Cliff Go
Whoever has more factories and chimneys in total wins. (Blue, moving second, gets 7.5 bonus points)
Factories surrounded by the opponent explode.
Surround one empty square with factories to make a courtyard. With two courtyards, chimneys rise and a flag goes up on the factories.
At the end, factories without a flag explode. Then squares surrounded by flagged factories automatically become yours.
Based on Chinese rules: area scoring, komi 7.5.
But to keep it simple for beginners, at the end, any group without two one-point eyes is captured.
(Groups in seki or an unresolved ko are captured too.)
During a game, tap "Go board" to switch to a board-and-stones view.
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About this game
Stones become factories that explode when surrounded: a Go board game you can understand by watching. Free in your browser, no sign-up.
- See the rules: Liberties appear as lamps on factory vents, with a warning when only one is left. Capturing stones blows up the factories.
- A clear finish: Factories without chimneys explode at the end and territory is counted automatically, with no arguing over dead stones.
- A fortress above the clouds: Watch chain explosions and rising chimneys in a storybook 3D town, as the sky turns from morning to night.
- Real Go underneath: Your Go tactics still work, and you can switch to a board-and-stones view. 10 computer levels, the top ones trained by self-play.
- A different town each time: Play from 7×7 to 19×19, on random town shapes or with walls you place yourself, or just watch the computer play itself.