All Things Go

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary October brings an extraordinary milestone in professional Go: Lee Chang-ho becomes the first player to reach 2,000 career wins. Gazza White returns to discuss Shibano Toramaru's Meijin victory, Shin Jin-seo's dominant run, and the latest developments across Asia,...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary At one of Toshiki Fujimori's Go salons in Japan, the youngest players might be six years old, while one of the oldest is 92. For Toshiki, that captures something special about Go salons: people from very different generations meeting across the board as equals. To...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary At sixteen, Tang Tianyuan left school and moved to Beijing to train as a professional Go player. He looks back on the long days inside a Chinese Go dojo, repeated attempts to qualify, and finally earning professional status in 2020. He also shares how he thinks ab...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary Travis explores two very different sides of what makes Go endure. First, game designer and researcher Cameron Browne shares ideas from his written interview about the history and evolution of games, the Digital Ludeme Project, why Go may sit in a rare strategic sw...

Travis closes the five-part New to Go? series with a practical look at how to make Go a sustainable part of your life. He discusses finding teachers and useful feedback, building community in ways that fit your personality and schedule, deciding what you actually want from the game, handling plateaus without letting rank define your progress, and learning to appreciate Go beyond wins and losses. T...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary Gunnar Dickfeld, the publisher behind BOARD N'STONES, joins Travis for a wide-ranging conversation about how Go books get made and why he has spent more than two decades bringing Go literature to German- and English-speaking readers. Gunnar traces his path from di...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary In this unscripted episode, Gazza White of the Pro Go/Baduk/Weiqi podcast joins Travis for a wide-ranging look at recent professional Go. They break down the 2026 World Pair Go Championship and what makes Pair Go strategically different, check in on Shibano Torama...

New to Go? This is the fourth of five short episodes designed to help you understand what makes Go special, how the game works, how to get started, and how to keep going. In this episode, I talk about what to do when you understand the rules and have started playing, but still feel completely lost. I cover some of the things beginners can focus on during a game, how to avoid trying to understand e...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary This episode takes a slightly different form. Travis sent a series of questions to longtime Go journalist and author John Fairbairn, and John responded in writing. Travis then adapted those responses into this narrated episode while preserving John's language wher...

New to Go? This is the third of five short episodes designed to help you understand what makes Go special, how the game works, how to get started, and how to keep going. In this episode, I talk about what to do once you actually start playing. That includes getting games under your belt without making winning the goal, starting on a smaller board, and using a few simple rules of thumb so you have...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary In this episode, we look at what it takes to grow the game of Go, both by introducing it to a new generation and by building communities in parts of the world where Go is still relatively uncommon. First, I speak with Al Tang and Paul Barchilon about teaching Go t...

New to Go? This is the second of five short episodes designed to help you understand what makes Go special, how the game works, how to get started, and how to keep going. In this episode, I walk through the basic mechanics of Go: the board and stones, liberties and capturing, connected groups, the overall goal of the game, and how a game ends and is scored. I also touch on things like who plays fi...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Episode Summary In this episode, we explore what historic Go boards can tell us about the development of the game across East Asia. The conversation looks at unusual board designs, including historic star and flower points and the mysterious 8th-century Sandalwood Goban, while al...

New to Go? This is the first of five short episodes designed to help you understand what makes Go special, how the game works, how to get started, and how to keep going. In this first episode, I talk about why I think Go is worth your time: as an antidote to the distractions of modern life, as a creative and personal game, and as something that can offer a lifetime of depth and discovery. This is...

Season 6 begins with an unscripted catch-up after the summer break. Travis reflects on the summer and the U.S. Go Congress, shares the results of a listener poll about whether the unscripted episodes should continue, and talks about how the All Things Go Discord has become a useful home for conversations and smaller ideas that do not always fit into a full episode. He also looks ahead at some of t...

I recently found this recording from before All Things Go officially launched. It was essentially a proof of concept: me thinking out loud about what the show might become and experimenting with some early segments. It’s rough around the edges, but I thought it would be fun to share this little time capsule from the beginning of the podcast. Full transcript, episode notes, and more: All Things Go...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. More episodes coming after a summer break! Stay tuned and connect via the show discord server link below! Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC BenKyo League & Lessons - link Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com The All Things Go D...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC The latest r/baduk post on the Hane Board Kickstarter page for the Hane Board Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com The All Things Go Discord Server Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of th...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC The New All Things Go Discord Server Films reviews: Bushido & Go Through the Dark John Adulcikas's #5 go podcast on YouTube about Go being easier than you think R/baduk posts about a natural limit for Go ability...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC PlayGo.gg's "Battle of the Sexes" Tournament YouTube replay Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Bad...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC The Star Point Podcast Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi (圍棋) - with a fu...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC PlayGo.gg Battle of the Sexes Tournament Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the ancient Chinese board game Go - also known as Baduk (바둑) or Weiqi...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Jonas Interview Jonas Welticke's primer on visualization on Go Magic Jona's Reading Dojo website with info on the next workshop dates Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC The 15th Annual San Diego Go Championship - Gabe from Strugglebus and I will be commentating on round one Show your support here Email: AllThingsGoGame@gmail.com Episode Sponsors BadukPop - Learn the rules of the anc...

This episode is from All Things Go, a podcast about the board game Go, also known as Baduk in Korea and Weiqi in China. Theme music by UNIVERSFIELD & background music by PodcastAC Manja Marz Interview The European Go Federation Article about the study & contact information if you would like to contribute The Go Magic interview with Manja One of my favorite shows, This American Life with an...