Go
-2200
BGG Geek Rating
7.3
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BGG Average Rating
7.7
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BGG Ranking
#224
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Players
2-2
Weight
3.91/5.00
Playtime
180 min
Age
8+
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⚙️ Game Mechanics
How this game works - core systems and player actions
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🎨 Artists
🏢 Publishers
3M
Borras Plana S.A.
Brybelly
Waddingtons
Gentosha Education
Play All Day Games
Barnes & Noble
Ludens Spirit
Philos
Gammon Games
Gamma Two Games
Carl Weible KG
Carlton Books
Dilemma Games
Spielquader
Dynamic Games / Dynamic Design Industries
J.P. Raymond Rivarola
ZTS Plastyk
Dal Negro
Woodstock Spiele
Otto Maier Verlag
Wood Expressions
Cathay
Hobby
General Sportcraft Company
Ha Ha Sisters LLC
Hebsacker Verlag
Geoludie
Schmidt International
Das Spiel
Shin Kwang Baduk
Ponnuki
Skor-Mor
Hausser
Copp Clark Publishing Company
HEMA
John Sands Pty Ltd
Jumbo
L. P. Septímio
E. S. Lowe Company Inc.
Creative Crafthouse
Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)
Mitra
Milton Bradley
Michael Stanfield
CHH Games
Ariel Productions Ltd
Pacific Game Company
Alga
nestorgames
Volume-One Products
Schmidt Spiele
Yellow Mountain Imports
Reiss Games
Crisloid
U3
Monkey Pod Games
Ishi Press International
Longfield Games
Hartung-Spiele
Dujardin
Mitsubishi Fuso
L'Impensé Radical
Fame Products
Spear's Games
(Public Domain)
The Avalon Hill Game Co
(Unknown)
Korea Boardgames
📖 About This Game
In the game of Go, players alternately place stones on empty intersections of a 19x19 grid. The goal is to enclose territory behind stone perimeters and, secondarily, to tightly surround and capture enemy stones. The game ends when both players pass. The players then add up their territory and deduct the number of captives lost. Higher score wins.
As you see, the concept of Go is simple. The tactics and strategies, however, are deep enough to enrich a lifetime. Actually many lifetimes, for the game has been played for thousands of years. With so long a lineage and a worldwide following, Go has come to be known by different names (Weiqi, Igo, Baduk) and to be played by different rules. The rule differences are small, though, and seldom affect play.
So welcome to this masterpiece that is the game of Go, the race for geographical control of an unclaimed land. Experience running battles and swift reversals, bold invasions and painful sacrifices, each sally, each setback playing out to the tap of stone on wood.