Travis
17 September 2026
9m 31s
S6.4 - New to Go? #2: How Go Actually Works | Go / Baduk / Weiqi
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All Things Go
New to Go? This is the second of five short episodes designed to help you understand what makes Go special, how the game works, how to get started, and how to keep going.
In this episode, I walk through the basic mechanics of Go: the board and stones, liberties and capturing, connected groups, the overall goal of the game, and how a game ends and is scored. I also touch on things like who plays first, komi, and handicap stones, giving you enough of a foundation to understand what you're looking at when you sit down to play.
This is #2 in the five-part New to Go? series. If you're starting from scratch, you're in the right place.
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