5-Field Kono | Ancient Korean game | Rules | History | Strategy

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5-Field Kono is an ancient Korean 2-player strategy game. It’s part of a family of games, that date back to at least the 1800s, but are probably much, much older. 5-Field Kono build video: https://youtu.be/BixtU_GImN0 Halma video: https://youtu.be/x3kUWvmicXI Do-guti video: https://youtu.be/-oOsUX7aHlE Want to support the channel? Drop me a couple bucks at https://buymeacoffee.com/thegamingbench. Thanks! MUSIC CREDITS Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400019 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ PHOTO CREDITS Some images and video used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes. Korean Elder CC BY 2.0 Don O’Brien https://www.flickr.com/people/51096110@N00 Chinese postman problem CC BY-SA 4.0 Cmglee https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cmglee Modified-simplified the illustration Rocca San Silvestro Nine Men’s Morris board CC BY-SA 3.0 LepoRello https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LepoRello Complutum (RPS 21-12-2024) tablero y fichas del Latrúnculus o juego de los soldados CC BY-SA 4.0 Raimundo Pastor https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Raimundo_Pastor Hwanghae Province of Late Joseon Dynasty CC BY 4.0 고려 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:%EA%B3%A0%EB%A0%A4 KOCIS Korea Soswaewon 01 CC BY 2.0 korea.net https://www.korea.net/ Yut-nori https://krdicmedia.korean.go.kr/front/search/searchResultView.do?file_no=104750 국립국어원 CC BY-SA 2.0 KR Chùa Hạnh Nguyện 2022 (La hán Tĩnh Tọa) CC BY-SA 4.0 Phương Huy https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ph%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_Huy REFERENCES Publications * Bell, R.C. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, Dover Publications, 1979 * Culin, Stewart. Korean Games with Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and Japan, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1895 Loader, Jeff & Jennie. Making Board, Peg & Dice Games. Sterling Pub Co Inc., 1993 * McCord, David. Peg Pastimes – 40+ Historic Strategy Games from Around the World. Red Hen LLC, 2022 * Murray, H.J.R. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1952 * Parlett, David. Parlett’s History of Board Games. Echo Point Books & Media, 2018 * Wilkins, Sally. Sports and Games of Medieval Cultures, Greenwood Press, 2002 Websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-field_kono Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1Z_MbHywU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKdCnGH36r8 Timecodes 00:00 - Intro #boardgames #ancientgames, #Korea, #kono STANDARD DISCLAIMER: I am well aware that my pronunciation of foreign words, names, and places (and let's be honest, sometimes words in my native language) is terrible. I do look up pronunciations, and I try to get my American mouth to make the right noises. But at the end of the day, I’m just a small-town guy who’s doing his best. Also, I am not a professional game scholar, just an enthusiastic amateur. This means my work may be incomplete, biased and, (I hope only rarely) outright wrong. I work hard to use reliable sources, double-check for accuracy, and draw reasonable conclusions. However, the scholarship surrounding ancient games is constantly growing and evolving; as a part-time game researcher and YouTube content creator, I am not always up to date on the most recent findings. If I present anything that is demonstrably incorrect, please call me out so I may increase my personal knowledge and understanding of this fascinating subject. Reach me at heygamingbench@gmail.com.