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A set of hexagonal or triangular pieces adapted to the playing of variants of the game of Go on a plain unmarked surface, by laying pieces down contiguously. Each piece has means for picking it up when it is surrounded by other pieces, as by having a central hole into which the stick-like handle may

A set of hexagonal or triangular pieces adapted to the playing of variants of the game of Go on a plain unmarked surface, by laying pieces down contiguously. Each piece has means for picking it up when it is surrounded by other pieces, as by having a central hole into which the stick-like handle may be temporarily inserted. Dual pieces, each shaped as two single pieces of opposite colors joined together along a common side, are also provided.

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Apparatus for playing a variant of the game of Go, comprising: a plain unmarked playing surface; a set of pieces playable on said surface and all of the same shape and size, each said piece being shaped substantially as a short polygonal prism, the shape of said prism permitting a plurality of piece

Apparatus for playing a variant of the game of Go, comprising: a plain unmarked playing surface; a set of pieces playable on said surface and all of the same shape and size, each said piece being shaped substantially as a short polygonal prism, the shape of said prism permitting a plurality of pieces to form a mosaic wherein no vertex of one prism lies on a side of another; end surface portions of each said piece being of one of two different colors but bearing no other distinctive markings; pick-up means in the end surface portion of each said piece, and a pick-up tool engageable with any of said means to lift a piece axially upward out of said mosaic; the section of said prism being in the shape of two regular polygons joined along a common side to define a dual piece of two halves, each said half being of a different one of said two colors, said pick-up means being provided in the central portion of each said half; and said two regular polygons being hexagons.