Konog

An elegant game based off the traditional gambling game of the fierce and reclusive konog species, a secretive and xenophobic race from a remote corner of the galaxy. This game, enjoyed for years by the expeditionaries and pioneers in the Industrial Sectors, has only recently been introduced to the Core Systems.

The goal of the game is to make a number of "Konogs"; which is either three cards of the same number of any suit, or a run (1, 2, 3) of three cards of the same suit. After playing a Konog, the fourth card left in your hand is placed in front of you, this is the value of that Konog. At the end of the game (after one player has performed a sixth Konog and all other players have taken one last turn) these values are added together (plus any triumvirates) to find the player's total ending score. The player with the highest score is the winner.

Note: you will need a large plate (or a rotating tray, like a Lazy Susan) to play Konog. As a player discards, many cards will make the discard piles (one for each player) rotate in different directions. Also included in the game are wooden "sentries", you can place these on a discard pile to protect a card from being taken or covered up by another player.

Konog has many features that set it apart from other games. Inside each game box you can expect to find: simple, yet elegant artwork featured on circular cards, a completely alien numerical system based on three (don't worry, standard numbers are featured at the bottom of each card for those that are unfamiliar with the Konog numeral system), colorful wooden pieces (a sentry and matching post for each player), and a drawstring bag to hold everything.

This latest work is my best yet! The cost of the game may seem prohibitive, but I refuse to cut corners and give my customers a sub-par product. I wanted to give you a product you will be proud to include in your game collection. I could have printed the rules as just a text document, but felt a real booklet improves the quality of the game. I could have dropped the wooden tokens, replacing them with cheaper cards, but felt the wooden pieces give the game more personality.
This game is fun and easy to teach to new players. the rules, even the strange numbers, are quick to learn, but there is an underlying strategy to this game. My only regret is that I couldn't include a spinning plate and hand-carved sentries.

EDIT 8-23-2014: I've just printed the first prototype and still need to find time to set up a good backdrop and get some good images of the physical game components itself. Please be patient, I know how lame it is to just see online file images in the action shots. If you're extremely interested in this game I can personally get some images of the prototype to you quickly. Just let me know.