2023Mathieu Bossu, Thomas Cariate, Timothée Decroix
- Videos
- 30
- Creators
- 21
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight

Mainly how-to-play. Go is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 21 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 11 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Go, players alternately place stones on empty intersections of a 19x19 grid. The goal is to enclose territory behind stone perimeters and, secondarily, to tightly surround and capture enemy stones. After both players pass, they add up their territory and deduct the number of captives lost, higher score wins. The concept is simple yet the challenge can enrich a lifetime. In truth many lifetimes, for Go has been played for thousands of years. Known also as Weiqi, Igo, and Baduk, the game today has a worldwide following. (Small regional rule differences exist, but they seldom affect play.) So welcome to this masterpiece that is the game of Go, a race for the geographical control of an unclaimed land. Experience running battles and swift reversals, bold invasions and painful sacrifices, each sally, each setback playing out to the gentle tap of stone on wood.
Watch it played
Go has 38 videos from 4 creators: 4 reviews, 21 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs and 11 other videos. They date from 2011 to December 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Level Up 08 : Go/Igo/Weiqi Basic Strategy for beginners", which runs 13 min. For a quicker teach, "How to Play Go | Learn to Play Board Games" by WE Games runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Go Review - A video 4,000 years in the making". To see it played, watch "A Game of Go", one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Maps of Misterra, Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers, Qawale or Carcassonne, which share several of its mechanics.
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2023Mathieu Bossu, Thomas Cariate, Timothée Decroix
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
2002Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Bernd Brunnhofer
2 - 5 players35 - 40 minLight weight
2022Romain Froger, Didier Lenain-Bragard
2 players15 minLight weight
2000Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
2 - 5 players30 - 45 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Go, players alternately place stones on empty intersections of a 19x19 grid. The goal is to enclose territory behind stone perimeters and, secondarily, to tightly surround and capture enemy stones. After both players pass, they add up their territory and deduct the number of captives lost, higher score wins. The concept is simple yet the challenge can enrich a lifetime. In truth many lifetimes, for Go has been played for thousands of years. Known also as Weiqi, Igo, and Baduk, the game today has a worldwide following. (Small regional rule differences exist, but they seldom affect play.) So welcome to this masterpiece that is the game of Go, a race for the geographical control of an unclaimed land. Experience running battles and swift reversals, bold invasions and painful sacrifices, each sally, each setback playing out to the gentle tap of stone on wood.
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Barbro Hennius, Norman Sommer
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