Korean Traditional Board Game : 윷놀이 Yut Nori

윷놀이Yut Nori

윷놀이 is the most representative Korean traditional game. It is usually played between family on holiday, especially in the New year.

This board game has four wooden sticks, a board that is usually made of stitched cloth and some small tokens called 'mal'. The wooden sticks are used as a dice. The players throw the sticks in the air and can get six patterns from them : 도, 개, 걸, 윷, 모, 빽도. Each combination of the four sticks has a certain number to move forward and the player(or a team) who first reaches the finish line is the winner of the game.