SDLC 111: Cultural Post #3

[Tia McArtis]

Yut Nori (윷놀이) is a traditional Korean game that involves a lot of strategy. It consists of four wooden sticks which are flat on one side and rounded on the other, a game board, and 8 playing tokens. The object of the game is to return all of your tokens back to start and you can take shortcuts if you land on a corner. For a score of Do (one stick flat side up) you move one space, for Gae (two sticks) you move two, for Geol you move three, for Yut you move four and throw again, and for Mo (all rounded side up) you move five spaces and throw again. If you land on a space occupied by an opponent they are forced to return to start. In American terms, it is basically an old version of Sorry and will cause a lot of tension between players.