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Gonu (고누) or kono is a group of Korean traditional boardgames. When playing kono, a person who has a lower number starts, like janggi. The usual way of playing is to surround and detach the opponent's pieces. It is mainly used for children's educational purposes. [1]
The name refers to the rhythmic and sequential nature of tossing and catching small stones or similar objects, much like the Korean game gonggi. Yek Ghol Do Ghol, also referred to as “Panj Sang” (پنج سنگ) in some regions, involves five stones and various skill-based stages that test hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and timing.
Janggi (also romanized as changgi or jangki), sometimes called Korean chess, is a strategy board game popular on the Korean Peninsula.The game was derived from xiangqi (Chinese chess), and is very similar to it, including the starting position of some of the pieces, and the 9×10 gameboard, but without the xiangqi "river" dividing the board horizontally in the middle.
Korean traditional games originated from folk beliefs. The peninsula has been agrarian since ancient times, and Koreans have believed in gods who protect nature and their lands. Exorcisms were performed to increase crops and animal well-being; singing and dancing were popular activities. Traditional games developed during this early period.
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Squid (Korean: 오징어, ojingŏ) is a children's game played in South Korea. The game is named as such because the shape of the playing field drawn on the ground resembles that of a squid . There are regional variations of the name such as "squid gaisan " (with gaisan thought to be a variation of the Japanese word kaisen 開戦 , 'to start a ...
Jul-gonu (줄 고누 in Korean) is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Korea. [1] It is one of many gonu games. The game has a relatively small board (4×4 square board), and yet offers a challenge at different levels. The game could be played on a larger board, however, it tends to be tiresome.
Ddakji (Korean: 딱지; RR: ttakji; MR: ttakchi) [a] is a traditional Korean toy used primarily to play variants of a category of games called ddakji chigi (딱지치기; ttakji chigi; ttakchi ch'igi; lit. playing/hitting ddakji). They are usually made of paper and are thrown in some way during games.