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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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 Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:04 am Post subject: Board game |
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I'm looking to buy the board game GO, or Baduk. It's supposedly big in Korea but it hasn't shown itself yet to me.
Anyway, what kind of shop am I looking for? I'm in Anyang and most look the same. Perhaps closer to seoul would be a safer bet? |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Go to any neighborhood stationery store (not in a big dept store). They usually carry toys/games/cards for the li'l ones. I picked up a "yutnori" set in one of those stores. Pretty sure they'll have baduk boards there too. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Stationery store, who would have thought. Cheers I'll have a browse. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen baduk (go) sets for sale at the following stores:
Home Plus
E-Mart
Convenience stores
Stationery stores
Book stores
Just ask for "baduk ban" and the clerk will take you directly to the thing. Don't forget to purchase a set of white "baduk al" and black "baduk al" either. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
I've seen baduk (go) sets for sale at the following stores:
Home Plus
E-Mart
Convenience stores
Stationery stores
Book stores
Just ask for "baduk ban" and the clerk will take you directly to the thing. Don't forget to purchase a set of white "baduk al" and black "baduk al" either. |
Really? Home plus is here? Strange. I went to a few book stores around Itaewon only to find books, oddly, so Emart will be my next venture! |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:27 am Post subject: |
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Get away from Itaeweon and you'll find what you're looking for. 
Home Plus also sells what they call "Ka-la Ba-duk" (Color Go) stones (blue and green). I have a set of those in addition to the traditional black and white because some of my friends and I like to play multi-player Pente when we want a break from go.
Here is the Korean Baduk Association's website in English.
By the way, you may wish to learn to play Korean Chess. It's a great game too. Jang-gi is similar to Chinese Chess but with some important differences in movement and checkmate/stalemate rules. |
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Globutron
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Korean chess, eh... I'll give it a look, I used to be a big chess kinda guy but I found I was more of a natural at Go, so I converted.
Verrrry helpful, thanks =D |
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BenSA
Joined: 25 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in Pohang... looking for people to play with. Anyone in the area please give me a shout if you want to play! I'm about 2/3 dan European ranking/ 4 dan American ranking I guess. |
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BenSA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in Pohang... looking for people to play with. Anyone in the area please give me a shout if you want to play! I'm about 2/3 dan European ranking/ 4 dan American ranking I guess. |
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BenSA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in Pohang... looking for people to play with. Anyone in the area please give me a shout if you want to play! I'm about 2/3 dan European ranking/ 4 dan American ranking I guess. |
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BenSA
Joined: 25 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in Pohang... looking for people to play with. Anyone in the area please give me a shout if you want to play! I'm about 2/3 dan European ranking/ 4 dan American ranking I guess. |
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BenSA
Joined: 25 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry... looks like I went a bit nuts with sending replies... my mistake. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| BenSA wrote: |
| Sorry... looks like I went a bit nuts with sending replies... my mistake. |
Impressive. I'd love to, but I'm a mere 10kyu...
On the plus side. Found one! board and pieces for... 13k ish. Nice, nice pieces too.
In a hardware store, of all places. |
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