Go
Score
7.7
Players
2
Time
30 to 180 min
Recommended Age
8+
Difficulty
hard
Official Website
Type
game
categories
mechanics
publishers
(Public Domain)(Unknown)3MAlgaAriel Productions LtdThe Avalon Hill Game CoBarnes & NobleBorras Plana S.A.BrybellyCarl Weible KGCarlton BooksCathayCayro, The GamesCHH GamesCopp Clark Publishing CompanyCreative CrafthouseCrisloidDal NegroDilemma GamesDujardinDynamic Games / Dynamic Design IndustriesE. S. Lowe Company Inc.Fame ProductsFratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)The Game Crafter, LLCThe Game Keeper, Inc.Gamma Two GamesGammon GamesGeneral Sportcraft CompanyGentosha EducationGeoludieHa Ha Sisters LLCHartung-SpieleHausserHebsacker VerlagHEMAHobbyIshi Press InternationalJ.P. Raymond RivarolaJapan Publications, Inc.John N. Hansen Co., Inc.John Sands Pty LtdJumboKorea BoardgamesL. P. SeptímioL'Impensé RadicalLongfield GamesLudens SpiritMichael StanfieldMilton BradleyMitraMitsubishi FusoMonkey Pod GamesnestorgamesOtto Maier VerlagPacific Game CompanyPhilosPlay All Day GamesPonnukiReiss GamesSato Kei Shoten Co., Ltd.Schmidt InternationalSchmidt SpieleShin Kwang BadukSkor-MorSpear's GamesDas SpielSpielquaderU3Volume-One ProductsWaddingtonsWm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc.Wood ExpressionsWoodstock SpieleWorldWise Imports, LLCYellow Mountain ImportsZTS Plastyk
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artists
Description
By all appearances, Go is just two players taking turns laying stones on a 19×19 (or smaller) grid of intersections. But once its basic rules are understood,Go shows its staggering depth. One can see why many people say it's one of the most elegant brain-burning abstract games in history.
Players place one stone at a time on the board at an empty intersection. The goal of the game is to try to claim the most territory by walling off sections of the board and surrounding or capturing each other's stones. The game doesn't end until the board fills up, or, more often, when both players agree to end it, at which time whoever controls the most territory wins.