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Korean Childhood Game
A Korean children's game of flicking go stones
Alkkagi is played by flicking go stones laid out on a go board with a finger to push the opponent's stones off the board. The rules are simple enough that anyone can join in without knowing how to play go.
A game of flicking pieces appears in old Chinese texts under the name tanqi, said to have been enjoyed even at court from the Han through the Tang dynasties. A similar game was played in Korea in the Goryeo period.
Televised alkkagi matches on variety shows made the game far more widely known.
Choose one of five formations and 12 black and white stones are mirrored across the board. Select a stone, pull back opposite to the direction you want and release, and it slides that way with that much force. A stone fully off the board is gone, and pushing out every opposing stone wins.
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Play Alkkagi (Go Stones)The history and traditional play above are summarised from the public sources below. Names and rules vary a little from region to region.