Published card games
Ponjan
Bandai Co., Ltd., 1975
Ponjan is a card game published by Bandai Co., Ltd. in 1975. It is played with 2 to 4 players, from age 5 and in about 20 to 60 minutes.
- players
- 2–4
- minutes
- 20–60
- years
- 5+
This game’s rules aren’t on Marquoir yet: keep the ones from the box. Marquoir keeps score, times your games and records them.
The box
- Publishers
- Bandai Co., Ltd., Anoa, Hanayama, Takatoku, Tomy, Namco Bandai Games Inc.
- Year of release
- 1975
- Also known as
- Donjara · Punch game · Donjara Crayon Shin-chan · Donjara Doraemon
About the game
Ponjan (ポンジャン), also known as Donjara, is a kids version of the table game mahjong played in Japan. Ponjan (also spelled Pom Jong in English) has three types of tiles: cars, boats and airplanes.Ponjan is a portmanteau of 'pon,' or 'pong,' the word for calling a triplet, and 'jan,' or 'jong,' the second syllable of the word mahjong. Donjara is the Bandai registered trademark version of this game, Donjara typically licenses franchises for specific licensed editions. Takara Tomy also produces licensed versions of Ponjan, notably of Pokemon and Mickey Mouse. The game is played with 2 to 4 players.
As of March 2021, Bandai Namco has sold 3.92 million units since 1984.More from Bandai Co., Ltd.
- Looping Louie · 1992
- Miracle Five · 2007
- Navia Dratp · 2004
- One Piece Card Game · 2022
- Simpei · 2005
- The Flying Dutchman · 1992
Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.