Description

Ki is an territory game in the spirit of Go. In Ki there is no Ko and there is no Komi. A game of Ki cannot end in a draw.

Ki is played with standard Go equipment on any odd sized square board. 11x11 is a good size to start on.

The objective of Ki is to have more stones on the board when the board is full. Note that completely filling the board will not be necessary to determine the outcome of a game as many of the placements will become obvious towards the end.

Starting with black, players alternate placing stones. A player must have at least 2 stones orthogonally adjacent to a space in order to control it. A player controls a space when he owns a majority of the stones orthogonally adjacent to the space. If the space is occupied by his opponent, the enemy stone is removed from play. If a space is surrounded by an equal number of stones of both colors, it is a legal placement for either player. It is forbidden for a player to place a stone on a space controlled by his opponent, even to make a capture. If a player has no legal move on his turn he must pass. Passing is otherwise not permitted.