Stonecourt Go Board

Place a stone, build a wall, claim the court. Stonecourt Go Board brings
the ancient game of Go to your phone on a beginner-friendly 9x9 board —
a sunlit kaya-wood panel, ink grid lines, and glossy black and white
stones that click satisfyingly into place.

HOW TO PLAY
Black and White alternately place one stone on an empty intersection,
Black moving first. Surround a stone or a connected group so it has no
empty points touching it — its liberties — and it's captured off the
board at once. You can't play a move that would leave your own group
with zero liberties unless that same move captures an enemy group
first, and a simple ko guard stops either side from immediately
replaying a move that would recreate the position from just before
their last move. When both players pass in a row, the round ends and
is scored: your stones on the board plus the empty territory you fully
surround, with White receiving a flat komi bonus to balance Black's
first-move advantage. Higher total wins.

FIVE WAYS TO PLAY
• Play vs AI — face a beginner-level computer opponent that hunts for
captures, always avoids walking its own stones into atari, and
otherwise builds toward open liberties and central influence.
• Duo — pass-and-play on one device. Hand the phone to a friend or
family member and alternate stones on the same board.
• Stats — track your wins, losses and ties against the AI, your best
win streak, your Duo rounds, and how many stones you've captured.
• Learn — clear, step-by-step rules plus a "how many liberties?"
practice mode: study a partly-filled board and pick the right count
for the ringed group, from a lone stone in the corner to a group
caught in atari.
• Awards — nine milestones to unlock, from your first round to a
ten-stone capture streak and clearing every puzzle in the Book of
Liberties.

DESIGNED TO FEEL GOOD
Every stone grows into place with a soft pop, a warm flash marks the
instant a group is captured, and a short, precise vibration confirms
every placement, capture, pass, and finished round — no sound needed,
no sound included. Once a round ends, a translucent overlay shades
exactly which points belong to each side, so the final score is never
a mystery.

PLAYS FAIR AND STAYS PRIVATE
Stonecourt Go Board is completely offline. There are no ads, no
trackers, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no accounts, and no
internet permission at all — just the board, the stones, and whoever
you hand the phone to next.

Simple to learn, a lifetime to master. Place your first stone.

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