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Kōnane – Board Game Review
Kōnane is a Board/Strategy game from Instant Interactive, first launched in 7th January 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 15+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Kōnane Stand Out
Welcome to kōnane, a game played by the ancient people of Hawaii! Legend has is that King Kamehameha could not be defeated. Can you become a master of kōnane as well?
— FEATURES —
- Learn to play by viewing the tutorial. Gameplay is similar to checkers.
- Play games on an 8 by 8 board.
- Play against the device or share and play with a friend.
- Earn your place on leaderboards and obtain achievements in Game Center.
- Various settings to control aspects such as difficulty and the inclusion of hints.
- Beautiful graphics to include coral and lava rock playing pieces.
- Hawaiian glossary with visual and audio pronunciations.
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Kōnane is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd April 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Game Center achievements and leaderboards now work correctly on all devices.
Download & Availability
Kōnane is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We have 3 Knane boards of various sizes and love this game. This app version lets us play on the go. Simple in concept, but genius level in play, Knane is the strategy game a level above Chess.
We love Konane game! We knew we asked for that real life board game, but its very hard to find to buy and play on the table. We found this app that is easy to find and download onto our phone.
We love this version of the Konane. Great look, challenging computer play and the glossary with the spoken pronunciation of the Hawaiian words pertaining to the game is an added bonus! All that we need now is an update to iOS 11! Update: iOS11 now available. We have had great interactions with the developer. We still love the game best version available.
No longer loads on new OS. Very disappointed, our son and we played it all the time.
Great game … Reasoning game for any age.
Great version of Konane! We're glad we bought it.
Very nice and realistic gameplay. Tested on a device running iOS 5.1.1 and another device running iOS 7.1.2. Though this game has not been improved in a while we would like to see the following additions made: Option to choose board size such as 6×6, 8×8, 10×10, & 9×10. The ability to choose which first piece is removed by each player since there may be some strategy involved on the part of the second player on deciding whether to remove his piece nearer to the center or nearer to one side. When a winner is declared, display the banner in a way so that it does not obscure view of the board. Players need to be able to analyze the outcome of the game. On a 4-in-a-row game that we downloaded, the banner is narrow so that it does not cover any row completely and somewhat opaque so that it may be easily seen through. Also, please add Bluetooth and Wi-Fi play since players might not always be available in the Game Center or online. Also, if there is to be any sort of scoring as we noticed in the Game Center such as least number of moves, number of pieces taken, and number of points accumulated, then these statistics should be displayed somewhere on the screen, perhaps at the bottom, and in a locally stored leaderboard list. Lastly, the option for a player to specify his or her own name should also be made available. This long wish list may be a lot to ask, but perhaps such improvements will lead to greater popularity of this ancient game in the 21st century.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.0.2
- Size: 56.76 MB
- iOS: 9.3 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Instant Interactive]()
Last updated: 2nd April 2018 | Genre: Board, Strategy | Developer: Instant Interactive