Five-field kono (오밭고누) is a
Korea
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abstract strategy game
An abstract strategy game is a type of strategy game that has minimal or no narrative theme, an outcome determined only by player choice (with minimal or no randomness), and in which each player has perfect information about the game. For example ...
. A player wins by moving all of their pieces into the starting locations of their opponent's pieces.
Rules
The players take turns moving one of their pieces one square diagonally. The first player to move all of their pieces to their opponent's starting squares wins.
See also
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Four-field kono
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Gonu
Gonu (고누) or kono refers to a group of Korean traditional boardgames which are played by two players on diagrams, each taking turns to move their pieces, with the general objective to block or capture the other player's pieces. Although Gonu ...
Bibliography
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*{{cite book , last=Culin , first=Stewart , authorlink=Stewart Culin , title=Korean Games , year=1895 , location=
Philadelphia
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External links
Five Field Kono appletFive Field Kono
at Zillions of Games
Zillions of GamesSearch-based Procedural Content Generation: A Taxonomy and Survey', Julian Togelius, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Kenneth O. Stanley, Cameron Browne, '' IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games'' 3(3):172 - ...
Android version of Five Field Kono
(supports games with bots and via the Internet)
Abstract strategy games
Traditional board games
Korean games
Games played on Go boards