War Kings (2009)

Card game that can be played in 3 versions.

From the creators:

"War Kings is a card game modeled after the ancient warring times by which the rules and principles of the game are adopted from thirteen chapters of Sun Tzu's Art of War. In War Kings, the crux of the thirteen chapters are gathered and fully utilized, the function of each card is designed based on these principles."

There are 3 ways to play War Kings:

1) War Kings - The Battle!
Involves playing cards to attack/defend. You have 4 lives. Every time you win a battle you win terrain. Win 4 terrain you win the game, or if all other players run out of lives before you, you win the game. People can team up on attacks/defense
2) War Kings - The Duel!
Kind of like a complex version of war; cards battle with various cards having different effects on the battle.
3) War Kings - Enemy Attacks!
Rummy variant; want to run out of cards first and score points for cards played.

The first game can be played by 3 to 6 players utilizing the one game deck. The second game can be played by two using two separately purchased decks. The third game is a simpler game that can be played by 2 to 6 players.

The cards feature artwork, Chinese characters, and English text.