Life In 19x19

Having to browse some toyshops for prezzies the grandkids on a recent trip, I saw rather a lot of the variants of Monopoly that change the traditional streets to fit with soccer teams, your local town, etc. On the plane back, I got to thinking whether go could have its own variant.

"If you pass Go, collect £200" can easily change to "If you play Go...." Go to Jail might become Go to KGS - you don't escape until you win a game.

The streets might become tournaments that you "win". If you collect a clutch of related titles you don't buy houses and hotels but rather can cash in with endorsements or books.

Bank error in your favour might change to joseki error in your favour.

Any other suggestions?

I just have to say that the "don't escape until you win the game" part is hilarious. I'm not sure if wms views the server as a "jail", but it's still pretty funny.

I was thinking that KGS would be a poor jail since everyone knows it does not handle escapers

There's a set my friend got called 'Make your own -opoly'. It's made to have this sort of thing be made from it.

Perhaps the railroads can be corners? Or volumes of books?

Darrell wrote:I was thinking that KGS would be a poor jail since everyone knows it does not handle escapers

That literally made me laugh out loud!

In Go-opoly the streets would of course be josekis and everytime someone uses your joseki he has to pay you a fee.
Actually that's a brilliant idea for real-life Go too: TO THE PATENT OFFICE!

I gotcha. You could have the Jail Card be called "Atari" cause it represents you're on you're last life line. You could call the Jail itself the "Captured Stones." Let's see, money could be called Territory points instead of money.

lol I dunno, just throwing ideas around.

hailthorn011 wrote:[...] it represents you're on you're last life line.

While writing this, didn't the thought occur to you that one of these must be wrong?

I think the luxuries would be to pay for or payoff some new stones or gobans. Rolling a double would be "sente" and you get to go again.

The most "expensive" streets would be named after pro players. Ex:(Lee Sedol Ave.)
I wonder what the playing pieces would be.

Harleqin wrote:

hailthorn011 wrote:[...] it represents you're on you're last life line.

While writing this, didn't the thought occur to you that one of these must be wrong?

sorry for giving you a hard time before, it didnt occur to me earlier, but it seems that you just like correcting "your, You're" mistakes...

wessanenoctupus wrote:

Harleqin wrote:

hailthorn011 wrote:[...] it represents you're on you're last life line.

While writing this, didn't the thought occur to you that one of these must be wrong?

Sorry for giving you a hard time before; it didn't occur to me earlier, but it seems that you just like correcting "your, you're" mistakes...

Actually, I would like if people did not make them in the first place.

Harleqin wrote:Actually, I would like if people did not make them in the first place.

I'd like to make a recommendation of this place called "Not The Internet" that you might like.

ross wrote:

Harleqin wrote:Actually, I would like if people did not make them in the first place.

I'd like to make a recommendation of this place called "Not The Internet" that you might like.

I make more mistakes off it than on
I would also prefer people editing their work before they post.

I would also like to see Gu Li and Gan Siyang in go-opoly.
Perhaps the oddest fuseki/joseki could be boardwalk.

So, what would the community chest thing be?

Mosdefgo wrote:So, what would the community chest thing be?

Maybe in place of Community Chest, you have "Handicap"? It's fitting because Community Chest cards are usually beneficial, and handicaps work likewise.

Maybe in place of Community Chest, you have "Handicap"? It's fitting because Community Chest cards are usually beneficial, and handicaps work likewise.

But this is another example (like win by resignation) of the peculiar usage of English in go. In real life if you have a handicap you are the one worse off. In go you are better off.

Some people dislike the overtones of "handicapped" so maybe we could use the twee alternative "learning-disabled" in go. This will give White some psychological compensation for the handicap! Or, if we need a go-specific version, how about "lithically disabled"?

In Japanese, handicap go is oki-go. The quaint traditional custom of a group of people shouting "oki, oki, oki" when a handicap game starts is now seen only in British pubs full of students, and of course nowadays they usually dispense with the go set.