Make Your Own Go Set

You can make your own Go set. All you need is a grid board and some counters or other objects to function as stones.

If you are good with wood you can make your own wooden board and ink the lines on top. Card or heavy paper, or any other suitable material, can be used instead of wood, but paper based boards will not be so durable.

Note that on most Go boards the grid is not quite square, with lines spaced in the ratio 22mm to 23.6mm. This is so that it looks square when you play on it.

Do not forget to put a border around the grid, else stones will fall off the edge lines! A typical Japanese Go board measures about 423mm by 455mm.

For stones you can use many things, they do not have to be black and white for example:

• Coins - pennies and fives
• Draughtsmen - or counters from a similar game
• Bottlecaps - screw or flip top
• and so on

Or you can cut circles out of card, plastic or wood.

To make it easier if you are using card, you can print out one of these pages, chosing an appropriate size:

• Size 60
• Size 70
• Size 80
• Size 90
• Size 100
• Size 110
• Size 120
• Size 135
• Size 150

You can paste the board and stones to heavier card, or other material, and cut them out.

This page is part of the British Go Association website.

Page last updated: 2006-11-17.

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