytelling to drawing to word puzzles — our favorite games for families who want to play together, not just next to each other.
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February 20, 2026
Drawing Games Compared: Skribbl.io, Gartic Phone, Drawful, and Three Word Tale
What's the best drawing game for your group? We compare the classics and the new contender.
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February 20, 2026
5 Activities for Long-Distance Families (That Actually Work)
From storytelling games to virtual dinners — activities that help families stay connected across miles and time zones.
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February 20, 2026
Three Word Tale vs Jackbox: Creating vs Performing
Jackbox makes you funny. Three Word Tale makes you a storyteller. Which fits your family better?
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February 20, 2026
Three Word Tale vs Wordle: When You Want to Create, Not Just Solve
Wordle is the perfect daily puzzle. But when you want to make something together, here's why Three Word Tale wins.
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February 20, 2026
Welcome to Three Word Tale
Why we built a storytelling game that turns family moments into comic strip legacies.
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February 20, 2026
Why Our Family Switched from Heads Up! to Three Word Tale
We loved Ellen's game. But after hundreds of rounds, we wanted something that left us with more than just memories.
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January 12, 2026
Almost Ready to Share This With the World
A year of building something for my family. Now I want to share it with yours.
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November 20, 2025
What I Wish I'd Had When She Was Seven
My daughter is 13 now and her art is extraordinary. I keep thinking about what her seven-year-old drawings might have become.
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September 8, 2025
Why a Word Game Has a Camera Button
Off-screen time, crayons, and why the photo import feature is my favorite thing I've built.
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June 15, 2025
The First Time My Family Played the Real Thing
The prototype finally worked. Then my family sat down to play it. Here's what happened.
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March 1, 2025
The Three-Word Game We Played at Dinner
How a simple kitchen-table game became the seed for an app — and why the constraint is everything.