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Go Board Game for Kids — Living Stones, 80 Puzzles 6+

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The go board game, here as Go: Living Stones, is go for children on 5×5 to 9×9 boards, where stones breathe, worry and cheer. No rulebook to read: your child taps an intersection, and the stones show their own liberties.

The 80 puzzles form a ladder of meaning: capture one stone in the centre, then at the edge and in the corner where liberties run short; then atari and saving your own group, the ladder and the net, two eyes, and finally the ko rule. Every puzzle has exactly one winning move — checked by a solver, not by the author.

How to play

  1. Tap your own stone — rings pop up: those are its liberties.
  2. Tap an empty intersection to place a stone.
  3. Close the last liberty and the white stones fly into your bowl.
  4. Wrong move? A ghost stone shakes its head and shows the liberty you missed.
  5. The «?» button replays the chapter lesson over the board.

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FAQ

What age is the go board game suitable for?
Six and up. We start on a 5×5 board with a single stone: counting to four is enough to solve the first puzzle. Full territory scoring is not needed here — each puzzle states its goal in words, and reads it aloud.
Does my child need to know the rules first?
No. The first level of every chapter is a short two or three beat voiced lesson: liberties, atari, two eyes, ko. The rule is shown by the child's own first move, not by a wall of text.
What happens when a child makes a mistake?
Nothing harsh: the move is taken back and the game highlights, in a blue ring, the liberty the child overlooked. We teach inside the mistake — no penalties, lives or timers.
Can the answer be found in the page source?
No. The solution is not in the markup, and the hint is computed by a solver in the current position. All 80 puzzles are verified to have a single winning move at every step.

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By Evgeny Arsentiev, PhD · Last updated: September 2026