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Dunemeister
Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Location: Anyang, South Korea
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: Where can I buy a baduk (goh) board? |
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You know the big yellow board with all the black and white pieces? (It's on channel 64 or something like that.) Does anyone know where I can buy one?
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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I think you can get them direct from Korea Baduk Association. You can also check the advertisements in the monthly Baduk magazine. The magazine is sold just about everywhere.
Be advised the good boards are very expensive.
Where do you play? Most of the time, I play at my church. On my daily walk home from school, though, I stop to watch the retired guys playing in a small park.
I love Baduk (aka Go, aka Igo, aka Weichi). Another good game with some similar elements to it is Game of the Amazons. For that one, I've been using the Korean Chess board (as an 8x9 layout) and Baduk pieces for the arrows. |
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loerzel

Joined: 22 Apr 2006
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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I bought a small travel sized go board at Bandi & Luni's bookstore at COEX in Seoul. |
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Ilsanman

Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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There are about 1,000,000 grandfathers playing Baduk in Jongno 3-ga station. |
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Dunemeister
Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Location: Anyang, South Korea
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:21 am Post subject: |
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I've only played once. That was in Gyeongju where we stayed at a traditional Korean house, and the owner taught us to play. I thought it was a good game and I'd like to buy one and take it home to play it with my dad 'cause I think he'd like a new strategy kind of game. Don't think I've ever seen it in Canada. How much is expensive? |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Dunemeister wrote: |
I've only played once. That was in Gyeongju where we stayed at a traditional Korean house, and the owner taught us to play. I thought it was a good game and I'd like to buy one and take it home to play it with my dad 'cause I think he'd like a new strategy kind of game. Don't think I've ever seen it in Canada. How much is expensive? |
You can get cheap boards at HomePlus or many convenience stores. Cheap would be up to about $25 or so. The large yellow boards, which are quite thick and have a good sound when the stones are slapped onto them, can run well into hundreds of dollars, if not more.
Many people consider Go to be the ultimate abstract strategy game. The rules are deceptively simple. The strategy, though, can be incredibly complex.
Also played on the Go board here in Korea is O-Mok (aka Go-Moku). That's the 5-in-a-row game. There are additional rules to counter the advantage the first player has. |
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