Wood Go Set

Amazing quality and craftsmanship. For the price it’s a steal!

Love the design and it's made well. We love how it has the drawers to store the pieces. The game itself might be a little difficult with those having dexterity issues, neuropathy, or fat fingers as the white and black pieces are light weight and small. A lot of rules. We had to watch some online videos and download a game where you play the computer to understand. I can see where they recommend a smaller game board with less blocks helpful for those just learning. Yes, the videos and download may seem excessive but we are determined and love strategy games.

I purchased this set because the price was right. Only after it shipped did I read the reviews. Some were horrible. I expected the worst. But when the set came, everything was exactly as described and pictured above. The drawers are smooth. Nice finish. Clear straight solid lines. 180 white plastic "stones" 181 black stones. Each "stone" is about the size of an average thumbnail. The board is smaller than many others I've encountered, at only 12x12". But it plays very nice, and it isn't hard to remove stones. The light plastic sticks to your fingers quite easily. The best part about the board is it's completely encased drawers. Even with the pieces inside the drawers, when the drawers are closed you can turn the set upside-down and shake it around and NONE of the stones managed to find their way into the deep innards of the set. Impressive. All in all: good stuff.

Great product.

One thing everyone should know before buying this board is the is is SMALLER than a normal board. It follows that the board will have smaller pieces so buying fancier pieces to replace the plastic ones will be a waste of money. The dimensions are in the description. The sliding drawers do not have any type of seal, but if you absolutely need one, I'm sure your local hobby shop or hardware store will have something to fix that. With that being said, I really like this board. I play for fun and have little money for extra things like this so this works well. It is easy to transport in its box. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I had no problem with lines rubbing off during shipping. Mine came in a larger box with many plastic air bags for cushioning and had no damage what so ever. The durability rating has no basis as I have yet to do anything damaging to it. From how it feels, dropping the board from waist height could possibly break it. I, however, do not plan on testing my theory.

Love the look of the game but yet haven't figured out how to play it.

Clever design to have two draws to keep the pieces. When unpacking, I made the mistake of removing the game pieces from the plastic bags. This caused may pieces to ‘fall’ out of the drawer and get ‘lost’ in the interior of the case. The drawers are NOT removable, so getting the lost pieces back out of the case took some time and a few expletives. You MUST keep the pieces in a bag that fits into the drawers, so that when moving (or storing on its side, as I need to) the game board pieces do end up in a parallel ‘case’ universe. The board size is (12 x 12 inches), though playable, could (with hindsight) have been bigger. The pieces are small (dia ~ 1.2 CM) and light (0.4 gr or 0.01 oz each). Difficult to play outside with a little wind since the pieces easily shift on the board when ‘blown’ or touched when you add / remove a piece. Large hands, as I have, are also a challenge, when working with the pieces. Good starter / beginner set, even though the included rules are minimalistic. Better to go to your local “GO” association. In my case the American Go Association (https://www.usgo.org) to see the game rules and practice.

Lots of ooze and Oz while opening of this gift for Christmas, I found out my other sons wanted the same game must be a lot of fun