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Five Field Kono is a board game played in Korea with the board shown below, B----B----B----B----B | | | | | | | | | | B----*----*----*----B | | | | | | | | | | *----*----*----*----* | | | | | | | | | | W----*----*----*----W | | | | | | | | | | W----W----W----W----W

B and W indicate the counters of the players playing black and white respectively. Stars indicate intersection points the players can move on.

1 Rules

The players take it in turn to move one of their pieces one square diagonally. The first player to move all of their pieces to their opponents starting squares wins.

Example of a winning board for white:

W----W----W----W----W | | | | | | | | | | W----*----*----*----W | | | | | | | | | | *----B----B----*----* | | | | | | | | | | B----B----B----*----* | | | | | | | | | | B----*----*----B----*

2 Bibliography

Stewart Culin, Korean Games (1895)
RC Bell , Board and Table Games from many Civilizations (1960)

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