Kadis - kot Kadis - kot was a board game played with two or more players . It consisted of three sets of colored pieces , red , green , and orange , which needed to be placed on a hexagonal board . Every set was made up of round and hexagonal pieces of each color , although it is not clear if the differently - shaped pieces moved differently during game play . The board itself was divided into grids , and each grid had its own coordinate , such as grid 14 - 4 or 1 - 16 . Although players chose the color they wanted to use in game play , it appears that all three colors could be moved by any player during the game . ( ) Game play . In a game all three colors were used . Pieces could be added or moved around on the board . A move was made by calling the color and position the piece needed to be placed , such as " red , grid 13 - 3 " or " 11 - 6 , Green " . A counter - move could be made by calling " counter " and placing , or moving around , a piece on the board . A win was declared by calling " kadis - kot " . In one - on - one games , the player with the most wins would win the overall competition . The total number of pieces needed to play this game is unknown . However , at a given time there were at least eleven orange , twenty - four red , and twenty - three green pieces in a game , although not all on the board at the same time . The maximum numbers of players seen participating in a kadis - kot game was five . ( ) Players . Kadis - kot was played quite often aboard the Federation starship USS " Voyager " , particularly by Seven of Nine , Naomi Wildman , and Neelix . It was Seven ' s favorite game and green was her favorite playing color . ( ) Seven and Naomi , who loved to play kadis - kot , played the game on a weekly basis while on " Voyager " . There were even kadis - kot tournaments organized . Naomi feared not being able to play the game with Seven once " Voyager " reached Earth . ( ) Naomi also played the game with her mother , Samantha . ( ) Neelix played kadis - kot with Naomi on a regular basis ; he even tried to play the game with Q ' s son . However , because it contained no explosions , Q ' s son was not interested in playing it . ( ) In 2378 , after Neelix had left " Voyager " to live with an asteroid colony of Talaxian s , he occasionally played kadis - kot over subspace with Seven . He told her that he was considering marrying Dexa while they were playing a game , but it was cut short when an unusual signature appeared on sensor s , and they had to reschedule their game . ( ) Appendices . Background information . In " Infinite Regress " this game is mentioned by an assimilated child whose personality surfaces when Seven of Nine ' s cognitive functions are compromised due to a malfunctioning Borg vinculum . Images of this child shown in the episode portray her with Human features . Later in this episode , an assimilated child ' s personality , named " Maryl , " identifies Tuvok as a Vulcan , providing an additional basis for identifying this personality as an Alpha Quadrant native . As it is assumed that these two appearances may represent the same child ' s personality , this would suggest that kadis - kot originated somewhere in the Alpha Quadrant . Naomi Wildman ' s familiarity with the game further suggests that kadis - kot originated as an Alpha Quadrant game and was probably developed by a Federation member world . In " Repentance " , " Voyager " meets the Benkaran s for the first time . Neelix plays kadis - kot with Joleg , a Benkaran convict , who wins the game . Because this is the first time " Voyager " meets the Benkarans , one can assume that Joleg already knew how to play kadis - kot . There is no evidence that Neelix explained the game to him . This would suggest the game originated in the Delta Quadrant . It seems very strange that a game would have its origins in two quadrants , light year s apart . Because the origin of kadis - kot was never mentioned on screen , one could surmise that the production team never thought much about the history of the game itself and simply introduced it . Apocrypha . In the " " novel " This Gray Spirit " , Phillipa Matthias and Chon Sibias play kadis - kot with their children , Mireh and Arios , in 2376 .