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Yut

Race Games

Yut, also known as yunnori, is a traditional Korean board and race game played with four wooden sticks flat on one side and rounded on the other, thrown like dice to determine how far a player's markers move around a cross-shaped track, with players able to stack their own markers to move them together and send opposing markers back to the start by landing on them. The game has been played in Korea since at least the early centuries of the common era and is traditionally associated with the Lunar New Year holiday, when families gather to play it, and it remains one of the best-known traditional Korean board games.

Facts
Origin Year
500 2
Originating Region
Korea 1
Game Type
Board game played with thrown sticks instead of dice 1
Playing Time
30 2
Designer
(Uncredited) 2
Publisher
(Public Domain) 2
Publisher
(Unknown) 2
Publisher
6Brothers Baduk 2
Publisher
A Toi De Jouhet 2
Publisher
Avid Press 2
Publisher
Bibelot Games 2
Publisher
Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore) 2
Publisher
frechverlag 2
Publisher
Gamester Magazine 2
Publisher
Geoludie 2
Publisher
Grubbe Media GmbH 2
Publisher
Kipo's 2
Publisher
L. P. Septímio 2
Publisher
Lemery Games 2
Publisher
NamuHana 2
Publisher
NewVenture Games 2
Publisher
Orchard Inc. 2
Publisher
Playte 2
Publisher
Yunnori 2
Publisher
ZEDA International 2
Game Category
Abstract Strategy 2
Game Category
Racing 2
Game Mechanic
Roll / Spin and Move 2
Minimum Players
2 2
Maximum Players
8 2
Sport
Game Type (category)
Board Game 1
Game Type (category)
Dice Game 1
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Source Yunnori - Wikipedia
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1. Yunnori - Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Yunnori (Korean: 윷놀이), also known as yutnori, yut, nyout and yoot, is a traditional board game played in Korea, especially during Korean New Year.
  • Equipment section, first sentence
    Instead of dice, yut-sticks are used, similar to those used in the Egyptian board game Senet.
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2. Yut Nori (BoardGameGeek)
  • Origin Year: 500
  • Playing Time: 30
  • Designer: (Uncredited)
  • Publisher: (Public Domain)
  • Publisher: (Unknown)
  • Publisher: 6Brothers Baduk
  • Publisher: A Toi De Jouhet
  • Publisher: Avid Press
  • Publisher: Bibelot Games
  • Publisher: Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)
  • Publisher: frechverlag
  • Publisher: Gamester Magazine
  • Publisher: Geoludie
  • Publisher: Grubbe Media GmbH
  • Publisher: Kipo's
  • Publisher: L. P. Septímio
  • Publisher: Lemery Games
  • Publisher: NamuHana
  • Publisher: NewVenture Games
  • Publisher: Orchard Inc.
  • Publisher: Playte
  • Publisher: Yunnori
  • Publisher: ZEDA International
  • Game Category: Abstract Strategy
  • Game Category: Racing
  • Game Mechanic: Roll / Spin and Move
  • Minimum Players: 2
  • Maximum Players: 8
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Wikidata: Yut
Wikidata Q706464, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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