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- Designer: (Uncredited)
- Artists: Barbro Hennius, Norman Sommer
- Publishers: (Public Domain), (Unknown), 3M, Alga, Ariel Productions Ltd, Barnes & Noble, Borras Plana S.A., Brybelly, Carl Weible KG, Carlton Books, Cathay, Cayro, the games, CHH Games, Copp Clark Publishing Company, Creative Crafthouse, Crisloid, Dal Negro, Das Spiel, Dilemma Games, Dujardin, Dynamic Games / Dynamic Design Industries, E. S. Lowe Company Inc., Fame Products, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Gamma Two Games, Gammon Games, General Sportcraft Company, Gentosha Education, Geoludie, Ha Ha Sisters LLC, Hartung-Spiele, Hausser, Hebsacker Verlag, HEMA, Hobby, Ishi Press International, J.P. Raymond Rivarola, Japan Publications, Inc., John N. Hansen Co., Inc., John Sands Pty Ltd, Jumbo, Korea Boardgames, L. P. Septímio, L'Impensé Radical, Longfield Games, Ludens Spirit, Michael Stanfield, Milton Bradley, Mitra, Mitsubishi Fuso, Monkey Pod Games, nestorgames, Otto Maier Verlag, Pacific Game Company, Philos, Play All Day Games, Ponnuki, Reiss Games, Sato Kei Shoten Co., Ltd., Schmidt International, Schmidt Spiele, Shin Kwang Baduk, Skor-Mor, Spear's Games, Spielquader, The Avalon Hill Game Co, The Game Crafter, LLC, The Game Keeper, Inc., U3, Volume-One Products, Waddingtons, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., Wood Expressions, Woodstock Spiele, WorldWise Imports, LLC, Yellow Mountain Imports, ZTS Plastyk
- Release Date: -2200
- Player count : 2
- Age range : 8+
- Time range : 30 - 180 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Chaining, Enclosure, Pattern Building, Pattern Recognition, Square Grid
- BGG Geek Rating: 7.65878 - converted to Meeple Mountain scale: 4.0.
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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.
