Konane
BGG rank
BGG #21,988
BGG rating
5.8

Konane

1775

Rules assistance for Konane

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 20 min
  • 6+
  • Complexity 2.0/5

Rules assistant for Konane

For 2 players

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Konane is a board game released in 1775 for 2 players, 20 minutes per game, and ages 6 and up. Its main mechanics are Square Grid, Grid Movement, and Static Capture.

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About the game

A traditional Hawaiian game. From Katie Harris's review: The gameboard is made up of rows and columns, like a checkerboard. However, you can have as many rows and columns as you would like (and your board accommodates). To set-up the game, fill each square with a playing piece, alternating between black and white pieces. Black moves first, by taking off one of his pieces. He may only remove a piece from the middle of the board or from one of the corners. White removes one of his pieces that is adjacent orthogonally to the empty square created by Black. There should now be two empty squares next to each other. From there on, players take turns jumping their opponents’ pieces. A jump may only be made orthogonally, never diagonally. A player may make multiple jumps with the same piece in a turn, provided that he does not change direction. Making a multiple jump is optional. Pieces that are jumped are removed from the board. When one player is unable to jump during his turn, his opponent wins the game. Online Play http://www.iggamecenter.com/ - igGameCenter (real-time, bot) https://likonane.org/ - Likōnane (real-time, bot, tournaments)

Publishers

  • (Public Domain)
  • Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)
  • Mitra
  • House of Marbles
  • L. P. Septímio
  • Geoludie
  • Krealudik
  • Sports Meeple

Questions and answers

Konane supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.