Product Description

Consider yourself a militaristic genius? Ready to set out for blood to gain territory and crush your opponent? Not so fast... Go, an ancient game of Chinese origin, rewards patience and concentration rather than greed and aggression. The shifting balance of territory and power can unnerve even the most disciplined and intellectual player. Like martial arts, Go is an exercise in concentration, balance, and discipline. One cannot disguise one's personality on the Go board! Go can be learned in minutes, but it can take a lifetime to master. The large board and lack of restrictions allows great scope in strategy and expression of players' individuality. The object of the two-player game is to gain control of territories by alternately placing black or white stones strategically across a large ruled board. While it is easy to learn, this game of beauty and intellectual challenge provides hours of entertainment for players. This is a terrific set for a beginner as well as an Insei! The wooden 12" x 12" board has an elegant blond veneer and two pull-out drawers for holding stones to give the player easier access to their "arsenal." Plastic stones included. **No knobs on drawers as pictured.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29406 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Wood Expressions
• Dimensions: 3.33 pounds

Features

• Our most popular board!
• 12" x 12"
• No Knobs on Drawers as Pictured
• Playing pieces are included
• An excellent beginner set!

Customer Reviews

Unsuitable
A go board that is unusable is not a good deal at any price.
First of all, the merchants clearly don't care about the game. The stones should be placed on the lines, not the spaces in between as in the photo. This shows a complete lack of clue about the game of GO. A major clue that you don't want this.

Second, Go stones for a board of this size are hard to use over the course of a long game. Kids will give up in frustration. I have several go-bans at this size, and I can attest they are unsuitable for over the board play.

You can buy a roll-up board and stones kit with regulation 8mm stones for about this same price. Your fingers will thank you. Kids will actually use it.

Great
This is a wonderful item. I bought mine from board games superstore and it arrived several days earlier than the earliest estimated time. The product was in great shape when it arrived and everything was there. Although I wish that it was a little bigger and that it had a book to teach you how to play, but that would ruin the price. Overall this is a wonderful product and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to play go.

Very Nice
For my first go board, I really like the way this is made, the chips stored in the drawers made for very easy access and for transportation (assuming you have something holding the drawers shut.) The board is made very well and so are the chips, with the exception of the few chips I found that were broken in half for whatever reason. (But none of my games ever go that long as to use all the chips so I don't mind.) Overall, this is a good product, especially for first time buyers.