Four Field Kono

This is one of the new mini-leather travel games by HiKu that comes with a a leather game board in a 7 by 7 cm wooden box. This is a small tactics game from Korea.

Korean abstract strategy game. In Denmark it is also known as Gok.

The board consist of 16 squares, 4 by 4. Each player has 8 pawns, which are placed with the 8 whites at the top 2 rows, and the 8 black at the bottom 2 rows.

The are two ways of moving:

Move one square, vertical or horizontal, into an empty square.

Jump over one of your own pawns and land directly on top of an opponent's pawn, vertical or horizontal, and thereby taking the opponent's pawn out of the game.

The goal is to take away all of the opponent's pawns, or to force him into a situation where he cannot move.