To master Zonk is to master life…
Recently recovered records show that the Game of Zonk has been played in one form or another since the days of Ramses II. Egyptian hieroglyphs depict various kings engaged in a smoke ritual with six sided dice and a long pipe. Several mummies have even been uncovered holding a golden snake and a limited edition game of Zonk. Later it was believed that Bedouins smuggled Zonk out on an old donkey and it eventually washed up on the shores of Spain.
Zonk was then chased out of Europe by the Inquisition, and sailed to the New World via an old wooden ship. Always with bud and always with dice and a pipe. Zonk was respected but feared. A game played by serfs and nobility alike. Zonk had met it’s end many times. Sometimes on the guillotine during the French Revolution and other times in Puritan New England where countless games mate their fate amongst the smoking pyres. (More smoke than usual at any rate.)
Finally a small group of Zonks got together in the back of a speakeasy and agreed to keep this thing underground until the time was right. What with the recent legalization of pot in many states the time has come. The underground game of “getting high” is now above ground. It has shed itself of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle trench coat (used of course to purchase pizza in public) and is now ready to join civilized society. Welcome Zonk!
