Zenergy

The universe unfolds like a puzzle of harmony, where each card finds its place within the quiet dance of connections. Align the elements, feel the flow, and watch as your space grows into a tapestry of synergy and design.

Important notice: to play Zenergy, wou will need a ZSA card deck available at zsa.fun

Game Overview

In Zenergy - Synergic Affinities, you compete to achieve the best score by laying the most harmonious 3X5 card tableau. Points are awarded for suits, themes and number series.

Anatomy of a card

Image from the zsa.fun website

Setup

Select cards accorfing to the number of players. Then, shuffle them thoroughly and deal 3 cards to each player. Draw 3 additional cards and place them face-up in a display row.

On your turn

Choose a card from your hand and place it adjacent to another card of your tableau. Then draw a new card either from the display row or from the deck

Try to group cards according to their themes, suits and number values to maximize your victory points!

Scoring

When your 3X5 tableau is complete, scoring begins.

Points are awarded for:

• Themes: choose 2 themes to score. For each, find the largest connected group of matching theme and score points according to the table. Themes are reminded in the player aid.

• Suits: Choose 2 suits to score, following the same method as themes.

• Number Chain: Find the longest sequence of adjacent cards (horizontal or vertical) with numbers in strict order (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,X, followed by J, Q, K, A for the ZenFlow Variant).

About the game

Zenergy - Synergic Affinities was designed on the Game Crafter for the ZSA Cards Challenge in March 2025.

All art used in this page is directly from the ZSA deck and used with the consent from the ZSA team in the context of this contest.

The pictures from the Game in action section are taken using the print and play version of the cards