Go Game - Fantastic Board Game of Strategy

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Do you have 20 minutes to spare and a craving for katsu? Make sure to grab Sushi Go and satiate your hunger for fun!

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You can play Go at home, in clubs and in tournaments. Against a computer or another person on the internet you can play any time, day or night. Visit our Where to Play for more information. Go has very simple rules and concepts, but a complex strategy. You start with an empty board. You alternately place pieces which don't move (called stones) on it. You try to surround empty areas, whilst capturing your opponent's stones by surrounding them and taking them off the board. However, as with a lot of simple concepts, it can take a little while to grasp the concepts and a long time to master them.

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There are also approximately 30 tournaments every year in the UK, with similar numbers in other major European countries and the USA; many more in Japan, China and Korea. Nearly all of these are suitable for relatively novice players to enter and some of them specifically cater for beginners. Most of these tournaments are one or two day events at the weekend, typically with 3 rounds per day. Some of these also have specific teaching sessions, but anyway there will be people who will happily review your game for you after each round. Some clubs meet in private houses. Others meet in public venues such as a community centre. Often a pub provides a free location to play, provided you partake of their food and drink. If there is a university in your town it is sometimes possible to play there, especially if there are several students in the club. The name Go, that we use in the West, is actually Japanese (they also sometimes call it Igo); in Korea it is called Baduk and in China it is called Weiqi (pronounced "Wei-Chi"). One of Go's best features, unlike almost all other games, is the handicapping system. This allows players of very different strengths to play a proper game giving each player a 50% chance of winning and unusually compared to other games with a handicapping system Go players often play handicap games. If you want a slow but complete video introduction, then Shawn Ray in the US has produced a series of 14 videos in his How To Play Go channel on YouTube.

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Have you ever been to a sushi restaurant? You sit at a bar of sorts, with a conveyor belt beyond you, at arm’s reach. Chefs create sushi, traditional Japanese rice-based dishes with seafood and vegetables. Once prepared, they place them on the conveyor belt and it passes along in front of the customers. See something you like? Grab it off the conveyor belt! You eat what you like, and pay for empty plates in front of you at the end of your meal. The game consists of three rounds. At the start of each round, once the cards have been dealt, each player takes a card they want to keep and then place it face-down in front of them. Once all players have done this you all reveal your chosen card at the same time. Once you have revealed your cards, the remaining hand gets passed on to the player on your left and your chosen cards remain face-up in front of you.Visit Where can I play? to find out more about the Go community and other playing options. Step 3: Learn a few simple techniques Go has very simple rules and concepts, but a complex strategy. You start with an empty board, alternately placing pieces which don't move (called stones) on it, trying to surround empty areas, whilst capturing your opponent's stones by surrounding them and taking them off the board. However, as with a lot of simple concepts, it can take a little while to grasp them and a long time to master them.

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Keep going until everyone’s hand is empty, and then you can score your meal so far. Using the Card Guide is crucial, as each delectable plate has specific conditions for a high-scoring round. Once you’ve played 3 rounds, the game is over, and you can see who has the best sushi selection for unsurpassed satisfaction.

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Many young people play. Visit our Junior section and if you're an organiser or teacher our Youth Go organisers section to find out how we can help you. Don't be put off by the comic format of this introduction, designed to be attractive to children. It is really a good 5 minute intro for adults! With a magnetic set or computer/tablet you can play whilst travelling or on a day out; indeed a game was once played on the space shuttle. For a more formal game there are many tournaments and matches you can join in at locations all around the country. Clubs The Interactive Way to Go: This is a comprehensive course with short lessons and exercises that will take you past the beginner stage - you play simple situations on the screen and the computer responds.

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Obviously playing online is a recent innovation and growing in popularity; either against another person or a computer. Indeed many people who do attend a club play online as well so as to get more games during the week and meet a variety of opponents. You can play online against players from all over the world any time day or night, so it is very flexible and may suit you if you keep odd hours. You can play in real time, which is the most common way, or play correspondence Go on some servers. There are several online servers, some of which are more popular in the UK than others. It was brought to the UK from Japan over 100 years ago and Go continues today to expand in popularity. You can read much about the history of Go in the UK too. If you are new to Go a good way to practice, without the embarassment of a real opponent, is to play a computer program. Although publicly available Go-playing programs that were created before the rise of AI are not up to the standards of experienced human players, especially on the 19x19 board, they can provide some useful practice opportunities on small boards, especially 9x9. AI-based programs are starting to become available. Sushi Go! is card drafting game for 2-5 players and takes approximately 15-20 minutes to play. The game is recommended for ages 8+ and is published by Gamewright. Playing Sushi Go!Sushi Go! takes the essence of a sushi conveyor belt system, and implements it into a card game. You’re looking to grab different types of sushi in a set-collection manner. You do this by drafting cards. Sushi Go! (yes, it has an exclamation mark) is a stellar design from Gamewright Games and Phil Walker-Harding. He’s the brains behind a smörgåsbord of other family-weight games. Imhotep, Cacao, Gingerbread House, Bärenpark (and Sushi Roll, of course) are all phenomenal titles. Want a game that’s simple to teach yet has a pleasing amount of strategy? Then look no further than Sushi Go! or any Phil Walker-Harding game. Let’s learn how to play Sushi Go! Grab It Before It Goes… We typically organise tournaments so that players will play others of roughly the same strength, so do not hesitate and just jump in! There’s another thing to consider as you learn how to play Sushi Go! Everyone’s cards sit face-up. They’re all public knowledge for the entire table to view. Can you detect what sort of card(s) your neighbour’s collecting? Do any of those cards sit within your hand right now? Remember, you’re going to pass them this hand of cards in a minute – minus one card, the one you’re keeping. Are you gifting them easy points? Should you draft that card, instead? Some call this ‘hate-drafting’. It might sound ‘mean’, but it’s a genuine strategy! Don't worry about the strength of potential opponents: there's always someone available at a comparable strength online, so you can play non-handicap games day or night. Computer Programs