This striking Go board is made out of solid bamboo. It's a very elegant way to play Go, combining the strength and beauty of bamboo - a grass species with the tensile strength of iron - with the timeless game of Go, a game so complicated that it's been calculated there are more possible Go games than there are protons in the universe. This board is made of solid strips of bamboo, pressed together one layer at a time. On the underside of this Chinese standard size 19x19 board is a 13x13 quick game board.
- One 0.8" (20mm) thick table board (goban) made of solid strips of bamboo.
- Board is Chinese standard size (23mm x 25mm grids) and measures 18.5" x 17.3" x 0.8" (470mm x 440mm x 20mm). Playing field is reversible 19x19 and 13x13.
- Booklet on how to play go, "The Way to Go", by Karl Baker.
- Wood grain may vary slightly from photos.
Item YN-TB001-A
UPC 894887001256
Purchased 15 of this board for my students. Excellent product, Excellent Finish, and SUPERB price.
Purchased 15 of this board for my students. Excellent product, Excellent Finish, and SUPERB price.
We have bought these boards before, and they are a great value. This a very usable and durable 19x19 board. However, the shipping is weird. The individual boards are well packed, but then they are very loosely placed in a larger cardboard box with a little bit of crumpled paper that appears to be put there for ceremonial purposes only. When the box arrives, it is in pretty bad shape, and the smaller box inside is banged up too, because it has rattled around. But so far, the boards have been OK. I am told that the second stage of packing is done by Amazon, but there is really no way to complain to them.
The board looked nice but when you place stones on the board they make a very unpleasant sound. The wood seems to be very hard. A friend of mine told me he had the same experience and had to give his board away. Which is also what I did. Although priced low it is not worth it.
The board looked nice but when you place stones on the board they make a very unpleasant sound. The wood seems to be very hard. A friend of mine told me he had the same experience and had to give his board away. Which is also what I did. Although priced low it is not worth it.
