Gonu (고누) or Kono is a group of Korean traditional board games. When playing Konou, a person who has a lower number start like

Janggi ''Janggi'' (including romanizations ''changgi'' and ''jangki''), sometimes called Korean chess, is a strategy board game popular on the Korean Peninsula. The game was derived from xiangqi (Chinese chess), and is very similar to it, including th ...

. The usual way of playing is to surround and detach the opponent's pieces. It is mainly used for children's educational purposes.

Examples

* Five Field Kono (오밭고누) * Umul Gonu (우물고누)

References

Abstract strategy games Asian games Korean games Traditional board games Korean inventions Games played on Go boards {{Korea-stub