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Gonu (Korean Strategy Board Game)

Game Night
G
PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Draw or set out the crossed-line grid board between the two players.

2

Take turns placing one piece at a time on an empty intersection of the grid.

3

Try to trap an opponent's piece between two of your own along a line to remove it from play.

4

Avoid leaving your own pieces exposed to the same kind of trapping move.

5

Continue placing and capturing pieces until one player has too few pieces left to continue or cannot make a legal move.

6

The player who captures more of their opponent's pieces, or leaves them unable to move, wins the game.