The Joystiq Free Game Club: Kongai
We hook you up with two different kinds of games in the JFGC. The first are just titles that we hope you'll think are fun. The second are ones we've been paid to post about by the Chinese government to make the English-speaking world less productive. Posting about Kongai ... well, let's just say if you want to go to a fancy meal that will cost no more than 457 yuan, you don't even need to worry about it. We've got you.
Kongai is a really excellent digital collectible card game hosted by Kongregate. The strategy is sufficiently deep so that explaining here wouldn't really be practical but, in short, you'll pit three or five character cards against three or five of an enemy's. You'll then have to balance choosing the right attack for the right situation with knowing when to retreat.
At first, it may seem a little broken, with any attack able to be evaded by switching out the character in play. But when you realize that you can counter that evasion with a devastating attack if you successfully predict it, the game takes on the quality of a game of psychic rock-paper-scissors. It's bizarrely addictive, and really difficult to explain the charms of.
If you're a frequent visitor to Kongregate, you already know a bit about Kongai, in fact, you could say you've been preparing to play it for months. Each week, the site's been offering up new challenges on different games. If you've been religiously completing them like we have, you've already got a stockpile of quite a few cards. It's also a compelling reason to keep going back to the service.
We know, we know, this may not sound like your cup of tea. But please, go give it a whirl. Of course, if you're half as addicted as we are, we'll never see you again.
Kongai is a really excellent digital collectible card game hosted by Kongregate. The strategy is sufficiently deep so that explaining here wouldn't really be practical but, in short, you'll pit three or five character cards against three or five of an enemy's. You'll then have to balance choosing the right attack for the right situation with knowing when to retreat.
At first, it may seem a little broken, with any attack able to be evaded by switching out the character in play. But when you realize that you can counter that evasion with a devastating attack if you successfully predict it, the game takes on the quality of a game of psychic rock-paper-scissors. It's bizarrely addictive, and really difficult to explain the charms of.
If you're a frequent visitor to Kongregate, you already know a bit about Kongai, in fact, you could say you've been preparing to play it for months. Each week, the site's been offering up new challenges on different games. If you've been religiously completing them like we have, you've already got a stockpile of quite a few cards. It's also a compelling reason to keep going back to the service.
We know, we know, this may not sound like your cup of tea. But please, go give it a whirl. Of course, if you're half as addicted as we are, we'll never see you again.












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Randy Walker @ Jul 21st 2008 12:01PM
I'm glad it finally came out, though it's very easy to come this close to winning and lose all three of your characters because of a few poorly-timed missed attacks.
Still fun, though.
Zertoss @ Jul 21st 2008 12:08PM
For a second there, I thought those tabs at the bottom of the screenshot said "My Dick" and "Enemy's Dick". And before I realized what it actually said, I checked to see if Justin posted this.
Zamzoph @ Jul 21st 2008 1:08PM
Not to mention that it shows two female characters on the "My Dick" tab...
Jay @ Jul 21st 2008 12:11PM
Kongregate is a fun site. I am not a gamer points nerd but collecting cards from challenges is fun. Now that Kongai is open we all have a reason to play mini-games for cards.
Yuccadude @ Jul 21st 2008 12:51PM
That is one unfortunate screen, because when I was glancing at it, it looked like it says 'My Dick' instead of My Deck. Then I looked again and it looks like it says Enemy's Dick as well...
Jim Greer @ Jul 21st 2008 1:21PM
For those looking for the link: http://www.kongregate.com/cards
Shaq-Fu @ Jul 21st 2008 1:44PM
you could always hit the source button beneath the tags
Dr. Stabbingworth @ Jul 21st 2008 1:44PM
You mean for those who don't know about the "source" link at the bottom of the article.
Jim Greer @ Jul 21st 2008 1:47PM
Oops, my bad.
Kyle7 @ Jul 21st 2008 5:07PM
Jim Greer on joystiq?!
kong and joystiq collide
the interwebs may crash now
DBuck_Eye @ Jul 21st 2008 1:41PM
I tried this game and was unimpressed. But then again these RPG-ish games aren't really my cup of tea...
-Vexx- @ Jul 21st 2008 2:36PM
Hmm this game looks interesting
zombienutz @ Jul 21st 2008 11:57PM
I can finally use those cards I've been getting every week!