We are pleased to offer our Japanese “GO” for Hire

Believed to be at least 2,500 years old, Go is one of the oldest board games in the world. It’s the ultimate game to engage your mind, and while it might seem a little confusing at first, it’s actually super easy to learn!

Objective: Control the most territory on the board & capture your opponent’s stones.

 Choose who wants to play as black and who wants to play as white, then distribute the Go stones: 181 black stones to one player and 180 white stones to the other. Traditionally, the most experienced player uses black stones and goes first.

The main objective of Go is to control more territory than your opponent by enclosing areas on the board with your stones. Territory includes empty intersections that are bordered by stones of the same color, as well as intersections that are surrounded by the same colored stones and the edges of the board. Each empty intersection within your territory is worth one point.

To conceptualize the game, think of the board as an island where both players want to claim as much land as possible.

Form strings around the board to shape and claim your territory, and surround your opponent. Once you fill all the adjacent intersections around your opponent’s stones, remove them from the board and keep them in a separate pile. These captured stones are called “prisoners,” and they are worth one point each, on top of the point you receive from each empty intersection.

When you can’t increase your territory, or capture any more of your opponent’s stones, or reduce your opponent’s territory, give one stone to your opponent to “pass” your turn. Two consecutive passes end the game, then you and your opponent can start counting points