Astronomy, storytelling, and a new geography for the sky
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Visit the StoreA war written across the night sky
Earth's constellations against their Klong rivals, in a strategic two-player card game from the Planet of the Klongs.
Ways to Play
For years I've told the stories of the Klongs, the aliens who look at our same night sky and see entirely different constellations. Orion the Hunter is Cranius the Skull Demon to them, and Taurus is Mantiba the Killer Mantis.
Klong Wars puts those two skies head to head. Build your Celestial Sphere, summon your constellations, and win by breaking your opponent or by bringing the sky into Cosmic Harmony. You'll learn real constellations without even noticing.
Learn the game in your browser with a 20-card starter deck against an AI opponent. No account needed.
The full 60-card GENESIS deck against an AI opponent, in your browser, unlimited play. Sign in to your store account to play.
The complete 60-card GENESIS deck and rulebook as a print-ready PDF. Print two decks and play at the table.
Both: the browser game and the printable deck, with both rulebooks.
Rules: Digital Edition · Print & Play Edition (PDF)
In the spirit of Magic: The Gathering, each player draws from a 60-card deck of Constellations, Caloric, Celestifacts and Pulses to fight for control of the sky.
A new equal-area map of the sky — 72 Domains, ZAP codes, and Beacon Stars, alongside the classic constellations.
Tales from the Planet of the Klongs, CroutonQuest, Klong Wars — stories and games built around the night sky.
A year of astrophotography and skywatching, month by month — the newest edition marks twenty-one years running.
Night-sky photography from the field — including "Gateway," the self-portrait under Delicate Arch behind this very page.
Signed books, calendars, game copies, and photo prints — including this page's own arch, under the stars.
Professor Jimmy Westlake has spent a lifetime looking up and inviting others to do the same. An astronomy professor and planetarium director for decades, Jimmy has introduced thousands of students and visitors to the night sky through teaching, planetarium programs, writing, photography and public outreach.
Earthbound Starman is where those pursuits come together, from Jimmy’s Cosmic Calendar and astronomical photography to the Dodecasphere, a new geometric geography for the sky.
Keep an Eye on the Sky.
