Gonu

Gonu, also written kono, is the name for a family of traditional Korean board games in which two players take turns moving pieces along the lines of a drawn diagram. Each side begins with the same number of pieces, and the general aim is to block the opponent's pieces so they cannot move, or to capture them by surrounding and detaching them. Although play resembles asymmetric hunt games such as Fox, Leopard and Tiger, Gonu differs in that both players start with an equal force. As in janggi, the player holding the lower number begins. The games are mainly used as an educational pastime for children.