Tongits Kingdom is a popular mobile app version of the classic Filipino card game, Tongits.

The goal of the game is to form sets or "melds" of three or more cards of the same rank and suit, such as three 9s of hearts or three Jacks of spades. Players can also form meld called "Secret Meld" which consist of Four of a Kind or Straight Flush

On every turn, players can draw one card from the deck or pick up one card from the discarded pile. They can then either form melds with their cards, add cards to existing melds, or discard one card to the discard pile. The game continues until one player wins by either going "Tongits" (having a meld of zero point value with all cards exposed) or having the lowest point value remaining in their hand when the deck runs out.

In Tongits Kingdom, players can also participate in fights and challenges with other players to gain an advantage. A fight is initiated by placing a meld on the table and no player dropping a card on it during the round. A challenge is initiated by a player who believes they have the lowest point value remaining in their hand.

◆Service Fee

The system deducts 5% of the winner's winnings as a service fee.

1.Tongits is a game played by 3 players using a deck of 52 standard playing cards. Each player starts with 12 cards, except for the starting player who has 13 cards. The remaining cards are placed in the central stack.

2.At the beginning of each game, the cards will be shuffled. After determining the starting player, the system will deal the cards clockwise while the players play counterclockwise.

3.The starting player is randomly selected for the first game, while the winner of the previous game goes first in the second game. If the starting player quits during a game, a new starting player will be randomly selected in the next round.

4.When it is the player's turn, the player's avatar will show a countdown which if it ends and the player has not played any card, the system will automatically dump the highest card.

5.After the previous player dumped the card. If this card can be grouped by the next player's card, the player can choose to take the dumped card or draw a new card from the draw pile. If this card could not be grouped, the next player will get a card from the draw pile.

6.Next, the player must collect any possible hand melds and discard any unnecessary cards. The process of picking and discarding cards continues until a player wins by declaring "Tong-its", calling a draw, or until there are no more cards left in the central stack. If the central stack runs out, points will be calculated from the cards in their hands, and the player with the lowest total score wins. In the case of a tie, the player who drew the last card from the central deck is declared as the winner.

7.Cards that can be added to all exposed sets of cards cannot be discarded.

8.When each countdown ends, if the player has not taken any action, the system will automatically draw a card or discard one. For offline players, the system will take over and perform the draw or discard actions on behalf of the offline player.

At the end of the game, a player with a Secret Meld in their hand will not have their cards burned.

If a player contains only normal meld sets and there are no exposed sets on the table, they are not allowed to initiate a Fight or Challenge.

A player with a Secret Meld can participate in a Fight initiated by another player, even if they have no exposed sets on the table.

Try to play all your cards as quickly as possible before the remaining cards are depleted. The fewer cards in your hand, the lower the total point value, and the greater the chance of winning.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

◆Tongits

If a player can put all their cards in the open area or discard them all, and the total point value of the meld is 0,then the player wins with Tongits.

◆Fight

To start a fight, the player needs to put down a meld onto the table, and no player drops any card on any of his/her meld in that round.

◆Challenge

When a player initiates a fight, if there is a meld on the show cards or a player has a special card, another player can challenge. Players can accept or fold. If a player fails to choose either accept or fold, after the countdown, the system will automatically fold the player's card.

◆Burned

If a player does not have any meld in their open card area or any secret set in their hand, the cards will be burned.

◆End of the Game

When all the cards have been drawn from the deck, the game ends.

Players without a meld or secret meld set in the open area will be burned and lose the game. The player with the lowest remaining point value wins.

◆Early Exit & Disconnection

If a player exits or disconnects during the game, they will enter into an AI mode, where the AI will automatically play the game for them. Players can reconnect to the room to continue playing the game if the game is still ongoing. Otherwise, they will enter into a new game again.

◆Tie-breaker

If a player initiates a challenge, and two players have the same point value, the player who accepts the challenge wins. If three players have the same point value, the player (player 1) who initiates the challenge's next player (player 2) wins.

If all cards have been drawn and multiple players have the same minimum point value, the player who drew the last card wins. If the player who drew the last card has the highest point value, and the other two players have the same lower point value, then the next player who drew the last card wins.

◆Card Points

◆Bonus Cards

A and K in the winner's meld or hand count as bonus cards. For each A or K in the winning meld or hand, the bonus increases by 1.

A and K placed in the winner's meld by other players, or A and K placed in other players' melds by the winner, do not count as bonus cards.

◆Bonus Count

Normal win: 1

Tongits: 1

Win challenge: 2

Special Card (A/K card): 1 (multiplied by the number of A/K cards in the winning meld)

Secret Meld: 1 (multiplied by the number of secret meld)

◆Settlement Rules

Winner’s coins = (normal win + tongits win + challenge win + special card win x no. of cards + secret meld win x no. of cards) x bet amount x multiplier - service fee

Loser’s coins = (normal win + tongits win + challenge win + special card win x no. of cards + secret meld win x no. of cards + burned) x bet amount x multiplier - service fee

* After winning, if there are no tongits , special card, secret meld or special rewards, these will be recorded as 0 in the computation.

* If a player has a “challenge win”, the “burned” will be 0. If a player has “burned”, the “challenge win” will be 0.

1.At the start of each game, each player will contribute X coins to the POT prize pool. (X is the base score of the room, for example, when entering the newbie room with a base score of 1, 1 coin will automatically be deducted and added to the POT prize pool)

2.The player who wins each game will receive a crown, and a player who wins two consecutive crowns will win all the coins in the POT prize pool.

3.The number on the crown represents the game number, 1 for the first game, 2 for the second game, and so on.

4.If a player exits the room during the game, the coins they contributed to the POT prize pool will remain in the pool and will be won by other players in the end. Therefore, no refunds will be issued.

Upon starting the game, players will enter a preparation phase and must wait for all three players to be ready before the game starts. If a player disconnects or leaves during this time, the system will take over until the player reconnects to the game. After each match, there is a 10 seconds preparation period for the next match. If a player does not prepare within 10 seconds, they will automatically exit the room.